Bridget Kenyon (@bridgetkenyon) profile picture

Information security and general geekiness. Not authorised or official in any way.

UK
Joined January 2010
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Asset, liability and information: An asset is that which has value. A liability is that which confers risk. Information can be either, neither or both. Thoughts?
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I am not good at Cyber Speed Chess :-)
📽️Join @bridgetkenyon and our editor, Anna Delaney, on a fun quick-fire round of questions and answers. This is speed chess, cybersecurity style! #CyberSecurity
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Me and my fellow experts with Commissioner Julian King at the European Commission yesterday. We were providing expert insight into "Strategic Autonomy in the Digital Age", which is a surprisingly riveting subject and thoroughly worth the time. Many thank…lnkd.in/dygqptR
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Much to my surprise, I'm a finalist in the Women in IT Excellence Awards! #award  lnkd.in/gY8ZEkm
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In infosec, every problem is an opportunity... for a risk assessment ;-)
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When a man tells me he's looking for a 'real woman' I scurry away because I'm actually three owls in a raincoat AND HE MUSTN'T FIND OUT.
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Euphemism central: "Geographically embarrassed": lost
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"Ceremonial security": when it looks like security, acts like security, and does nothing whatsoever to protect you.
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Perfect storm: kids' data plus Internet of Things plus worrying level of security: troyhunt.com/data-from-conne…
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Cyber resilience: if someone drops your company, does it smash or does it bounce?
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Flies are the target computers, not the users :-)
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#CyberSecurity New analogy! Ransomware attack vectors like spider hunting methods (email is wolf spider, web is orb web).
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Scared my phone so much, the Twitter app crashed... xitter.gq/cert_uk/status/7256204…
Weekly Update now live with info on malware found in German nuclear facility, Bangladesh Bank hack and latest vulns cert.gov.uk/resources/news/2…
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New @BBCClick guide to recognising and avoiding email scams ow.ly/4n4mMj
Hieronymus Bosch Tech Supporte "Have ye tryed replacinge the OS wyth a tinye circle of dancinge mice?"
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@PaulSecular @malcfairbairn the corollary is that no matter how far away you are, you can't ignore the wrongness...
If people are the lifeblood of the organisation, information is the oxygen.
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ISMS with a twist with @bridgetkenyon: dinosaurs, cake recipes, bus tours + nicotine replacement patches ucisa.ac.uk/ismt #igconf15
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