Ransomware is rife. One of the ways to reduce its global proliferation is to openly share stories. It’s not something many companies do. But here – to his credit – is one CIO's tale...

A perfect storm of home workers loving their freedom and attackers upping their game has cultivated a dangerous cyber landscape. Here’s how to crime-proof your business...

SC Media UK editor Alicia Buller and security consultant Chris Allen home in on the average cybercriminal profile – and it’s probably not what you think.

In this exclusive interview, the industrial software veteran reveals how to protect factories, plants and systems from critical failure amid an increasingly hostile attack landscape

The threat landscape changed beyond recognition amid the pandemic – and the bad actors are not going away anytime soon. Here’s how to tackle danger swiftly and head on, writes Chris Allen

Capturing school leavers and guiding them into cyber could help keep the UK safe, says Katie Watson, apprenticeship and training lead, Chartered Institute of Information Security.

As the world gingerly steps into hybrid working following 18 months of the pandemic, securing video conferencing calls remains a major concern. Here SC Media UK asks the experts for the inside take on cyber-proofing company calls

Cyber security firm CyLon has incubated and grown nearly £1bn worth of startups. But co-founder and veteran entrepreneur Grace Cassy says she’s most proud of Cylon Go – the programme that offers grants and support to underrepresented cyber talents. 

Joanna Burkey, CISO at HP Inc, speaks to SC Media about the alarming rise in tensions between security teams and staff sparked by the pandemic – and offers practical steps for smoothing the road ahead

With a 17-year career in the police force, former investigator and all-round cyber action woman Fiona Paterson has form in whodunit cases. Now she’s focused on rooting out hackers in big business and the wider landscape – leading the world’s first cyber investigation accreditation programme for detectives, analysts, legal and IT staff

With the majority of us still working from home, your weakest link is your own people. With that in mind, we’ve looked back over the past 18 months to pick out SC Media UK’s top-five remote-working tips (and how to get your employees to listen).

Sarah Janes had a decade's worth of experience as a security awareness consultant at BT. She gave it up to start Layer 8, a company that specialises in security champions programmes. It was quite a move…

Three random words make better passwords than those with complicated upper- and lower-case characters, or those with special characters such as exclamation marks or asterisks, CISOs told.

The MoD recently announced the findings of its first Bug Bounty challenge – the program was a 30-day, hacker-powered security test aimed at finding flaws before the real hackers can exploit them

Nicola Whiting, co-owner of Titania Group, explains why developing a diverse workforce isn’t simply an ethical imperative, it’s a business – and security – essential. And there’s a diversity type that’s not so visible, is often overlooked but has a profound impact: neurodiversity 

Because your people are your organisation’s least secure endpoint, Jason Stirland, CTO at DeltaNet International, offers an instant checklist into how effective your employee cybersecurity training really is…

Here, SC Media UK tells you three ways you can get your procurement department onside when it’s time for urgent investment...