So what was the vision for the future from MobileIron at their Live! event in Berlin this month? Well it centred around password-less access to cloud services, instead using biometrics together with photo verification. A vision that will see the removal of the biggest weakness in Cloud, in fact IT, security. This coupled with the controls provided by the MobileIron platform to not only authenticate the user but also the device and the application, provide a robust security offering for the future of cloud service access.

The perimeter is broken and mobile is dictating the way we both live and work. At MobileIron Live! 2019, that took place last week, over 500 professionals from the info sec industry came together at the Motorwerk centre in Berlin to hear about this new approach. 

You know the drill. An email pops into your account from “HMRC”, your bank, Amazon’s “CustomerCare” or another familiar company. The sender format is identical to something you would associate with such recognisable organisations, but you smell a rat. Yep, it’s another phishing scam waiting for you to take their bait and click on a link. Report, delete and you’ve dodged another bullet from the murky world of cyberattacks.

It's becoming increasingly common to use WhatsApp for work. This popular app once used solely for social messaging between friends,  is now showing up more often in the workplace. We've even seen reports that at G8 conferences, teams of negotiators use WhatsApp for realtime collaboration with colleagues and even sending tentative proposals between teams.

MobileIron Live! is about to land in Berlin. Are you planning on attending? If so please drop by our stand and say hello.

We caught up with CIO of Campfire Asset Management, Paul-Emile Andre. Paul-Emile has over 7 years IT leadership experience across the asset management sector. Working as an analyst across the construction, retail and security industries, he moved into a CIO role at Hong Kong investment firm SOWI Group for five years before joining Campfire Asset Management as CIO in 2017.

We caught up with top digital transformation influencer Jos Creese to discuss the current challenges that many CIOs face. Jos has over 30 years IT leadership experience, including CIO and CDO roles, and a variety of Non-Exec Director positions (including audit, risk and chair). He is a past president of both the Society of IT Management (SOCITM), the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, and has been cited as ‘the most influential UK CIO’ in the Silicon 50 survey.

As most security breaches come as a result of social engineering, organisations are now looking to educate their staff on the the increasing threat of cyber attacks. These breaches arrive in the form of phishing, where bad actors send emails with deceptive content to attract and engage users, leading to unknowing downloads of malware or visibility into bank accounts or personal details.

The world of emerging tech is complex and often daunting. We can quickly get used to shutting ourselves away, confined within our own working environment and left to deal with all the various struggles and challenges that arise by ourselves - or if you’re lucky enough, with a supportive team. That’s why at Bridgeway we host our Cloud & Mobile Security Forum events, because we hear how valuable it is for IT professionals to come together outside the office with peers and share their challenges, issues and ways to overcome them. 

The results from this week’s university hacking test are shocking - but things are only going to get worse. Cybercrime is not going away, in fact it is growing in scale despite organisations efforts to prevent it. So what can we do about it?

We caught up with top digital transformation influencer and Advice Cloud Strategic Adviser Jos Creese. Jos has over 30 years IT leadership experience, including CIO and CDO roles, and a variety of Non-Exec Director positions (including audit and risk and chair). He is a past president of both the Society of IT Management (SOCITM) and the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, and has been cited as 'the most influential UK CIO' in the Silicon 50 survey.

As high-grade security evolves to combat increasingly complex threats, why are basic attacks still enormously successful?

We meet the delegates who have completed our MobileIron training course here at Bridgeway HQ, in Cambridge.

It has never been more vital for public sector organisations to safeguard personal data against unprecedented cyber threats. Risks from cyberattacks, with email being the main attack vector, have the potential to cripple services and affect day-to-day functioning of public administration at all levels.

We meet the delegates who have completed our MobileIron training course here at Bridgeway HQ, in Cambridge.

Consider all of your business data. Every email, instant message, document, image, video, article, spreadsheet... It’s a larger collection than you think and these days, in the highly regulated world of business, organisations need to account for and store their data for long periods of time.

Despite all the new ways to share and receive, email remains the tool of choice for most business communication. From sending important documents to day to day collaboration and always on, anywhere access, email is central to productivity. So if your email system goes down, due to a planned outage or service migration, it can potentially cost millions in lost productivity, revenues and reputational damage. Not to mention leaving users frustrated.

We meet the delegates who have completed our MobileIron training course here at Bridgeway HQ, in Cambridge.

What do BBC Online, Facebook, Netflix, Alexa, Office 365, Google Docs, HubSpot, Twitter, Dropbox, Linked In, Salesforce and WhatsApp have in common?

Christmas festivities are almost upon us. With mulled wine ready to be consumed by the gallon across the UK and staff busy thinking about secret Santa and office parties, it’s a time for slowing down and celebrating another year that's passed. But as the workforce relaxes a little, what does that mean for information security? What happens if staff devices are left in a taxi or bus, or taken from someone’s bag? It’s a time for goodwill, but also a time for vulnerability when it comes to corporate data.