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Ian Moyse has over 25 years of experience in the IT Sector, with nine of these specialising in security. Starting as a Systems Programmer at IBM in the mainframe environment, he has held senior positions in both large and smaller organisations including Senior Vice President for EMEA at CA and Managing Director of several UK companies.

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Fishing for Phishers

We seem to take phishing attacks for granted these days, in much the same way that we’ve accepted spam as a natural, and inevitable, by-product of email. Some experts believe that one of the best solutions to thwart phishing attacks is end-user...

Published 04-04-2012 12:11 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: phishing
Lets Go Phishing

It can seem at times that the only people who like change are Internet attackers. And they don’t just like it—they need it. Technology’s rapid changes give cybercriminals new attack vectors to exploit, and new ways to turn a profit out...

Published 03-27-2012 3:41 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: phishing, Cyber Attacks
Employing Cloud

2012 is rumored as the tipping point for cloud. For the last four to five years, we have heard that cloud (Internet-delivered solutions) is about to go mainstream, however, this year it is not the hype, but real user benefits that are driving adoption...

Published 03-15-2012 11:17 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: Cloud, mainstream, Dropbox, Data Security, BYOD
‘C’ LOUD

The big C when it comes to Cloud for the Channel is Conflict. I have been presenting and visiting partners around Europe for the past several years and listening to the opinions and input from vendors, Vars, Resellers, MSP’s, ISP’s and a variety...

Published 02-27-2012 11:00 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: it security, could
Internet Abductions

Recent studies demonstrate that upwards of 25% of Internet bandwidth in an office are consumed by employees misusing the internet. According to Gartner, the average growth of business email volume is 30% annually, with the average size of the email content...

Published 02-01-2012 10:07 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: Internet, abduction
Thinking Out Cloud

With so much hype, Cloud is being pushed as the pervasive answer to everything! Rightly or wrongly! As more and more cloud solutions come to market and are campaigned to customers the blurring of differentiation between them is making the customer choice...

Published 01-17-2012 11:11 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: Cloud, it security, information security, Internet
Smishing : the new social media attack

No one likes change, except seemingly internet attackers who have made a profession out of rapid change of a multitude of factors - attack vector, sophistication, volume and approach. The malware market has been monetised and we are seeing the strongest...

Published 01-06-2012 11:21 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: Cybercriminality, smishing, Social Engineering, Social media, phishing
“Watch out for Frenemies”

Ever received an email unsolicited (yes we know you get spam) to your work or personal email address? Found an account of yours compromised and that you can’t log in? Gone onto messenger and had messages from someone you don’t know popping...

Published 11-29-2011 5:42 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: social network, malware, email
A Cloudy World

There has been a thunderstorm of growing noise surrounding Cloud Computing in the past 24 months. Vendors, analysts, journalists and membership groups have all rushed to cover the Cloud medium – although everyone seems to have their own opinion...

Published 11-24-2011 8:47 AM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: cloud Computing
CloudOnomics

Moore’s Law back in 1965 predicted silicon power would double every two years. But what its creator, Gordon E. Moore, couldn’t have predicted was the dramatic economies of scale the cloud would eventually bring to all of our lives. For one...

Published 11-07-2011 4:26 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: Cloud, Economics
“Is Your Head in The Clouds?”

There’s been a thunderstorm of growing noise surrounding cloud computing in the past 24 months. Vendors, analysts, journalists and membership groups have all rushed to cover the cloud medium, although everyone seems to have their own opinion and...

Published 07-21-2011 11:27 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: cloud IT SaaS
Green benefits from the Cloud

Today’s challenging economic times can make it difficult for businesses to do the right thing. Choosing to be “green” when faced with financial constraints presents a dilemma—and for many businesses, the only viable solution is...

Published 07-21-2011 11:25 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: cloud green IT saas
Consumerisation Driving Cloud Acceptance

There has been a thunderstorm of growing noise surrounding Cloud Computing in the past 24 months. Vendors, analysts, journalists and membership groups have all rushed to cover the Cloud medium - although everyone seems to have their own opinion and differing...

Published 07-21-2011 11:22 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: cloud saas consumerisation mobile
How Software as a Service is changing the licensing model

Security is complex. It’s not just the technology but its implementation too, with end user license agreements often adding to the issue. How many IT staff fully understand (or indeed read) all the legalities behind the agreements? Software licenses...

Published 07-21-2011 11:21 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: SaaS cloud licensing
Never in the field of internet conflict was so much impact caused by so few to so many.

With Christmas fast approaching, (lest we forget the shops have kindly put all the Christmas goods out in September and early October again!) we can expect the online attacks to increase as per their normal schedules. The internet has given the few the...

Published 07-21-2011 11:20 PM by Ian Moyse

Filed under: virus malware infection cloud internet data loss

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Fishing for Phishers

Lets Go Phishing

Employing Cloud

‘C’ LOUD

Internet Abductions

Thinking Out Cloud

Smishing : the new social media attack

“Watch out for Frenemies”

A Cloudy World

CloudOnomics

“Is Your Head in The Clouds?”

Green benefits from the Cloud

Consumerisation Driving Cloud Acceptance

How Software as a Service is changing the licensing model

Never in the field of internet conflict was so much impact caused by so few to so many.