Cybersecurity Expert

I was featured in The Sun newspaper today in relation to Internet Trolls.  Trolling or a Troll is net slang for an individual who intentionally posts inflammatory, insulting or threatening remarks online. Pretty much anywhere where people can feedback comments on the Internet, such as on Forums, Facebook pages, Twitter, YouTube, Newspaper comments, is often subject to abusive comments. People can say the most extreme things when they think they are protected with the shroud of anonymity, words they’d never dream of saying to anyone face to face. However there are increasingly individuals that post abusive comments which go well beyond the boundaries of decency and taste, these are the individuals which are really regarded as the trolls under the definition. Recently a troll was convicted for abusing tribute websites of deceased girls, bringing the whole trolling issue into the public arena - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14907590 You're not as anonymous as you might thi...

I was featured in an article by MSN Money titled "Online Banking Security gets more Complex" http://money.uk.msn.com/news/crime/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=159017310 Nothing ground breaking, but it would appear UK banking consumers are starting to feel the pain of increased online banking security trade-offs, due to UK banks trying to save money by cutting previously acceptable losses from online account fraud. "One person, one bank: three devices But despite the evidence that new measures are more than just inconvenient, many banks are pressing ahead. Lloyds, Barclays, Cooperative Bank, RBS and Nationwide Building Society all require customers to use a card reader when amendments are made to standing orders, direct debits or when setting up payments. "This is called two-factor authentication," said independent bank security expert Dave Whitelegg. How two-factor authentication works The idea is that no fraudster can access your account, however muc...