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Press Release: UK Police Launch Industry Charter to Deliver Top Service to the Public
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News
Policing Partners publicly commit to Improve Security within UK Police UK Police forces are a huge target for security attacks, given their collation of highly sensitive information. The main reason for information security breaches is human error, therefore all roles within a Police force need to understand their security responsibilities and the risks associated with […]
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Securing the Public Sector: Our Journey in Delivering Information Security Services
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
Advent IM has a longstanding relationship with the UK Government and has been a trusted security consultancy provider to many Government departments over its twenty-year history. MySecurityManager – Solving the problem: Interim role of Information Security Manager for a Government Body Our client was already engaged with us for years, mostly for accreditation work. However, […]
Read MoreTerms and Conditions for Advent IM | Security Surgery Giveaway | DIGIGOV 2024
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
A Security Surgery is a virtual consultation with Mike Gillespie for up to half a day on a security project, challenge or issue chosen in advance by the winner. It does not include a written report. There is no cash alternative to this prize. The prize is not transferrable. No purchase is necessary […]
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Dozens arrested and thousands of victims contacted after scam site taken offline
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an industrial scale has been infiltrated by police, leading to a number of arrests around the world. As many as 70,000 UK victims were tricked by LabHost’s scams, which obtained 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 PINs globally. Read Here.
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Boots, BA Warn Staff About Cyber Attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A vulnerability in file transfer software has led to warnings being issued to a range of companies warning staff of a potential compromise of personal details. Read Here.
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Birmingham Airport suspends operations due to ‘security incident’ on aircraft.
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Birmingham Airport suspends operations due to ‘security incident’ on aircraft. Read Here.
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Roku hackers accessed over 500K accounts in second cyberattack of 2024
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Streaming service provider Roku said Friday it identified a second cyberattack that impacted about 576,000 additional accounts while investigating a breach that affected 15,000 user accounts earlier this year. Read Here.
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No one facing disciplinary action over multimillion-pound PSNI data breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
No disciplinary action is being taken against anyone involved in the PSNI data breach, the chief constable has said. Jon Boutcher said the error is set to cost hundreds of millions of pounds was due to a systems failure, as he insisted he not would preside over a “blame culture” within the PSNI. Read Here.
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Royal Mail export services severely disrupted after ‘cyber incident’
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident”. Read Here.
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The Viral Temu Scam: Did You Sell Your Data for £50?
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
Hello everyone, here’s a free £50! We’ll just take your personal information in return 🙂 This is what Chinese organisation Temu are doing, and masses of people are falling for it. Who are Temu? Temu are an online market place that offer heavily discounted prices for all goods. They originate from China, with their platform […]
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