Security Archives - The Institution of Analysts and Programmers

CATEGORY: In The Press, Safeguarding, Security, Software Development

A FOOL-PROOF GUIDE TO AVOIDING IT SPECIFIC SCAMS

Avoiding IT Specific Scams in the UK: A Guide for Professionals Credential Harvesting & Phishing HOW IT WORKS: Attackers send fake login pages for systems like Office 365, AWS, GitHub, etc. TACTICS: – Lookalike domains (micr0soft.com, aws-support.co.uk) – MFA fatigue attacks: constant login prompts to trick you into approving DEFENCE: – Use hardware-based 2FA (e.g., […]

CATEGORY: In The Press, Post Office, Post Office Scandal, Security, Software Development

POST OFFICE SCANDAL – 25 YEARS ON

Spare a thought when you post your Christmas cards. The Post Office Horizon Scandal. Where are we now? It took until 2019 for the Horizon system to be found error-prone in a High Court judgement after first being exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009. More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted. Up until now, 93 […]

CATEGORY: EVENTS & EXPOS, Innovation, IT History, Security, Software Development, Uncategorised

THE FINTECH EVOLUTION

Our Next Webinar: Friday 13th September 2024 at 2pm. FROM BARTER TO BLOCKCHAIN: THE EVOLUTION & SECURITY OF FINTECH. We delve into the historical evolution of financial trade, tracing its roots from ancient barter systems and the advent of commodities-based currency around 3000 BC to the sophisticated banking operations of Ancient Mesopotamia and the medieval […]

CATEGORY: Security, The IAP At 50

PROTECTING OUR ASSETS

The IAP at 50. Reflections from Paul Lynham FIAP. In April 1999, Paul wrote an article on copy protection. At the time floppy discs were the medium of choice. Today, even more elaborate methods have been created to protect our creations in this digital world, where few remember what it was like before digital downloads. […]

CATEGORY: Security, UK Cyber Security Council

UK CYBER SECURITY COUNCIL

The importance of Cyber Security. Recognising the importance of Cyber Security to the UK economy and national resilience, the Government undertook consultations about the formulation of a UK Cyber Security Council. This led to the establishment of the Cyber Security Alliance comprising 16 cyber security organisations, of which The Institution of Analysts and Programmers is […]

CATEGORY: Security

APP DEVELOPERS SURVEY

App Developers Security and Privacy Practices. DSIT has commissioned Pye Tait Consulting, an independent research agency, to conduct work to help it understand current security and privacy practices utilised by app developers – especially the impact and awareness of recent voluntary government initiatives. If you are an IAP member and an App developer, we suggest […]