Operational security

Operational security
Interview of Abeer Khedr, Information Security Director
Review the interview of Abeer Khedr, Information Security Director of the National Bank of Egypt. She discusses her experience as well as the key strategic issues for the financial sector in Egypt. For more ...
Operational security
Digital Sovereignty: It is High Time to Have a Rant and Take Action!
Five months! Five months have elapsed since March 2020 and the announcement by the President of the French Republic of the introduction of lockdown measures on the French territory. Five months during which our country, ...
Operational security
Continuous Improvement: How do Counterproductive Routines Linger On In Security “best practices”?
Introduction 2020 – X.0 security has not solved the password issue. The “LCR Policy” (for minimum Length, Complexity, and Regular Renewal), intuitive though it may be, persists despite findings that challenge ...
Operational security
Ransomware in Six Questions
What is ransomware? Ransomware is malicious software. Ransomware programs are computer viruses. These viruses block access to information systems or data stored on the victim’s computer or server, then demand that the ...
Operational security
Business Email Compromise: A scourge with a no-brainer defense (by Klara Jordan, Global Cybersecurity Alliance & Rois Ni Thuama, Redsift)
In 2016, Vinci, a construction company, became the victim of a significant business email compromise (BEC)[1] attack. An email which appeared to come from Vinci’s communications director was sent to the news agency ...
Operational security
Using differential privacy to protect privacy
The issue of privacy arises in each of our interactions with digital platforms that collect and share user data, sometimes without explicit consent. The rise of machine learning is based on training collected data that may ...
Cyber risks - Operational security
Securing Our Communications: From Email to WhatsApp and Beyond
(By Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz, OLVID) When Ray Tomlinson sent “QWERTYUIOP” over the ARPANET in July 1971, he probably did not suspect that this would be the beginning of a communication system that ...
Cyber risks - Digital transition - Operational security
Voting Machine : Challenges and opportunities in the DRC (by Chrysostome NKOUMBI-SAMBA, MBA MSDN)
3 November 2000: adoption of the Bamako Declaration[i], Section B of which emphasises the holding of free, reliable and transparent elections in the Francophone world. 13-14 October 2012: opening of the 14th Francophonie ...
Digital transition - Operational security - Security and Stability in Cyberspace
CYBERSECURITY, AN ISSUE THAT MUST BE SHARED AT ALL LEVELS OF HIERARCHY
Interview with General (2S) Marc WATIN-AUGOUARD Cybersecurity goes hand in hand with cooperation, as per your approach: “no solution without public-private sector cooperation!” How do we plan for this collaboration? Can ...
Operational security
Cyberprotection of Industrial Control Systems: a Model-Based Approach to Detect and Respond to Cyberattacks
Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) are present in many areas to ensure the productivity and reliability of production systems. However, as security requirements were not taken into account in their design, these systems are ...
Digital Sovereignty - Operational security
The maritime industry and cyber risk (by Brice Ducoum, Groupe EYSSAUTIER)
90% of world trade depends upon maritime transport. From the transportation of raw materials to that of manufactured goods, this industry is the basis of our globalised contemporary economy. In a just-in-time economy, ...
Cyber risks - Operational security
Vulnerability management: act before it is too late (By Sergio Loureiro, SecludIT)
In an even more connected society and facing the 2.5 quintillion data bytes generated every day in the world (2017, Up Numérique), companies have two important security challenges: protecting their data and information ...