Information Security used to be easy. I would spend the day emailing friends, wait until my manager hassled me for the 17th time about responding to a users query, make a couple of recommendations attaching a copy of the security policy then go back to emailing pictures which explained why there was only one female [...]

Infosec would have a better reputation if all consultants were perfect like me. When speaking to a project manager, we should have completed our research. Scoured the internet, finding out what a particular application does and how many security vulnerabilities are out there. The list goes on, but suffice to say a good consultant always [...]

Whether you call it security theatre or just a sales pitch that sets expectations too high. We’ve had lots of products and processes that have claimed to increase security only to contain enough hot air to propel one of Richard Bransons baloons across the world.
Here’s the cynical breakdown of security that was too hyped up.
Airport [...]

Pandemic flu, virus outbreaks, the end of the world. These are things that a cynic laughs in the face of… but an infosec cynic only raises an eyebrow.
If working in Infosec, which is an industry built on the solid foundations of PC viruses, has taught me anything. Its how to survive a pandemic. I look [...]

Infosec sometimes unfairly gets a lot of bad press for being a barrier to business goals and objectives. How infosec professionals don’t understand business needs and drivers. How pouring money into security is about as good as burning it.
But infosec has improved the quality of working and the lives of workers the world over. The [...]

So you want to be an infosec consultant? If you’re like most guys, its better you consider a career in risk management or audit. Or maybe you’ve already got some variation of “security” in your job title but are stuck in a rut. Results are coming slowly and career progression is almost non-existent. What you [...]

Speak to anyone born before 1975 and they’ll harp on about ‘the good old days’ and how the younger generation of today have everything too easy.
Naturally, being born after 1975, I disagree with the viewpoint. Take education for example. In the olden days you packed kids off to whichever boarding school was furthest from where [...]