Cybersecurity Expert

Robust Cyber Security is an intrinsic requirement with all connected technology in our daily lives, and it is especially challenging with new cutting edge technological advances. Connected and driverless cars promises to be one greatest technological advances of the century, as such fascinates and excites yet at the time there are concerns. Getting cyber security right from the outset will be critical to the success of this industry, as vulnerable connected computer controlled cars is a matter of life and death. Securing the ever increasing sophistication and complexity of computers that control cars is certainly not for the faint hearted. The car industry recognises trust and security go hand in hand, so in league with the likes of Aeris, Intel and Uber, the industry formed an industry wide organisation called FASTR - Future of Automotive Security Technology Research.  FASTR seeks to enable automotive security by driving cybersecurity across the entire vehicle manufacturing sup...

Search engine giants Google and Bing have announced an agreement to make it harder for UK internet users to find pirated films, music and illegally stream football by blocking websites. It appears they have bowed to pressure by the entertainments industry and the UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to sign up to a voluntary code of practice. I certainly don’t condone piracy or digital theft of any kind, but blocking websites is really a terrible idea for the security, privacy and even piracy prevention and enforcement, as it will just drive more people onto the dark web looking for the material they desire. I fear this will only serve to pour petrol on the illicit activities of the dark web by the swelling dark web ‘punters’. What's worst is new and inexperienced UK dark web users are vastly more likely to end up as victims of cyber crime in their desperate attempts to find banned content.  This is a 'sweeping under the carpet' approach, dri...