Archives for 2019

The traditional banking sector has struggled to keep pace with the changing cyber threat landscape, in large part due to its ongoing reliance upon vast, sprawling and often archaic global IT systems…Continue Reading: How do challenger banks compare on cybersecurity

The web has grown exponentially over the past 50 years but cybersecurity has been left behind…Continue Reading: Happy 50th, Internet

Last Friday, when the afternoon was slowing in the office, an inadvertent GIF on Slack sparked some friendly debate about the right way to test…Continue Reading: Testing software fast and hard

Once upon a time, the brave and handsome king of Rubrum Colatorium decided to send his beautiful and wise queen a message from the battlefield. With enemies lurking all around, he needed to find a way to make sure no one got his hands on the secret communiqué. He put his letter in a box,…Continue Reading: A secret message! The fairytale of DKIM

This unique piece of research from Red Sift uncovered the fact that one-third of leading UK challenger banks have failed to implement a vital email protocol that protects consumers from email fraud, while 8% of traditional banking institutions have also neglected this fundamental defence system. You can read more in this Computer Weekly article

The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘hack’ as: “Cut with rough or heavy blows in an irregular or random fashion”. A second meaning follows: “Gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.” It is this second meaning, that has caused controversy among many: ‘Hack’ used to have a positive feel; working on a tech problem…Continue Reading: What the Hack?!