Craig is currently employed by Davichi a Brisbane based MSP/MSSP as a senior ICT security engineer. Craig is continuing to expand his knowledge and furthering his participation in the security industry by both presenting for conferences and contributing articles to CSO.
IoT is the latest buzz topic that is spreading like wildfire, almost everywhere you look someone else is discussing IoT and what it is going to mean for us as a society, the benefits that it can bring but what about the negatives?
Craig Ford | 25 Mar | Read more
Ransomware will make even the most experienced IT professional shiver..
Craig Ford | 11 Mar | Read more
The next time you are visiting any business, private or public look around and take things in with a – let’s call it “security filter”.
Craig Ford | 08 Mar | Read more
I lay awake in bed looking over at the alarm clock on my side table it indicates 5:59 am, I am waiting for it to click over to 6 am and the alarm to sound. Click.
Craig Ford | 26 Feb | Read more
This had been a long gig, with many long nights just crawling through logs, or reconnaissance data but as I sipped from my cold cup of coffee, it clicked. I had access.
Craig Ford | 25 Feb | Read more
I am a security professional / would-be ethical hacker and I feel that the glorified image our society has of my profession is all wrong.
Craig Ford | 07 Feb | Read more
It was mid-2013 when I found myself looking over options for postgrad degrees in IT, I had been in IT since I had graduated high school (1999 – wow that makes me feel old) when I started a basic technician job at a small IT services company.
Craig Ford | 04 Feb | Read more
Over the last few years there has been a massive increase in the number of breaches occurring globally, every time we look at the news another high profile company has been breached and customer data leaked all over the internet or for sale on the dark web.
Craig Ford | 01 Feb | Read more
Let's say I was a cybercriminal or Blackhat hacker (The idea of being a black hat hacker is humorous to me, it would be a stretch for me to even be a Grey hat but let's go with the story) and I am starting my week with considering my latest target to loot.
Craig Ford | 19 Dec | Read more
It’s that time of year again when security professionals are preparing for the onslaught of security threats like phishing emails or other social engineering attacks to take advantage of people’s good nature or just the fact that most people are busy trying to get everything ready before they leave on their breaks.
Craig Ford | 13 Dec | Read more
The couple weeks leading up to Christmas is always a chaotic and overwhelming time. You are attending Christmas social events, pulling late night work shifts to try and get your work finished before we all leave for that well-deserved break.
Craig Ford | 10 Dec | Read more
With under a month now to Christmas, many people are starting to attend company Christmas parties and social events.
Craig Ford | 03 Dec | Read more
Cybersecurity is a really interesting and challenging industry to work in but it can be a lonely, isolated job.
Craig Ford | 27 Nov | Read more
Over the last few months I have been doing lots of research about new cars particularly family size cars that can handle a growing family for many years to come (our current family car is getting a bit old and could do with an upgrade) and as a security professional (would be hacker) I seem to really pay attention when the car salespeople start to talk about all the new connected features like the auto link app in the new Hyundai Santa Fe that you can record all the details on where the vehicle has been and statistics etc.
Craig Ford | 15 Nov | Read more
You have your servers hosted in the cloud on one of the latest, it’s faster and more secure than any that have come before it.
Craig Ford | 06 Nov | Read more