The Group of Seven industrial powers (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States) agreed on a set of cybersecurity guidelines for the financial sector.

The document includes 8 recommendations which are drawn from the established best practices for cybersecurity.

ENISA publishes a good practice guide on Vulnerability Disclosure, aiming to provide a picture of the challenges the security researchers, the vendors and other involved stakeholders are confronted with when disclosing software/hardware vulnerabilities.

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have over the decades brought significant benefits to enterprises, individuals, and society as a whole. This is clearly evident when considering the wide and profound impact of the Internet in a great many parts of our daily lives. 

The United Kingdom’s GCHQ  in association with the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, Cabinet Office and Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has re-issued their ’10 Steps to Cyber Security’ publication, offering updated guidance on the practical steps that organizations can take to improve the security of their networks and the information carried on th

On the first of October, London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime Stephen Greenhalgh set up the London Digital Security Centre. The centre is the first specialist centre dedicated to help SMEs against cyber criminals.

Throughout October 2015, you can join one of the dozens of events, webinars, and other actions that are part of October-European Cyber Security Month (ECSM), which kicked-off on September 30th in Brussels. More than 100 events and activities in 27 countries will help us all protect ourselves from cyber threats through information security advice, competitions, education opportunities and sharing of good practices. 

With every company becoming digital, security will become fundamental to any activity, not just in a technical way, but as a matter of business.
Security is no longer just about protecting a business’s information.

Back in 2012, the World Economic Forum launched a Partnership for Cyber Resilience, in response to the growing importance of cyber security. It now counts over 100 organisations involved in the partnership. Among these is WISER’s partner, the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, Aon.

Technology  is  ever  evolving  and  new  cyber  threats  continue  to be devised. Unfortunately, cybersecurity is not yet at the core of many national and industrial technology strategies.
This is why WISER’s aim is to develop a multi-staged methodology to continuously, consistently and appropriately govern cyber strategy.

In a recent blog post ATOS has developed a five-step checklist to prepare organizations to the upcoming Digital Single Market initiative by the European Commission.
Wiser was mentioned as the innovative project putting cyber-risk management at the very heart of good business practice.