Across UK higher education, budgets are tightening, teams are shrinking, and the pressure to do MORE with LESS is high. Innovation opportunities abound!

STOP dimming your light so that others can shine.

Security risk is not a problem to solve, it is a tension to manage. #JISC2025

No security control can protect you if I can BECOME YOU. ##JISC2025

Threat actors don't hack into organisations, they log in to organisations. #JISC2025

I was today years old when I learned that Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) extortion groups have in-house journalists and legal people who sift through stolen data to find additional levers to pressure victims into paying ransoms. #JISC2025

"Liberation" from what exactly? This pain does not look short-term... 😏😳🤔

"Ten years ago, people were enthusiastic and would talk quite openly about what apps they were on...Now the Tinder model is dead with many young people – they don't want to swipe any more." Dating apps could be in trouble - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7z…

I learned today that countries have strategic reserves of ... butter! edition.cnn.com/2024/12/18/b…

Amazon is officially in the online car sales business. Would you buy cars from Amazon? techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/am… via @TechCrunch

The weaponisation of this social media platform by its owner and the vitriol those actions generate makes it less appealing for professional networking and getting updates about cyber security trends/industry news. Where are the industry professionals and brands migrating to?

Security terms versus Marketing dollars Computer Security = ¢ Information Assurance = ¢¢ IT Security = $ Cyber Security = $$ Zero Trust = $$$$ …. Next: Something + AI = $$$$$$ 🤣 - copied

Wearing the pessimism hat while trying to stay pragmatic - The life of an information security professional.

Interesting article on FUD by @kevtownsend writing for @SecurityWeek. The summary is that we need to challenge these cyber security industry statistics more and more... securityweek.com/beyond-the-…

The removal of an entire country or territory from the world map is incredibly rare. But when that happens, internet domains can also disappear. Very interesting article from @every on 'The Disappearance of an Internet Domain' .io every.to/p/the-disappearance…

World-first ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day ... Interesting product... newatlas.com/science/adhd-au…

"Always challenge your assumptions" ... is one of the best pieces of advice I've received in my infosec/cyber security career.

This was an incredible presentation! Well done on the fantastic security research on IaC security weaknesses and misconfigurations. "Who Watches the Watchmen?" @shellyraban! 👋🏾 #fwdcloudsec #cloudsecurity

AWS has released a new vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) on HackerOne. New added incentives include: - AWS account credits - Nomination to 'invite-only' AWS private bug bounty programs. Thanks, Ryan Nolette, for the presentation! #fwdcloudsec #cloudsecurity