Well it was that time of year again, except it wasn’t, as Infosec moved from its traditional home at Earls Court to Olympia at the start of June instead of April. The exhibition floor itself had a different feel about it too with that big glass ceiling pouring in natural light.
This week I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the IT Security Guru’s annual Analyst and CISO Forum here in London. A gathering of the great and the good from the analyst community and some cutting edge vendors were part of what proved to be a fascinating roundtable with 10 of the UKs top CISOs.
Today more than two thirds of all payment transactions will use a card, meaning around $20 trillion in purchases will be on plastic by the end of 2015. This makes security an increasing priority for any business that handles card payments and data.
Last week the chief of Lloyds of London claimed that his business had seen a 50% increase in demand for cyber insurance products in the first quarter of 2015. The UK government working in partnership with insurance broker Marsh in Marsh has highlighted that around 98% of large UK companies have no form of insurance against a data breach or cyber-attack.
What do you think poses the biggest insider risk in your business? There’s no doubt that the Snowden case has highlighted the danger posed, particularly by those users with elevated privileges and access to sensitive and valuable data.
