The Tube of joy strikes again! I've found an upload of Chris Tarrant's "This Is Your Life" from 1997 on YouTube, this takes me right back Before I transitioned into cyber security in 2009 I spent many years working with Chris Tarrant of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"...

Last year in October I took part in a panel discussion for Cyber House Party about mental health and why it is so important to look after our mental health. During the panel discussion we also talked about our strategies and coping mechanisms for when our mental...

Welcome to my new series of blogs which will cover my top 5 cyber security events, podcasts, publications, and video series. In my first blog I covered the top 5 cyber security events that I cannot afford to miss, and in this blog I am going to list my top 5 cyber...

Welcome to my new series of blogs which will cover my top 5 cyber security events, podcasts, publications, and video series. In my first blog I covered the top 5 cyber security events that I cannot afford to miss, and in this blog I am going to list my top 5 cyber...

Welcome to my new series of blogs which will cover my top 5 cyber security events, podcasts, publications, and video series. In my line of work as the CEO & Founder of the UK Cyber Security Association and as a cyber security awareness consultant I come across...

Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday NHS….Happy birthday to you.Today marks the 72nd birthday of the NHS, and there is a final #ClapForCarers event taking place at 5pm tonight to mark the occasion. I don’t think I have ever been so grateful for...

I've seen and heard some pretty harrowing things this last week or so when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak. And yet somehow I have to have faith and believe that things will get better one day.   They won't be the same. I am sure we will all be forever...

In early January this year news began to circulate about a new strain of coronavirus that was sweeping across China, and that originated in the province of Wuhan.  Dubbed COVID-19, this strain was deemed to be more contagious and deadly than previous strains of the...

I got some stories to tell, And I don’t know if anyone knows them, So before they throw me in my coffin and close it, I’m gonna expose it, I’ll take you back to 2012, into the past I am going to delve, Before I ever had an award-winning cyber security career….     I...

I have to admit I am not a fan of Love Island as a show, it isn't my cup of tea at all. That said, I am aware of the show and was aware of Caroline Flack as the host of it.   To hear she has taken her own life age 40 is just awful, and on the back of hearing...

Yesterday morning I happened to spot a post on Facebook about a chap I met back when I founded the Worcestershire Literary Festival and who I knew from the Worcester Writers’ Circle, Kieran Davis. He had apparently gone missing on Monday, and no-one had heard from...

This is me with my ex-husband Ian in December 2009, and me with Russ – my second husband – in December 2019: It has been pointed out to me that my smile in the photo with Russ exudes happiness and positivity compared to the one with my ex-husband where I don’t look...

On this day in 1991, my idol and #LoveOfMyLife Freddie Mercury passed away from AIDS related pneumonia aged just 45 years old. As a huge fan of Freddie and of Queen I felt the loss of Freddie profoundly. I couldn’t believe that he had gone, and I still can’t believe...

One year ago today I saw the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the cinema for the first time and at the risk of sounding cliched it changed my life. I’m sure many of you know how much of a fan I am of Queen and especially Freddie Mercury; I was inconsolable when he died on...

As well as it being Cyber Security Awareness month, which is a huge deal in my work industry, October is also Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. I am sharing this picture of myself holding my much loved and much wanted son Francesco “Frankie” Enrico Ventura....

This is a recent photo of me and my Dad. My Dad means absolutely everything to me and is my whole world. However, he has a myriad of health conditions that he developed nearly 2 years ago in October 2017 including epilepsy, mobility problems and he is now being...