Cyber Security

Technology is moving relentlessly forward, providing both increased opportunities and at the same time increased threats to security, privacy and availability. However on one level, the nature of the threats never changes – they rely on innate human and cultural factors such as our gullibility, carelessness and capacity for irrational behaviour. These will continue to be exploited by the ‘bad guys’ simply because they sometimes work.

We share some thoughts below arising from our continued close involvement in cyber security audits and events both within HE and the wider environment.