Defence Forces deployed ethical hackers to fight back against massive HSE cyber attack
The CIS Corps deployed experts trained to think like cyber criminals to tackle the threat. By Niall O Connor Tuesday 20 Jul 2021, 12:05 AM 2 hours ago 4,577 Views 10 Comments
Image: Shutterstock/Sergey Nivens
Image: Shutterstock/Sergey Nivens
THE DEFENCE FORCES deployed the skills of so-called ‘ethical hackers’ in their bid to fight back against the HSE cyber attack of May this year.
Ethical hackers are trained to effectively think like a cyber criminal and highlight flaws in a system’s structure. They’re typically tasked with highlighting weaknesses that need to be addressed in IT systems.
Fiction Sneak Peek: March 20, 2021 Issue
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Short stories
“True To Life”. A TV Drama gets Willie thinking about the sorts of conversations he has with his wife, Andrea. Are they really only all about humdrum aspects of their life together? Kirk Houston is the illustrator.
Maureen and Jean are due to get their vaccines any day. So why is Jean acting so strangely? Find out in Eirin Thompson’s
“What The Doctor Ordered”. With an illustration by Ruth Blair.
Engineer, Mario, is secretly in love with a violinist who lives in his building. His shyness prevents him from asking her out – but then fate intervenes, in the shape of a stocking. Stefania Hartley’s romantic short story,