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Newsletter November #2 2015
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The Top 10 Jobs in Cyber Security
Demand for information security workers is outstripping supply and their pay is going up. read more Current trends in AI and automation along with existing algorithms & technologies are likely to have a big influence in the job-market. read more
Enterprises Don't Have Big Data, They Have Bad Data
Big Data alone is silly. Building an enterprise with smart, usable data is what every company should strive to create. read more Big Data success stories for predicting human behavior over long terms don't bear scrutiny. read more
New UK Surveillance Bill Appears In The Wake of Snowden
Is the proposed new legislation a gross intrusion of privacy or a sensible anti-terrorism measure? read more Holding on to web data for Police inspection is "perhaps the most contentious and confused aspect of communications data retention". read more
Can EU Judges Keep NSA Spying in Check?
The EU Justice Commissioner says the NSA's blanket surveillance of Europeans will be subject to judicial review. read more EU MPs voted Edward Snowden should be granted asylum in Europe on the grounds that he is a "defender of human rights." read more
Russian Air Crash Investigation Changes The Encryption War
If intercepted communications prove an ISIS bomb caused the crash in Egypt, it could be just the boost that surveillance state advocates need. read more
Bank of England Partners With US for Cyberattack Simulation
The Bank of England is set to simulate a major cyberattack in order to test the security protocols being employed by the finance industry. read more
Conditional Clearance For Hackers To Test Automotive & Healthcare Security
US Researchers will be able to look for flaws in software running on cars and medical devices without fearing legal action. read more
Waging Cyberwar In Peacetime
The internet makes civilian targets the easiest to strike and in many instances causalities are not immediate. read more
The Dark Side of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – And How To Avoid It
With the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its promise of technological progress, comes a dark reality. Opinion By Espen Barth Eide & Anja Kaspersen read more
MI5 Relies On Hacking
The British spy agency says it has "relied" on hacking techniques in "the overwhelming majority of high priority investigations" over the past year. read more
U.S Tech Companies Shouldn't Give China Code
China has been asking US technology companies to share proprietary information, ostensibly for security purposes. read more
Julian Assange: Google is Hillary Clinton's 'Secret Weapon'
A Google offshoot is building the infrastructure for personalized, data-driven election campaigning in the 2016 U.S Presidential race. read more
Who Is In Charge if a Massive Cyber Attack Strikes the US?Large scale cyber attacks on infrastructure may be unlikely, but if it happens the chain of command is far from clear. read more
Reading List: Cyber Attack, CyberCrime, CyberWarfare – CyberComplacencyAn in-depth reference work covering cyber attacks from motivation, identification, analysis & mitigation. By Mark Osborne. read more
IncuBus Ventures and PwC to Offer Incubator ProgrammeLondon: IncuBus 'Future of Work' incubator hosted by PwC is looking for disruptive cyber security startups. read more
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