Gidley's Gossipings

A blog about not much really

Are you feeling lucky?

How lucky do you feel today? It’s an important question as your IT security is probably mostly down to luck. If we examine most ‘hacks’ we usually see the organisation hit issuing statements about ‘sophisticated hackers’ and the public image of hackers, as lone genius’s wearing hoodies in darkend rooms is re-enforced. In fact most attacks are perpetrated by far less skilled people and succeed by luck. That’s not to say there aren’t some super skilled experts out there, but they are few and far between. Read more →