News and information from the Advent IM team.
Security Predictions for 2020 from the Advent IM Team
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
It’s that time of the year when our consultants get the crystal ball out and make some predictions for the year to come… New Year, Same Problems … Another year and another set of predictions from the Advent IM Team … Mike Gillespie: Organisations will finally take the talking spoon off IT and stop buying […]
Read MoreCybercriminals are becoming more methodical and adaptive
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Cybercriminals are deviating towards a more focused approach against targets by using better obfuscation techniques and improved social engineering skills as organizations improve in areas such as time to detection and response to threats, according to Trustwave.
Read More#Security predictions for 2018 from the Advent IM Team
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Its that time of year. We look back over our shoulder and use the previous 12 months to try and work out what we can expect in the coming 12 months. Sometimes we get it horribly right, such as our prediction of the meteoric rise in ransomware and also that it would start to impact […]
Read MoreIs your CEO having a whale of a time? Put a stop to it! #phishingTackle
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Criminals know where the richest pickings are; it might be financial or it might be valuable information, but the higher up the organisational tree they manage to get and successfully target, the greater the reward. But when it comes to understanding cyber threat, we don’t have to look very far to realise our boardrooms are […]
Read MoreRound-up: Top posts of 2015
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
2015 is almost over and we have been pleased and delighted to welcome many new followers and contributors to the Advent IM Holistic Security blog. It’s hard to wade through all the content but we thought it would be nice to present you with a list of some of our most popular posts this year, by […]
Read MoreHave you got the energy for another breach…?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Julia McCarron, Advent IM Director, looks at the British Gas breach that saw customer details published online and the energy giant claiming they had not been breached and the details must have come from elsewhere… So let’s get this straight. The email addresses and passwords definitely belonged to British Gas customers? Tick. They definitely accessed British […]
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