
Kate O'Flaherty
Kate O'Flaherty is a freelance journalist with well over a decade's experience covering cyber security and privacy for publications including Wired, Forbes, the Guardian, the Observer, Infosecurity Magazine and the Times. Within cyber security and privacy, her specialist areas include critical national infrastructure security, cyber warfare, application security and regulation in the UK and the US amid increasing data collection by big tech firms such as Facebook and Google. You can follow Kate on Twitter.
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Should your business start a bug bounty program?
In-depth Big tech firms including Google, Apple and Microsoft offer bug bounty programs, but can they benefit smaller businesses too?
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What is cloud ransomware and how can you avoid attacks?
In-depth With cloud ransomware increasingly targeting applications and data, as well as cloud-based companies, we explain how you can protect your business
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Six generative AI cyber security threats and how to mitigate them
In-depth What are the risks posed by generative AI and how can businesses protect themselves?
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The UN's cyber crime treaty could be a privacy disaster
In-depth Although a UN committee is fleshing out a new international cyber crime treaty, experts question whether it’ll make any positive difference to businesses
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How IT professionals can get into cyber security
In-depth The widely known cyber security skills gap might tempt IT professionals into a career change, but what’s the best way to navigate this switch?
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What are privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)?
In-depth As businesses need to consider privacy now more than ever, privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) are gaining traction
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Why is cyber security's sexual harassment problem so rife?
In-depth From physical assault to unsolicited explicit images, women in the industry face a barrage of inappropriate behaviour and find little support from employers
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The scariest cyber security horror stories of 2022
In-depth Lapsus$ group, Log4Shell, new Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, and the Russia-Ukraine war dominated cyber security headlines in 2022
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How to use machine learning and AI in cyber security
In-depth New technologies can augment your security team's response and may even be able to actively deceive attackers
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How will 6G transform the workplace?
In-depth The next generation of network connectivity could supercharge the metaverse, boost productivity, and render the smartphone obsolete
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Should your business worry about Chinese cyber attacks?
In-depth State-backed hackers are upping the anti, with businesses on high alert over the potential for falling victim to cyber espionage and IP theft
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The new wave of cyber security threats facing critical national infrastructure (CNI)
In-depth CNI is increasingly becoming a viable target, thanks to a litany of new malware strains, with cyber attacks threatening to have serious consequences
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Should your business worry about Russian cyber attacks?
In-depth What is the real Russian cyber security threat facing UK businesses, and how can organisations protect themselves?
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Rebooting your BYOD strategy
In-depth With hybrid working becoming the norm, there's a need for a device management overhaul. What does BYOD 2.0 look like?
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The UK's IoT proposals are riddled with ‘astonishing’ gaps
In-depth The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PTSI) Bill aims to address the connected devices security nightmare, but experts agree it doesn’t go far enough
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The risks and strategies of using privacy as a business differentiator
In-depth With privacy increasingly driving customer decisions, here’s how to make it a differentiator for your business
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