Facebook’s fall from grace with ICO fine
The UK’s data protection watchdog finally bared its teeth when it found Facebook had breached data protection laws and imposed a £500,000 fine. Investigating since February 2017, after an article [...]
How blockchain technology can help defend your business
Blockchain has been around since 2009, but its development has created the backbone for a new type of internet. The new use for this original BitCoin concept is taking the [...]
A round up of our Next Generation IT Security event
Earlier this month we hosted a Breakfast Briefing exploring how new technologies are making our lives easier, but also creating opportunities for malicious intent and user error. Blockchain, biometrics and [...]
Thoughts on RSA 2018
We’re just back from this year’s RSA conference in San Francisco and wanted to share our immediate thoughts on what was a great , thought-provoking event again this year. One [...]
RSA Conference 2018: What To Expect
Here at Burning Tree we are looking forward to attending this year’s RSA Conference 2018. Taking place between 16 - 20 April in San Francisco, California; the RSA Conference is [...]
How Artificial Intelligence Will Define Cyber Security Over The Coming Years
There has been much excitement about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it’s application in cyber security. Here at Burning Tree we are monitoring the technology closely to see where it can [...]
Major Chip Flaws: Protecting your IT from “Meltdown” and “Spectre”
We started the New Year with yet another cyber security alert with the revelation of major flaws in computer chips. Known as ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ these two bugs could allow [...]
The Season Of Goodwill: An Opportunity For Cyber Crime
This Christmas thousands will be spent online and in the Cloud by consumers buying gifts or taking advantage of sales before and after the big day. It’s the time of [...]
How ISO 27001 Can Help Your Organisation Meet GDPR Requirements
One of the challenges of GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation that comes into force in May 2018) is that organisations are left to interpret how GDPR impacts on their [...]
GDPR: What’s All The Fuss About?
Burning Tree’s recent Breakfast Briefing “GDPR: What’s All The Fuss About?” was well attended by representatives from businesses keen to learn what they have to do to be compliant. Presentations [...]
Get GDPR Ready – What You Need To Know
With less than 8 months to go, few CEOs and their CIOs can have failed to have heard of GDPR. However, we are still receiving calls from businesses that have [...]
Threat Modelling
Understanding The Business Impact Of A Successful Attack The overwhelming number of potential threats to your organization from cyber criminals, hackers and insider actors, is a challenge for even the [...]
GDPR – Are you thinking “What’s All The Fuss About?”
We are all increasingly concerned about how our personal data is used and what measures are in place to protect it from falling into the wrong hands. As seen extensively [...]
How To Reduce Breach Detection Times
The Invisible Enemy? By Peter Boyle, CTO, Burning Tree Two weeks before WannaCry crippled the NHS, halted car production in Japan, and disrupted rail systems in Germany; IDT had been [...]
