
Davey Winder
Davey is a three-decade veteran technology journalist specialising in cybersecurity and privacy matters and has been a Contributing Editor at PC Pro magazine since the first issue was published in 1994. He's also a Senior Contributor at Forbes, and co-founder of the Forbes Straight Talking Cyber video project that won the ‘Most Educational Content’ category at the 2021 European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards.
Davey has also picked up many other awards over the years, including the Security Serious ‘Cyber Writer of the Year’ title in 2020. As well as being the only three-time winner of the BT Security Journalist of the Year award (2006, 2008, 2010) Davey was also named BT Technology Journalist of the Year in 1996 for a forward-looking feature in PC Pro Magazine called ‘Threats to the Internet.’ In 2011 he was honoured with the Enigma Award for a lifetime contribution to IT security journalism which, thankfully, didn’t end his ongoing contributions - or his life for that matter.
You can follow Davey on Twitter @happygeek, or email him at davey@happygeek.com.
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 Safer Internet Day could teach businesses a thing or twoOpinion Safer Internet Day 2016 promotes better web security for families - but corporations should listen up as well By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Why Privacy Shield will fail to protect our dataOpinion Safe Harbour’s replacement is based entirely on trust - what a big mistake By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Data Privacy Day should highlight sins of Snooper's CharterOpinion The Investigatory Powers Bill remains the UK's biggest threat to privacy, says Davey Winder By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Smartwatch security threats: The sky isn’t really fallingOpinion Wearables are too young to pose a real threat to data security, says Davey Winder By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Encryption: Hackers could access security backdoorsOpinion Why David Cameron is wrong about backdoors, and the Netherlands is right By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 5 cyber security predictions for 2016Opinion How to defend your business against the worst hackers have to offer in the New Year By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Why security sucked in 2015, and how to improve in 2016Opinion Key security lessons to learn to protect your business in the New Year By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 How to reduce the risk of festive fraudOpinion Retailers are gearing up for Christmas, but so are cybercriminals… By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 George Osborne's understanding of cybersecurity is worryingOpinion Chancellor's new cyber measures get an awful lot wrong By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Why the FBI is wrong: you should never pay ransomwareOpinion Paying up can be pointless, especially when you can safeguard your data By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 A Snooper's Charter in all but name aloneOpinion Edward Snowden is right to call this bill our biggest threat to freedom of speech By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 James Bond style hack attacks pose no real world threatOpinion Why killer USBs and hacked voice assistants will remain as fanciful as Bond's gadgets By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Why the CISA amendment further erodes our right to privacyOpinion Increasingly, governments are becoming the enemies of data protection By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Measuring the costs of cybercrime is a guessing gameOpinion Davey Winder examines cyber breach cost analyses and finds them lacking By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 China's cybercrime accord with the US will change nothingOpinion Why a truce won't stop these superpowers hacking each other like mad By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 People power: Turn staff into your greatest security defenceOpinion Security statistics are real and scary, but educating your staff can make all the difference By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Don't be scared of outsourcing your security needsAnalysis Outsourcing can be a good thing - provided we avoid the stereotypes - claims Davey Winder... By Davey Winder Published Analysis
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 How long is too long for responsible disclosure?Opinion Carphone Warehouse disclosure practices put under our columnist's spotlight By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Windows 10: Wi-Fi Sense makes no security sense at allOpinion Davey Winder is concerned about the implications of a new Windows 10 feature... By Davey Winder Published Opinion
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 Enterprise post-breach mantra must be 'how' not 'who'Analysis Hack me once, shame on you! Hack me twice, shame on me! By Davey Winder Published Analysis
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 Why a vulnerable Mac is not necessarily an insecure oneAnalysis Just because an attack on OS X is possible, doesn't mean it will happen By Davey Winder Published Analysis
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 Infosec 2015: Has GCHQ lost the cyber security plot?Analysis It's more about what GCHQ doesn't say about the Snooper's charter than what it does, according to Davy Winder By Davey Winder Published Analysis
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 IT security goes back to the future with macro malwareAnalysis Davey Winder offers a reminder of a familiar vulnerability that appears to be making a comeback By Davey Winder Published Analysis
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 Windows 10: Patch Tuesday is not deadAnalysis Forget the reports that it's the end of Patch Tuesday, and say hello to Windows Update for Business, says Davey Winder By Davey Winder Published Analysis
