With the recent TalkTalk security breach impacting potentially 4 million UK customers my phone was ringing off the hook from late on Thursday 22nd October. Regularly when a big cyber security story hits the front pages I get asked by the media for expert opinion given my role at Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) – the UK’s Innovation & Knowledge Centre (IKC) and lead academic research centre for cyber security.
This week I finished the Open University’s “Introduction to Cyber Security” online course which is available through the FutureLearn platform. Why, I hear you ask, am I going back to basics to learn about a subject in which I am already pretty well versed? It is true that I have been exposed to cyber security principles and …
Unpacking a new Nexus 7 this morning and found the movable earth pin on the power adapter quite neat. First time I have seen or used one like this.
I was asked last week by BBC Good Morning Ulster to come in to the show and talk about the announcements made at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 2014. As with every media engagement I do I had done my homework the night before and prepared a crib sheet covering all potential areas for discussion which is shared with the show producer in advance so they can brief the presenter and prepare questions for them. The full crib sheet is replicated below for those who haven’t OD’ed on WWDC commentary yet.
On 2nd June 2014 numerous news outlets globally ran a story about a Russian man being charged with being behind a major cybercrime operation that affected individuals and businesses worldwide and added to the FBI’s most wanted list.