What is Likelihood?

In my previous post, I investigated the various definitions of Information Security Risk. Here I look at the first consideration for an information security risk analyst, how likely is the risk event to occur? What is it’s likelihood? Likelihood is commonly used in English as a synonym for probability, and…

Cyber Exercising

Cyber Exercises are a powerful and valuable tool but it is easy to confuse what we mean. I was a member of the Scenario Design Group for the Bank of England’s Waking Shark 2 cyber exercise this year. It was a fascinating experience, seeing how the top cyber/technology risk people…