A few months ago we decided it would be a great idea to do a blog, especially since a lot of the reading I do around my area of expertise (web filtering) is relevant to both organisations and individuals alike.  The problem then arose for me of “wh

UCISA 2012 begins tomorrow, and Altman Technologies are on their way to Celtic Manor to meet up with all the UCISA 2012  delegates, introducing new products to old and new acquaintances alike.

I recently found myself arguing with a friend about which Operating System was more secure Apple or Microsoft?  I know what you are thinking, ‘exciting stuff’!  His argument was solely based on the fact that you don’t buy Antivirus for you

For most of us in the security industry malware is a word we throw around a lot, safe in the knowledge that the word means something to the person we are speaking to.  Well having recently had a 5 minute conversation with a colleague only to learn af

Social Engineering is effectively an umbrella term for a number of different ways in which malicious people attempt to “hack you” as a person.  These range from quite generic attacks such as phishing (which I am sure you are all familiar with) to

These tips are aimed at end users rather than someone responsible for network security.  That said if you are a network manager your end users may make your life easier and your network more secure by following some of these simple steps.

Most of us have now learnt that protecting personal information is important to guard against threats like identity theft.  Maybe less well known is just how resourceful hackers can be and the way they use social networking for their attacks.  A

To show you the diversity of things to expect when you read my posts I wanted to share this video that popped up in one of my RSS feeds a few months back which I found really interesting to do with Stuxnet! If you have no idea who? what? where?  when

I have read a lot of articles and heard a number of web security colleagues use the words common sense.  Herein lies the problem; I would argue common sense is actually nonsense when it comes to web security.  If we say to someone “use your co