
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.
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Why is SSL under attack?
In-depth Don't get sidetracked by a storm in the SSL teacup, warns Davey Winder...
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The WordPress CMS isn't insecure – you are!
Analysis Another vulnerability in WordPress is bad news for the CMS platform
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Why Box hasn't solved the cloud encryption conundrum
Analysis Davey Winder takes a closer look at Box's recent cloud data encryption push and finds the vendor still has some work to do
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Why are security vendors faking digital certificates?
In-depth Davey Winder shares his thoughts on the tricky subject of using digital certificates
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What IT security lessons can teenagers teach the enterprise?
In-depth Davey Winder looks a little closer to home to see how the enterprise can learn from his teenage son's approach to security...
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Why Microsoft needs to realise forewarned means forearmed
In-depth Davey Winder explains why Microsoft is mad to halt its Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification alerts for all users
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Hackers are gonna hack, but can the enterprise do jack?
In-depth With Lizard Squad offering up their DDoS tools to others, Davey Winder wonders why the enterprise isn't doing more to protect itself?
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Deleted data by mistake? Here's how to get it back
Tutorials Davey Winder offers some timely advice on what to do if you accidentally delete some important data
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Wearable tech & the risk it poses to enterprise data
In-depth Davey Winder explains why IT directors need to wise-up about including wearables in their organisation's BYOD security policies
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Russian webcam hackers: Nothing to see here
In-depth Davey Winder explains why the Russsian webcam story isn't news at all...
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Why Apple fanboys are in security denial
In-depth Davey Winder tells Apple users why they're wrong to assume their operating systems are "more secure" than Microsoft's
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Is your security policy a no-brainer?
In-depth Davey Winder explains why having a robust security policy, that everyone follows, is a must for the enterprise
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US firm opens new sec op centre in Wales
News Wales selected as location of choice for new set-up
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Dropbox didn't drop the ball, users did
In-depth Davey Winder lets rip over the tendency to blame vendors, rather than users, for some data breaches
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Opt out of plugging in for a more secure CMS
In-depth Davey Winder explains why CMS plug-ins are not worth the security risk
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Why the Xen flaw NDA represents good responsible disclosure
In-depth Many have criticised AWS, Rackspace and IBM for not going public straightaway with Xen flaw details, but Davey Winder thinks they're wrong
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Shellshocked by the Bash bug
In-depth Davey Winder explains why patience is a virtue when it comes to patching the Bash bug vulnerability
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Why the Edward Snowden scaremongering must stop
In-depth Davey Winder argues that it's time for the security industry to stop fixating on the Edward Snowden's revelations
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Lessons the enterprise can learn from the iCloud photo leak
In-depth iCloud security isn't the problem, argues Davey Winder. Lack of knowledge about how to implement it is
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Gmail app hack: Why it's unlikely to derail your BYOD plans
In-depth Davey Winder takes a closer look at last week's news about the 92 per cent success rate of the Gmail app hack
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Let's play IT security Buzzword Bingo
In-depth A report into the threats employees pose to data security has Davey Winder up in arms this week...
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How Paddy Power gambled against its customers' security
In-depth Davey Winder lets rip over Paddy Power's decision to tell customers about a data breach that happened four years ago...
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In web browsers we should not trust
In-depth Davey Winder explains why end users should be wary of putting too much trust in their chosen web browser
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Project Zero: Show Google's bug-hunting scheme some love
In-depth Google's efforts to address the problems of zero-day vulnerabilities should be applauded, claims Davey Winder
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