Tag: waf

Is GDPR fine or is GDPR fines? The jump from Minimum Viable Preparation (MVP) to Minimum Defendable Measures (MDM)

Posted on Thursday, August 8th, 2019

A lot of organisations took what’s best described as a MVP (Minimum Viable Preparation) approach in the run-up to the GDPR becoming effective in May 2018. This was understandable given a general lack of clear guidance, the cost and disruption of in-depth preparations, uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the mixed messages regarding enforcement. […]

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This Isn’t Just a Firewall, This… is a Web Application Firewall

Posted on Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

  Firewalls are, in technology terms, as old as the hills. There’s been more ‘next generation’ firewalls than musical genre’s in the 40 odd years they’ve been about. At their heart, they permit or deny packets entering or leaving a network and, useful as that is, little else. Each generation adds something new to the […]

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A Web Application firewall can be a pain in the A*** but maybe its essential for GDPR ?

Posted on Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

Firewalls have been around for years, but Web Application Firewalls are much newer and despite the name very different!   So firstly what is a WAF? What does it do and why do I need one (or not)? Quite simply a normal firewall will open up ports to allow traffic from the outside world access to […]

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WannaCry – What’s next…

Posted on Monday, February 5th, 2018

Thoughts on the latest NHS “WannaCry” exploit – could it happen again, could it be worse and what lessons can be learned? NHS “WannaCry” exploit – It could happen again and it could be worse! This week we have witnessed the wide spread hacking of computer systems, this has had widespread implications to us all as […]

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WannaCry – What’s next…

Posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

Thoughts on the latest NHS “WannaCry” exploit – could it happen again, could it be worse and what lessons can be learned? NHS “WannaCry” exploit – It could happen again and it could be worse! This week we have witnessed the wide spread hacking of computer systems, this has had widespread implications to us all as […]

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