Dom Ryder

B10 GCHQ to issue “Platform Guidance” in the summer

GCHQ has responded to the reports of BB10 not being secure enough for government, they have stated “We have a long standing security partnership with BlackBerry and this gives us confidence that the BlackBerry 10 platform is likely to represent a viable solution for UK Government.” Let’s hope there’s light at the end of this one for BB.

BlackBerry BB10 Not Safe For Essential Government Work

Looks like CESG has deemed the new BB10 as not secure enough for essential government work due to the BlackBerry Balance feature! A bit of a blow to RIM I mean BlackBerry!

4G

Whoop 4G, fast very fast! :-) love my new EE sim but wow LTE drains the battery on the iPad mini

Silent Circle - An interesting secure communications solution

Read an article on Mike Janke’s Silent Circle encrypted communication service and a recent update which allows secure storage and transfer of files up to 60MB in size.

Looks like an interesting idea, I hope they do well.

(ISC)2 North West England Chapter - We’re Official!

I have just received approval from (ISC)2 that our North West England Chapter is now official! Yey! :-)

(ISC)² North West England Chapter

I am currently forming an (ISC)² Chapter for the North West England region, so if your a member of (ISC)² and would like to join drop me a message. Our application has been submitted and we have 28 members already which I think is a great start!

Lets hope (ISC)² approve our application. :-)

Everything Everywhere Confirms 4G UK Rollout

Everything Everywhere has just confirmed that its 4G roll out will commence on October 30th in the UK. Yey! Visit EE’s coverage website for more details here.

CISSP

Just passed my CISSP yey! :-)