Author: Mladen Dryankov

It doesn’t require a lot of effort to achieve it and the below story is an example of how simple things from real life can catalyze it in an unexpected way.   Step 1. We need a bad time manager skill and a host I had a scheduled meeting in an organization as a client. […]

Of course it is a metaphorical whaling operation, which in reality is the whole operation of designing, preparing and carrying out an attack on a person of high social standard (CEO of a corporation, senior manager, prominent public or simply wealthy person) who has control of a large corporate, property or monetary resource. A wailing […]

Passwords have been a method of passage since ancient times. To be granted access to a location or resource, an employee is required to utter or type the correct secret phrase. In military terminology, in addition to a password, a counter password exists as an additional secret and challenge (besides the main password) that aids […]

An insider threat in information security is an event or person within the internal context of the organization whose direct or indirect impact could result in material or reputational damage. Do standards help against insider threats? There are a number of standards – ISO 27001 & NIST CSF, which aim to protect information through a […]

The importance of information security is becoming increasingly important due to the growing risk of threats that can result in catastrophic losses to organizations in the form of loss of intellectual property, disclosure of secrets, or disruption of vital services. As part of the response to such threats, a number of standards have been introduced […]