Author of the Month: Bridget Kenyon

Author of the Month: Bridget Kenyon

ISO 27001 Controls – A guide to implementing and auditing Bridget Kenyon is the CISO (chief information security officer) for SSCL. She’s also been on the ISO editing team for ISMS (information security management system) standards since 2006, and has served as lead editor for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27014:2020.   Bridget is also a member of the UK Advisory Council for (ISC)2, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security.  She’s also been a PCI DSS QSA (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Qualified Security Assessor), been head of information security for UCL, and held operational and consultancy roles in both industry
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How to Create a Strong Security Culture

How to Create a Strong Security Culture

Getting a greater return on investment on your security measures We all have a responsibility for security. Regardless of role or rank, everyone has their part to play: Contrary to popular belief, cyber and information security aren’t just matters for IT. But to ensure that all staff truly take note of security and apply the knowledge gained from any staff awareness training, security should be embedded in your organisation’s culture. In other words, you should aim to build a ‘security culture’. In this blog What is a security culture? Security is about being free from danger or threat, while a
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Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

Expert insight from our head of GRC consultancy Our analysis of the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set found that 29–35% of reported personal data breaches between 2019 and 2023 in the UK had been caused accidentally. That is, the incident type was one of: Sector patterns However, when we investigated the sectors suffering the most accidental breaches, we found that the entire top 3 comprised the public sector, with numbers as bad as 36.4%, 40.4% and 57.1% of all data breaches caused through human error. When we asked Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance)
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