About the Author

My interview with ITPro on the motivation behind ransomware, the importance of backups and simple methods to help prevent being attacked.

My interview with CSO on Global cybersecurity membership association (ISC)² plans to pilot a new entry-level cybersecurity certification to validate the fundamental skills necessary for entry-level positions.

My interview with BBC Radio Foyle on how social media companies ‘must do more’ to protect users from online hate.

My interview with Irish Tech News on the various cyber threats to different sectors at this time.

My interview on Turkish TV channel aNews “The Edge” on the Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram outage.

My interview on BBC Radio Foyle about Hermes & Ford partnering to allow car boots to be used for deliveries, the launch of Windows 11, the Facebook outage and the problem with scooter QR codes.

My interview with CloudPro on how the cloud industry is relatively new which has led to a noticeable deficit in knowledgeable cloud architects and engineers.

My interview on Highland Radio about Facebook blaming a “faulty configuration change” for an outage that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its apps and services, including Whatsapp and Instagram, for nearly six hours.

My interview on BBC Radio Foyle about social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffering an outage that lasted almost six hours. It blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook’s services, but reportedly also employees’ work passes and email.

My interview in the Daily Express about the increase in cybercriminals actively targeting older people and tricking them in to clicking on spam links.