On 11 April 7Safe brought together information security colleagues, peers and friends from a wide variety of roles and organisations to take part in a realistic security incident simulation. Teams of guests were provided with the opportunity to approach the challenges of an increasingly complex attack by a militant hacker group, and a panel of [...]

7Safe's leading Certified Forensic Investigation Practitioner (CFIP) course was recently attended by Chris Doman. Chris, a 26 year old software developer from Essex had been awarded the course as a prize for finishing as the highest-ranked civilian in the 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge, a global cyber security competition designed and hosted by the US [...]

On 6th December 2012, 7Safe’s Sumit Siddharth will be presenting on ‘The art of exploiting logical flaws in web apps’ at Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2012. Black Hat is the premier information security conference and brings together thought leaders from all facets of the InfoSec world to share practical insights and timely, actionable knowledge. Often [...]

The Open University and 7Safe, part of PA Consulting Group, have announced the launch of a new stand-alone qualification in computer security and forensics. The Postgraduate Certificate in Computing (Forensics and Security) is integrated with industry-accredited training, and aimed at IT professionals wishing to develop the skills necessary to counteract online criminal activity. Phishing activity [...]

On 6 June 2012, LinkedIn confirmed the reports that it had been subject to a large-scale password compromise, with.  hackers posting a file online that  contained millions of “encrypted” passwords.  Why “encrypted” in quotes?  This posting explains why and, in doing so, how passwords can be safely stored. If a password is stored in an [...]

The winner of the second annual UK Cyber Security Challenge, supported by 7Safe education services, part of PA Consulting Group, has been awarded a place on 7Safe's leading information security certification course. PA's Alan Phillips, IT security and risk expert presented the award to Cambridge University student Jonathan Millican, who was crowned the winner having [...]

On 13th March 2012, Microsoft released a security patch for the MS12-020 vulnerability relating to the remote desktop protocol (RDP). The identified vulnerability allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on systems running vulnerable RDP services over the network which could lead to denial of service attacks, or worse, to loss of sensitive data stored on [...]

Cyber business is considered a main engine for future economic growth and the opportunity to use related technologies, such as the cloud, to reduce costs is a key part of the agenda for many organisations. Yet cyber crime is also increasing as are the indications that it is still not being treated seriously or is [...]

On 14 March, PA Consulting Group’s Sumit Siddharth will be speaking at the world’s premier IT security event, Black Hat Europe 2012, focusing on the vulnerabilities associated with the programming language, XPATH 2.0. To schedule a meeting with Sumit during the conference, please contact us now. Sumit is a specialist in application and database security, [...]

PA Consulting Group is pleased to announce that it has acquired 7Safe Ltd, a leading cyber security consultancy head-quartered in Cambridge. 7Safe’s expertise in security risk assessment, computer forensics, eDiscovery and education complements PA’s own long-established cyber security, risk and resilience capability, which has been in high demand in securing the businesses of both public [...]