An Unhealthy Ransom

by Arcanum | Jan 5, 2021 | News, Cyber Crime, Cyber security

Blog by Jane Chappell, Arcanum Operations Director. Following our ‘Stand and Deliver’ ransomware blog published on September 3rd, sadly this form of corporate extortion is still on the increase. Ransomware is not only the encryption of data rendering it unavailable to...

Industrial Clouds On T...

by Arcanum | Dec 16, 2020 | News, CNI, Cyber Crime, Cyber security

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...

Oh… For Compliance S...

by Arcanum | Nov 24, 2020 | CNI, Cyber Crime, Cyber security, News, NIS regulations

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...

Cyber Essentials 2020 ...

by Arcanum | Oct 19, 2020 | News, Cyber Crime, Cyber security

Arcanum are participating in the 2020 IASME campaign to offer discounted Cyber Essentials Certification to charities. Charities will be entitled to register for Cyber Essentials Certification for the discounted price of £225 (instead of £300) for one week only from...

The Fluid World of Cyb...

by Arcanum | Oct 14, 2020 | News, CNI, Cyber Crime, Cyber security, NIS regulations

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...

Stand and Deliver

by Arcanum | Sep 3, 2020 | Cyber security, Cyber Crime, News

Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. Travelex, Honda, Garmin, Cognizant… who will be the next ‘holdup’ victim of ransomware? [1] Ransomware has been around since the last century. A check on Wikipedia will tell you the first documented attack was...