Cyber security insights

STORM's cyber security insights bring you all the latest trends in digital security, cyber insurance, incident response and more

STORM Guidance blog

See what our specialists have to say about ransomware, business email compromise, extortion, data theft and all aspects of cyber risk.

Neil Hare-Brown

Oct 14

Webinar - Cyber Risk Assessment

The importance of cyber risk assessments in today's threat landscape.

Neil Hare-Brown

Sep 11

Webinar - Cyber Incident Exercising

Neil Hare-Brown and Mark Saunders from STORM are joined by Bores MD, James Bore to discuss the importance of cyber incident exercising.

Webinar - How can we trust IT solutions vendors?

Neil Hare-Brown

Aug 15

Webinar - How can we trust IT solutions vendors?

Learning in the wake of the CrowdStrike and similar incidents.

Neil Hare-Brown

Aug 1

Webinar - Anatomy of a Global IT Issue

A deep and wide, cause and effect analysis on what we know so far on the CrowdStrike incident.

Webinar - What Good Looks Like. Ep 1: Cyber Incident Response

Neil Hare-Brown

Jul 16

Webinar - What Good Looks Like. Ep 1: Cyber Incident Response

Business leaders need trust in those who offer cyber services. This series provides advice when performing due diligence on such providers.

Neil Hare-Brown

Apr 28

Controls Degradation

After a 40 year career in cyber risk management, I have had the privilege to work with a range of professionals specialising in law...

STORM is among the first NCSC Cyber Incident Exercising Assured Service Providers

Neil Hare-Brown

Dec 5, 2023

STORM is among the first NCSC Cyber Incident Exercising Assured Service Providers

London, UK – 5 December 2023 – STORM Guidance, a leading provider of cyber incident response and cyber risk management services, today...

Neil Hare-Brown

Aug 2, 2023

The Epic Fail Behind MOVEit

The attack on MOVEit is a replay of similar breaches which expose poor data management practices. For some time now, threat actors have...

Cyber attack methods explained, with a twist!

Neil HB

Apr 6, 2023

Cyber attack methods explained, with a twist!

Learn about the ways in which cyber criminals attack businesses, using Arthurian legend analogies.

Royal Mail Ransomware Negotiation Analysis

Neil Hare-Brown

Mar 31, 2023

Royal Mail Ransomware Negotiation Analysis

STORM Guidance analyse the recent ransomware negotiation between Royal Mail and LockBit. Download the full report here.

How MSPs can better position themselves in the face of increasing cyber threat

Rosanna Hayes

Jan 11, 2023

How MSPs can better position themselves in the face of increasing cyber threat

This article seeks to define the value in acknowledging and supporting the division between MSPs and cyber incident response roles and...

UK cyber crisis calls for broader regulation in the face of economic gloom

Rosanna Hayes

Nov 17, 2022

UK cyber crisis calls for broader regulation in the face of economic gloom

Amid countless reports of data leaks, hacks, and fraud, the UK economy isn’t adapting to deal with the pace of cybercrime, as threat...

Behind the scenes of criminal black markets and the proliferation of data extortion

Rosanna Hayes

Nov 1, 2022

Behind the scenes of criminal black markets and the proliferation of data extortion

The rapid evolution of cyberattack methods in recent years has shifted the focus to “big-game hunting”, targeting high-value victims with...

Quantify cyber risk across your book and save the prop-form headache

Rosanna Hayes

Oct 14, 2022

Quantify cyber risk across your book and save the prop-form headache

This month STORM Guidance launched the latest development to its pioneering risk assessment service, Cyber3: Rapid Risk Review. The...

Risk Management Regulations Set to Hit the Cyber Market

Rosanna Hayes

Oct 7, 2022

Risk Management Regulations Set to Hit the Cyber Market

What is the NCSC's proposed security standard, and do these controls go far enough for accurate risk modelling and loss reduction?