Blog Security
Getting started with information security
Many organisations find it challenging to implement a full information security policy, because it affects all departments and many business aspects. The best approach in our view is to just get started, with a small team, interactive workshops and concrete steps. Once the team is up and running, you use continuous improvement to complete your approach, document…
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Help us improve cyber security through source code scanning
To reduce the threat of cyber-attacks, all companies must start making more secure systems. This means more security awareness in all IT functions, including development. We are developing a new service that helps secure software development by scanning source code for security issues, and we are looking for test customers who are interested in getting security…
Joost Schalken-Pinkster
Fewer security vulnerabilities found in 2015
Finally some good news on IT security: The total number of IT security vulnerabilities was 20% lower than in 2014, according to ICT Institute analysis based on CVE data. Apple was the most vulnerable vendor and the iPhone OS and Mac OS X were the most vulnerable products.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Meldplicht Datalekken / Reporting data breaches
The Netherlands has a new obligation to report data breaches, called the meldplicht datalekken. This new a law applies to all companies that process personal data and comes with severe penalties. A lot of information is available but mostly in Dutch. We are providing this English summary. Note: this article was written in 2016, when…
Sieuwert van Otterloo
ICT in Banking – ‘The Banana Skin Report breakthrough’
The ‘Banana Skins’ Reports are unique annual surveys about risks in the financial industry. The report is commissioned each year by PWC and carried out by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation. There are actual two versions: a banking banana skins report 2021 and an insurance report. both versions are very interesting reads for anyone in the financial…
Floris van den Broek