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CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending October 12th

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 2d

Weekly summary is out..

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Strengthening national cyber resilience through observability and threat hunting..

Strengthening national cyber resilience through observability and threat hunting

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 5d

A call to arms on observability and threat hunting coupled with a marker of where we want to collectively get to..

www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/st...

How organisations can improve their ability to both detect and discover cyber threats.

Strengthening national cyber resilience through observability and threat hunting

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 5d

A call to arms on observability and threat hunting coupled with a marker of where we want to collectively get to..

www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/st...

How organisations can improve their ability to both detect and discover cyber threats.

Active exploitation of vulnerability affecting Oracle E-Business Suite

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 7d

If you run Oracle E-Business ensure you patch..

NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk · 7d

The NCSC is encouraging UK organisations to take immediate action to mitigate a vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) affecting Oracle E-Business Suite.

More info here👇
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/active-exploitation-vulnerability-affecting-oracle-ebusiness-suite

The NCSC is encouraging UK organisations to take immediate action to mitigate a vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) affecting Oracle E-Business Suite.

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending October 5th

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 10d

Weekly summary is out..

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Welcome to the weekly highlights and analysis of the blueteamsec Lemmy (and my wider reading).

RAEng Fellow 2025: Ollie Whitehouse FREng

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Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk · 11d

New Fellow: Ollie Whitehouse FREng @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social leads the @ncsc.gov.uk's technical mission to protect the nation. With over 27 years in cybersecurity, and nine patents, his work has had global impact across the public and private sectors.
raeng.org.uk/about-us/fel... #RAEngFellows

Ollie Whitehouse leads the National Cyber Security Centre's technical mission to protect the nation.

raeng.org.uk

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 16d

Weekly summary is out..

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CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending September 28th

NCSC warns of persistent malware campaign targeting Cisco devices ...

https://raeng.org.uk/new-fellows-20…

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profserious @profserious.bsky.social · 18d

Many congratulations @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social well deserved recognition

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 19d

I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering - @raeng.org.uk

I join 73 other leading figures in the fields of engineering and technology to be elected this year: raeng.org.uk/new-fellows-...

#RAEngFellows

https://raeng.org.uk/new-fellows-20…

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 19d

I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering - @raeng.org.uk

I join 73 other leading figures in the fields of engineering and technology to be elected this year: raeng.org.uk/new-fellows-...

#RAEngFellows

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 23d

Weekly summary is out..

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NCSC Summary: week ending September 21st

External attack surface management (EASM) buyer's guide launched..

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) pilot

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 28d

At the NCSC our assured Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) pilot Consultancy companies list is now live.

They exist in two categories
- assured for Discovery & Migration Planning
- assured for Discovery & Migration Planning, and Advice

www.ncsc.gov.uk/schemes/assu...

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending September 14th..

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Sep 13

Weekly summary is out..

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We can all identify what good looks like, the finesse is how we also devise and articulate the practical path between where we are today and the new sunny uplands we aspire to reach…

The Wicked Problems and Opportunities of Cyber - Ollie Whitehouse

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Dave Aitel @daveaitel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great talk from @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social youtu.be/UVNMozEgYtY?...

YouTube video by BSides Bournemouth

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Sep 6

Weekly summary is out..

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CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending September 7th

From bugs to bypasses: adapting vulnerability disclosure for AI safeguards...

The Wicked Problems and Opportunities of Cyber - Ollie Whitehouse

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Sep 5

Earlier in August I spoke at BSides Bournemouth (in the UK) -
the video of said talk is now live..

youtube.com/watch?si=tae...

YouTube video by BSides Bournemouth

youtube.com

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Sep 3

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has collaborated with the UK's AI Security Institute to take the learnings from vulnerability disclosure and apply to AI safeguard bypasses disclosure programmes.

www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/fr...

From bugs to bypasses: adapting vulnerability disclosure for AI safeguards

Exploring how far cyber security approaches can help mitigate risks in generative AI systems

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 31st

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 30

Weekly summary is out..

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Since at least 2021, this activity has targeted organisations in critical sectors including government, telecommunications, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure globally...

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 24th

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 23

Weekly summary is out..

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"Across June and July 2025, the AI Incident Database added over sixty new incident IDs"

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 17th

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 16

Weekly summary is out..

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"AI Cyber Challenge marks pivotal inflection point for cyber defense.."

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 17th

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 16

Weekly summary is out..

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"AI Cyber Challenge marks pivotal inflection point for cyber defense.."

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 10th

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 8

Weekly summary is out ...

ctoatncsc.substack.com/p/cto-at-ncs...

We have an opportunity to address the inevitable but we will need to want a different future…

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending August 10th

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 8

Weekly summary is out ...

ctoatncsc.substack.com/p/cto-at-ncs...

We have an opportunity to address the inevitable but we will need to want a different future…

Quantum networking technologies

Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · Aug 5

At the UK's National Cyber Security Centre we have just published a white paper outlining the NCSC’s approach to quantum security technologies including QKD, QRNG and quantum networking

www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/q...

A white paper outlining the NCSC’s approach to quantum security technologies.