Why Moving to the Cloud Does Not Mean Security Is Solved Over the past decade, cloud services have become an integral part of the way organisations operate. We use them for email, document sharing, video conferencing, project management, data storage, and countless other activities that have become part of everyday business. For many organisations, moving to the cloud has been a significant step forward. There is no longer a need to maintain physical servers, manage on-premis

Why Not All Data Is Equally Important In our previous article, we discussed the importance of understanding the information your organisation holds. However, once you have created an inventory of your data, a new challenge quickly emerges. How do you protect all that information? At first glance, the answer seems straightforward: protect everything equally. In practice, that is almost impossible. Organisations work with hundreds or thousands of documents, databases, emails, r

The information you keep determines how attractive you are to attackers When cybersecurity is discussed, the conversation usually begins with technology. We talk about firewalls, antivirus software, cloud security, artificial intelligence, and sophisticated attacks. Yet one of the most important questions is often overlooked: What exactly are you trying to protect? For most organisations, the answer is not a server, a laptop, or a network. The answer is data. Data is the reas

Despite the rise of messaging platforms, collaboration tools, and social media, email remains at the centre of digital communication. That is exactly why it remains the primary entry point for cyberattacks. The reason is simple: email is an open system. Anyone can send a message to anyone. At the same time, people are conditioned to read and respond quickly, often without careful verification. Attackers exploit this. Modern email attacks are no longer obvious. They do not rel

“Information is our strength. Unity is our shield. Resilience is our future” Under the auspices of the NATO Political Engagement Support Cell (PESC), the Cyber Security Excellence Centre (CSEC) organized the conference "Connect 26". The second edition of CSEC Connect brought together national CERTs/CSIRTs, policymakers, academia, and international partners to address a simple but urgent question: can the Western Balkans become resilient if it remains fragmented? The short an