Cyber Insights
Book Review: Access Denied – The Security Risk of Ignoring Accessibility: Embedding Accessibility into Security and Compliance by Jemma Davis
by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIISChief Executive and Founder, Cyber Security Unity I read a lot of books. I have tons of them and can’t ever help ordering new ones from Amazon, my book collection is one of my pride and joys in life. But occasionally, a book arrives that...
Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS’s Journey Into Cyber Security and Tech: From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to Cyber Security Unity and Everything In Between
By Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS Hi! I'm Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS, also known as "Cyber Geek Girl," and the Founder of Cyber Security Unity. Today, I want to share my story with you for Women in Tech Week. My journey into cyber security and tech wasn't what you'd call...
The Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Attack: Lessons Learnt and Moving Forward Together
My thoughts are with everyone at Jaguar Land Rover who's dealing with the aftermath of this week's cyber security incident. I know first-hand how incredibly stressful these situations are – not just for the IT and security teams working around the clock to restore...
What Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS Is Looking For for as a Judge For The CSO 30 and Next CSO Awards 2025
By Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS, Judge for the CSO 30 and Next CSO Awards I'm absolutely thrilled to return as a judge for the CSO 30 and Next CSO Awards this year, and I wanted to share what I'm looking for and why these awards matter so much to our industry. I'll be...
One Year On: What Have We Really Learned from the CrowdStrike Outage?
Insights from the August 2025 edition of #InfosecLunchHour which took place on Wednesday 6 August 2025 at 12.30pm BST on Zoom. It's been just over a year since that fateful Friday in July 2024 when a single software update from CrowdStrike brought much of the digital...
One Weak Password: How Cyber Criminals Are Destroying British Businesses
BBC Panorama Exposes the Devastating Reality of Ransomware Attacks by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS, Chief Executive and Founder of Cyber Security Unity A shocking new BBC Panorama investigation reveals how one weak password brought down KNP – previously known as Knights of...