“the information security space is awash with ‘thought leaders’ with no thoughts of their own”

I suppose I should be pleased that the mainstream media has finally caught up with some of the observations I’ve been making about AI for years. Their stories are both late breaking and panic-stricken

What’s the fuss about? It’s the landmark UK legislation, passed by the previous Conservative government in 2023 – with very broad cross-party support – that aims to protect users, especially children,

Have you seen anything online that’s made you feel worried?” This is the question Paula*, a leading child psychologist who’d rather not be named, always asks when she first sees children. A few years

Business is good for VPN providers – the companies that provide virtual private networks, encrypted tunnels through which internet data travels, that are used to spoof users’ locations. Previously, VP

Imagine a threat actor who can not only read a user agent, but who can also tamper with it. Now imagine that again, but this time understanding that a user agent can be your web browser. In this case,

Ugh. You can almost hear the thud as hearts drop when anyone mentions “information security”. I’ve written before about the inescapable boredom of online training that treats participants like oxygen-