Susan Morrow

Susan Morrow is a cybersecurity and digital identity expert with over 20 years of experience. Before moving into the tech sector, she was an analytical chemist working in environmental and pharmaceutical analysis. Currently, Susan is Head of R&D at UK-based Avoco Secure.

Susan’s expertise includes usability, accessibility and data privacy within a consumer digital transaction context. She was named a 2020 Most Influential Women in UK Tech by Computer Weekly and shortlisted by WeAreTechWomen as a Top 100 Women in Tech. Susan is on the advisory board of Surfshark and Think Digital Partners, and regularly writes on identity and security for CSO Online and Infosec Resources. Her mantra is to ensure human beings control technology, not the other way around.

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Articles from Susan Morrow

Security risks of outdated encryption: Is your data really secure?

July 7, 2020

Introduction They say that those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. A salient factor in the defeat of Austria by Prussia in the 1866 Austro-P

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Top 8 tips for office security when employees are working from home

June 22, 2020

Introduction: Who’s minding the store? Cybersecurity has become even more high profile during the current COVID-19 pandemic. A recent warning from the UK Nat

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Cyber Work Episode Recap: How is the open exchange of information affecting cybersecurity?

June 16, 2020

Introduction Cody Cornell, CEO of Swimlane, is a passionate advocate for the open exchange of security information. Infosec recently chatted with Cody about

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How to stay cyber-secure at home with a secure home network

June 15, 2020

Introduction: Working from home made secure Many companies across the world have been introducing their employees to the concept of working from home. Althou

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Critical security concerns for the financial services industry

May 20, 2020

Compliance regulations in the financial services industry The financial services industry is heavily regulated with compliance requirements focusing on the

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Critical security concerns facing government

May 19, 2020

Challenge 1: Staying compliant If the government enforces regulations, then its various departments and functions must also comply with those same regulation

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Critical security concerns facing the energy & utility industry

May 18, 2020

A perfect storm of technical & human vulnerabilities The global dependency and wide use of utility companies makes the system highly vulnerable to both n

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Critical security concerns facing the technology industry

May 12, 2020

Of the top five most valuable brands in North America in 2019, four were information technology companies. Information technology has provided a backbone of

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Zoombombing: How it works and how to prevent it from happening to you

May 11, 2020

Introduction COVID-19 is likely to be the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year for 2020. But as well as entering our lexicon across the world, it has

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Top cyber security risks in healthcare [updated 2020]

May 1, 2020

The healthcare industry is a prime target for cybercriminals. Stolen protected health information (PHI) is worth hundreds, even thousands of dollars on the b

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Keeping Alexa out of the boardroom (and the bedroom office): IoT security tips for remote employees

April 20, 2020

Introduction I can’t help myself. I find myself liking Alexa. She/he/it isn’t exactly a friend, but I can play music and find out the weather and do all sor

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How hackers check to see if your website is hackable

March 30, 2020

“Memento mori” is Latin for “Remember that you are mortal.” According to tradition, this phrase was whispered to triumphant Roman military commanders on para

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