Davey Winder
Davey is a three-decade veteran technology journalist specialising in cybersecurity and privacy matters and has been a Contributing Editor at PC Pro magazine since the first issue was published in 1994. He's also a Senior Contributor at Forbes, and co-founder of the Forbes Straight Talking Cyber video project that won the ‘Most Educational Content’ category at the 2021 European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards.
Davey has also picked up many other awards over the years, including the Security Serious ‘Cyber Writer of the Year’ title in 2020. As well as being the only three-time winner of the BT Security Journalist of the Year award (2006, 2008, 2010) Davey was also named BT Technology Journalist of the Year in 1996 for a forward-looking feature in PC Pro Magazine called ‘Threats to the Internet.’ In 2011 he was honoured with the Enigma Award for a lifetime contribution to IT security journalism which, thankfully, didn’t end his ongoing contributions - or his life for that matter.
You can follow Davey on Twitter @happygeek, or email him at davey@happygeek.com.
Latest articles by Davey Winder
FBI wants a legal backdoor from Apple, not a technical one
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Is the FBI's court ruling about more than getting into San Bernardino killer's iPhone?
Safer Internet Day could teach businesses a thing or two
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Safer Internet Day 2016 promotes better web security for families - but corporations should listen up as well
Why Privacy Shield will fail to protect our data
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Safe Harbour’s replacement is based entirely on trust - what a big mistake
Data Privacy Day should highlight sins of Snooper's Charter
By Davey Winder published
Opinion The Investigatory Powers Bill remains the UK's biggest threat to privacy, says Davey Winder
Smartwatch security threats: The sky isn’t really falling
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Wearables are too young to pose a real threat to data security, says Davey Winder
Encryption: Hackers could access security backdoors
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Why David Cameron is wrong about backdoors, and the Netherlands is right
5 cyber security predictions for 2016
By Davey Winder published
Opinion How to defend your business against the worst hackers have to offer in the New Year
Why security sucked in 2015, and how to improve in 2016
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Key security lessons to learn to protect your business in the New Year
How to reduce the risk of festive fraud
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Retailers are gearing up for Christmas, but so are cybercriminals…
George Osborne's understanding of cybersecurity is worrying
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Chancellor's new cyber measures get an awful lot wrong
Why the FBI is wrong: you should never pay ransomware
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Paying up can be pointless, especially when you can safeguard your data
A Snooper's Charter in all but name alone
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Edward Snowden is right to call this bill our biggest threat to freedom of speech
James Bond style hack attacks pose no real world threat
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Why killer USBs and hacked voice assistants will remain as fanciful as Bond's gadgets
Why the CISA amendment further erodes our right to privacy
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Increasingly, governments are becoming the enemies of data protection
Measuring the costs of cybercrime is a guessing game
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Davey Winder examines cyber breach cost analyses and finds them lacking
China's cybercrime accord with the US will change nothing
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Why a truce won't stop these superpowers hacking each other like mad
People power: Turn staff into your greatest security defence
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Security statistics are real and scary, but educating your staff can make all the difference
Don't be scared of outsourcing your security needs
By Davey Winder published
Analysis Outsourcing can be a good thing - provided we avoid the stereotypes - claims Davey Winder...
How long is too long for responsible disclosure?
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Carphone Warehouse disclosure practices put under our columnist's spotlight
Windows 10: Wi-Fi Sense makes no security sense at all
By Davey Winder published
Opinion Davey Winder is concerned about the implications of a new Windows 10 feature...
Enterprise post-breach mantra must be 'how' not 'who'
By Davey Winder published
Analysis Hack me once, shame on you! Hack me twice, shame on me!
Why a vulnerable Mac is not necessarily an insecure one
By Davey Winder published
Analysis Just because an attack on OS X is possible, doesn't mean it will happen
Infosec 2015: Has GCHQ lost the cyber security plot?
By Davey Winder published
Analysis It's more about what GCHQ doesn't say about the Snooper's charter than what it does, according to Davy Winder
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