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My interview with Security Week on some of the cybersecurity implications on rolling out Smart Cities without deep reflection on security in depth.

My interview on BBC Radio Ulster Talkback show on the biggest terror trial in Northern Ireland’s history been impacted by the PSNI data breach, with defence lawyers planning on calling officers identified on the leaked list as working with MI5.

My interview on BBC Radio Foyle on Google warning users about potential inactive account deletions starting in December. We also discuss how to improve WiFi and outdoor webcams.

My interview with techopedia on how WormGPT and FraudGPT which claim to get around the restrictions of the ‘normal’ LLMs, are making it easier for hackers.

My interview with Vigour Times on  the need to emphasise the need for consistency in enforcing data protection regulations and questioned why the police should be exempt.

My interview with the Financial Times where I mention that the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s data protection watchdog, which is currently being more lenient towards public sector bodies may find itself under pressure.

My contribution on BBC UK News at 6 on the differences in the PSNI data leak as opposed to run of the mill data breaches.

My contribution to the Huffington Post on how data classification/data loss prevention tools could have been used in the background to protect the documents, and that cyber security training should be mandatory for all organisations.

My interview on BBC Radio Ulster on the PSNI investigating the theft of stolen documents and a laptop hours after a “critical incident” was declared over a huge breach relating to 10,000 officers and staff.

My interview on TalkTV’s Vanessa Feltz show on confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the public was not told for another 10 months.