DORA Incident Response Documentation: Which Documents Do You Need?

Introduction The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a European Union regulation designed to strengthen the digital resilience of financial entities. It establishes a comprehensive framework for managing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risks, ensuring that organizations can prevent, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents and operational disruptions. One of DORA’s key requirements is … Read more

Cloudflare Manages to Block Massive DDoS Attack on Unnamed Crypto Platform

Cloudflare, a company that specialises in web security has confirmed that they have successfully stopped what they believe to be one of the largest distributed denial-of-service or DDoS attacks on record, which targeted an unnamed cryptocurrency company. The attack was detected and mitigated automatically by Cloudflare’s defense systems, which were set up for one of … Read more

WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF INTRUDER ALARMS AND FIRE SYSTEMS?

Any sales person will quickly tell you all the latest technological advances that are available through the intruder alarms and fire systems their company has to offer. The list of features and capabilities possessed by modern security and safety systems is quite impressive. We have systems that operate automatic audio and video whenever an intruder … Read more

4 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN RESEARCHING AUTOMATIC GATES

Domestic access control systems – simply referred to as Automatic Gates – are becoming increasingly popular amongst home owners in and around Oxfordshire. Automatic gates are often installed for their security benefits, but these gates can also have a large social and visual impact on your home, driveway or wall perimeter. Here at Broadsword, we … Read more

The future of home security: Get ready for sensors and pro-active systems

  Today, home security is fairly straightforward. If you live in a home that has an “alarm” you’ve got a bevy of motion sensors dotted around your house, a central keypad by your front door with a standard keypad to disarm it and a box on the front of your house that says “look at … Read more

Basic Home Security Systems are Not as Safe as You Might Think

Many of us feel completely safe in a home protected by an automated security system, but security researchers Logan Lamb and Silvio Cesare found some easily replicated ways to get past some of the most popular security system brands. Both researchers were actually working on their own in two different countries, but both still landed … Read more

How to Hack Your Own Network and Beef Up Its Security with Kali Linux

Kali Linux is a security-focused operating system you can run off a CD or USB drive, anywhere. With its security toolkit you can crack Wi-Fi passwords, create fake networks, and test other vulnerabilities. Here’s how to use it to give your own a network a security checkup. This post is part of our Evil Week … Read more

Build a “Fake TV” Burglar Deterrent for When You’re on Vacation

Most burglars are only interested in a place when it’s obvious that there is nobody home. If you’re going on vacation, this DIY build makes it look like there’s always someone home watching TV, without you having to actually run your TV the whole time. You want to protect your home, and the people and … Read more