Roger Halbheer on Security
As Threat Intelligence is one of the key assets to be built in companies, the right information sources will be key. The challenge there is not only to get information but to transform it into actionable intelligence. It needs to be targeted to the industry you are working in as well as to the situation…
It is not new that in December 2015 and December 2016 Ukraine suffered a power outage due to a cyber-attack. Researchers now figured out that both attacks leveraged the same framework to base their attacks on. It is not as sophisticated as Stuxnet for different reasons (only leverages one vulnerability, the way it communicated, etc.)…
One of the discussions I have with a lot of customers is around managed security services. Especially themes like Security Operation Centers seem to be fairly emotional as quite some customers want to build and run one themselves (and yes, I know the challenges around regulation). One of the points I often make is the…
I made this statement often: To me a good and sound threat intelligence, which is linking to the business will be absolutely key in the future. Therefore we entered into agreement to acquire iDefense – so read on. A study we published last autumn made it clear: We are investing more and more money in…
The Accenture Technology Vision is a visionary piece of work showing where we see technology develop over time. It is interesting to see that more and more people are getting back to the center of what we do and where we go. So, the Technology Vision this year carries the title “Technology for People –…
First of all I have to apologize: I had quite some technical issues with my blog and therefore had some time between now and the last post…. Today I would like to tap your brains: It is close to Christmas and therefore a typical time to hand your wish list to Santa (in our case…
It is one of the acquisitions and investments we do as we know that we – and the market – need absolute top knowhow to leverage digital, the cloud and whatever will come in the near future. Understanding the threat landscape and having answers in the context of a very fast and disruptively moving business…
Startups in the Fintech and Cyber area have the potential to really disrupt the business and the way we do security. Therefore, we decided to support the Fintech & Cyber Showcase 2016 – Israel Innovation Effect intensively and out came a great event with interesting startups in these sector. So, if you are interested and…
I just started to blog on the Accenture Banking Blog as well – it is in German: Problemdenken abschalten – denn mit Sicherheit sind die neuen Banken-Lösungen Angreifern gewachsen
You might be aware of the fact, that I am not a too big fan of classical SIEM tools. In my opinion, they often fail to deliver good results efficiently, deliver too many false positives and need quite a team of engineers to keep the ruleset/use cases current. Typically, I use these environments to monitor…
On the one side: Unfortunately, my garden leave is over – on the other side, cool to start working again. My first days at Accenture are over now and I have to say: Quite an experience. I met a million people (at least it felt that way and this is what always happens, when you…
In the two years as a Chief Security Officer at Swisscom, I had the privilege to work with a really outstanding team to prove what I said since years: Security has to be a business enabler – even in one of the most critical infrastructures of a country. Together we removed the dust from the…
Measuring security is a problem – and not something new. When I look at what we did at Swisscom, we are severely challenged in this area. A lot of companies measure things like incidents etc., metrics which are a complete failure in my opinion. Let’s look at the incident metric for a second. You could…
