An incident is an event that prevents you to reach your objectives. Its causes are multiple : we have neglected to follow ‘our’ rules our rules are inadequate some rules lack in our set our risk management is insufficient. Whatever we…
State of Emergency
When the situation requires it, we have to go along this line. But do we really know the enemy? There are 4 profiles of nasty or malevolent people. Recent history forces us to think about a fifth one. Let’s see…
Limit the intruders’ actions on your computer
The fundamental principle in security, mainly when it comes to people, is the “Least privilege”. The two principles (Need to Know and Need to Use) we’ve already talked about derive from it. When you are on your computer, you have…
Boost your immunity!
We resist differently to viruses, to bacteria growing inside us, to microbes and to the nature aggressions: mugs, wasps, flees and ticks. Our immunity system rules this automatically. However, a voluntary kick is sometimes useful: vaccine, etc. In all what…
Stay away of Big Data !
We are all a bit conservative. Our attics and cellars are full of things ‘that might be needed one day’… and that weight us down. It is sometimes necessary to do some ‘Spring clean up’. It is also the case…
5 actions against the ostrich policy
As a consultant I’m frequently confronted to prospects who consider security as a constraint to the dynamics of business and an unnecessary cost. “Where is the problem?” do they say. It doesn’t help me a lot… and they stay unsecured.…
Help ! My firewall leaks !
This question calls for an ambivalent answer: ‘Probably yes, probably no.” Let’s first see what’s this famous firewall before coming with an answer. The firewall The firewall is your door to go forth and back on the Internet, be it…
S.O.S. my website is blocked!
It’s the alarm message regularly sent by enterprises and – between the attacks against TV5 and France Television – by nearly all Belgian printed news media. What happened? It’s one of the most basic and simple attacks. You don’t need…
TV5 attacked: is cyber security bankrupt?
We’ve learnt last Thursday the “Cybercaliphate” of Daesh attack on TV5. Television broadcasting was stopped – on the 11 channels -, the Internet site hacked and the Twitter and Facebook accounts blocked. About 24 hours were necessary to recover control!…
Security, how far to go? 4 answers
It’s probably one of the questions I can’t answer easily. I could say: “when you would be really reassured.” You wouldn’t be helped much, do you? However, I can bring some information useful to your own evaluation. The trivial answer…