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Christmas Adverts 2015

With Christmas in 7 weeks (today) I have put together some of the adverts that will be on our screens soon. Enjoy...

Tesco - Sit up and listen

Now I am coming off IT/Cyber Security news for a moment to quickly discuss my thoughts around Tesco's recent reported huge loss in profits -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32408661   Tesco has reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of £6.4bn for the year to the end of February. Let me start this article/blog by saying, I am no writer and admittedly my grammar is terrible but I will swallow my pride and type away to my hearts content. This is a small piece that doesn't cover everything just thoughts. Taking a step back a moment:  I spent my time at University studying Business and Marketing and I don't claim to be a genius in my field but after watching a BBC report on the recent news made by Tesco, I was dumbfounded to find out Tesco's first grocery store opened nearly 100 years ago.  In the ongoing 'Store wars' with rivals such as Lidl, Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys etc. Tesco's seem to have not

Time to get serious in 2015

Security professionals are faced with the on-going problem of stakeholders under-estimating the security flaws within their organisation. In most cases this is not the failing of the security team but depending on the market/vertical, teams are faced with budget constraints, redundancies, or most commonly, companies not taking responsibility that Security starts within. This means educating internal staff to take responsibility from the moment they walk into the office; I.e. The devices they bring, the doors that they open to 'guests',  the confidential conversations they have in open areas and the general ethos. Furthermore, there is the responsibility of your key suppliers and other third parties that you share information with.  You may have all the IT/Cyber security gadgets and resources you need but what are your suppliers doing with that data? Do they share the same vision for security and are they as vigilant as you? How do you measure that in an efficient way and