Today, Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum Co-founder and Technical Director, is part of the panel discussing ‘Securing the future of sustainable energy networks’ as part of the Cyber Leaders Forum at the Arab International Cybersecurity Conference in Bahrain. As economies...
Arcanum Cyber Security have been accredited as a supplier on the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) ASSURE scheme. The ASSURE Scheme provides aviation organisations with a level of assurance in their choice of audit supplier and a structure for how audits should be...
Marie Caruso, Arcanum Sales & Marketing Manager and Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant attended the 2022 Space Wales Conference in Cardiff on Thursday 3rd of March. The Space Wales Conference was organised in partnership with the MOD/UK Space Command, to...
We’re thrilled to share the news that Steve Rees has recently passed the 62443 IC33 Risk Management Exam, part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program. This course has given Steve the information and skills to assess the cybersecurity of a new or...
Steve Rees, Arcanum Cyber Consultant, is now a certified ISA 99/IEC 62443 Cyber Security Specialist. This is a baseline qualification for cyber security professionals covering how the IEC 62443 standard can be implemented to protect Industrial Automation and Control...
The aim of this Cluster is to provide a platform to share intelligence and explore ideas on the specific cyber security challenges being faced by organisations working in Operational Technology (OT), Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and Industrial Control...
We are thrilled to announce that Steve Rees has joined Arcanum as one of our consultants. Steve has a Bachelor of Science 1st Class Honours, in Applied Cyber Security from the University of South Wales, National Cyber Security Academy. Steve will be using his skill...
We are delighted to announce that Sam Stait has joined Arcanum as one of our consultants. Sam is an NCSC Senior CCP Security Information Risk Advisor (SIRA) and has a BA (Hons) in Intelligence and International Relations. Sam has extensive experience of working on UK...
Earlier this year, Arcanum set out to promote the diversity of employees within Arcanum and inspire a new generation of women to enter the traditionally male-dominated field of cyber security. In the run up to International Women’s Day in March, Arcanum positively...
Bobby Hopes, Arcanum Cyber Consultant, is now a certified ISA 99/IEC 62443 Cyber Security Specialist. This is a baseline for cyber security professionals on how the IEC 62443 standards can be implemented to protect Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) -...
Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum Technical Director Over the weekend a ransomware attack forced the US's largest fuel pipeline operator to shut down its operations. There have been multiple comments in the media along the lines of "why was nothing done to prevent...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. I think that it is undisputed that a critical part of any accurate business security risk analysis, is the use of an accurate Business Impact Analysis (BIA), to focus on truly critical business assets. However, I...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. Despite the title, this is not some scribblings on the subject of chemically vaporous pollution or global warming. However, it does represent a view of managing the practical security and compliance state of current...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. I have had an extended career in Cyber Security (AKA Computer security/Information Assurance/Information Assurance and Security etc). During that time I have always perceived the existence of 2 distinct camps; those...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. As part of my far sighted Open University degree in Computer Science in the 1990s, I completed a course that taught the social impacts of IT (before the days of social media); and postulated the future...
Arcanum welcomes Bobby Hopes, the newest member of Arcanum’s growing team. Bobby is joining Arcanum as a Cyber Security Consultant. Bobby is a security professional with over 14 years' experience delivering information assurance and security surveying within the...
Arcanum Cyber Security will be exhibiting at EEEGR'S Flagship Southern North Sea Conference, on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th September 2020. This is the very first all energy virtual event, and Arcanum will be hosting a live webinar with partners Proeon Systems....
Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum's Technical Director, and Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant One of the many dichotomies in the Cyber Security world is around the security of universities and their IT assets. Information technology and cyber security are...
By Chris Gausden and Lawrie Abercrombie The Australian Government has been quite forward leaning in its approach to cyber security in general and has just published a Consultation Paper titled Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance as...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. Organisations that haven’t fully migrated to cloud infrastructure and applications must by now be considering it. This has become the standard approach to efficient and resilient business IT services....
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. The publicity around the Wannacray and NotPetya ransomware in 2017 has now been documented and consigned to the history books. Although it was generally acknowledged that this was not a targeted...
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. Security has been a challenge for many thousands of years, and the advent of IT systems in the 90s merely added a new aspect to this perennial problem. In the past, targeted assets were physically...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has released a post-implementation review (PIR) of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018 [1]. It is now two years since the NIS Regulations became law. The aim of the NIS Regulations is...
We would like to welcome Shaun Marshall, the newest member of Arcanum’s expanding team. Shaun joins us as a Cyber Security Consultant and will be working on projects for our Government and Critical National Infrastructure clients. Shaun is a Cyber Security...
We would like to welcome Chris Gausden to the growing Arcanum team. Chris joined us today as a Principal Consultant from the telco/satellite company OneWeb where he was Global Head of Security Operations. Chris has extensive experience as a Senior Cyber Security &...
Bio by Principal Consultant Chris Gausden. I was born in my Grandmother’s house in Leigh-on-Sea in the county of Essex (yet I have never owned a ford Capri!) in-between overseas postings. My father was ex-wartime aircrew and latterly worked in RAFP/Counter...
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. The cyber-attack on Elexon this week should serve as a warning to the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI). It has been noted by thinktank RUSI that cyber-attacks have been on the rise during the CoViD-19...
Arcanum Cyber Security and Toshiba Tec have partnered to provide joint specialist information and cyber security consultancy services. Ben Gaston, Toshiba's UK Sales Director, said: “Given our ambition to disrupt the IT Services market through the provision of...
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. Recent developments including the current pandemic, technological innovation and climate change have driven a huge rise in the number of remote workers. Our essential services have adapted to this increase...
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. The Blackberry Cylance Threat Report is a report compiled by cyber security experts across many specialisations and is an accurate annual take on the current state of cyber security as well as a look at what is...
Blog by Jane Chappell, Arcanum's Operations Director. Following the trial inspection of COMAH Operators and associated IACS, ICS and OT in 2017, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) revised its Operational Guidance (OG) 86 “Cyber Security for Industrial Automation...