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News and information from the Advent IM team.
UK plc going backwards on cyber maturity, Cisco report claims
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
Fewer UK organisations believe their cyber security postures have reached a mature level than did so 12 months ago, as they struggle to keep up with new challenges and a fast-evolving threat landscape Read via Computer Weekly.
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Retirement Reflections from Derek Willins
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
This is a bittersweet week for us at Advent IM as our own Head of Client Development, Derek Willins, retires. There can be no doubt of his contribution to Advent IM and to security and we will miss his insight, curiosity and collegiate approach that so exemplifies our core values. Derek kindly wrote a post […]
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Recent Retail IT Outages or The Importance of Being Resilient
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A post from our MD, Mike Gillespie, on the recent outage impacts and lessons in resilience IT-based outages affecting McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s and Tesco were widely reported last weekend (15th and 16th March 2024), with many confused and angry customers taking to social media to warn others or make contact with the brands, seeking more information. […]
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British Library shares lessons from cyber attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The British Library has published a report on what it has learned from the cyber incident that paralysed its IT systems in October of last year. Read Here.
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Capita shares crater 22 per cent as outsourcing giant swings to £107m loss
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Capita’s share price closed 22 per cent lower on Wednesday after the outsourcing giant reported a huge loss and announced that it would be ramping up its cost-cutting programme. The group, which runs key local government, military and NHS services, this morning posted a pretax loss of £106.6m for 2023, compared with a £51.4m profit […]
Read MoreLaw firm reports data breach affecting more than 325,000 people
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Houser LLP, a U.S. law firm that specializes in serving high-profile financial institutions, said a system breach discovered in May 2023 exposed the personal data — possibly including sensitive information such as credit card numbers — of more than 325,000 people. Read Here.
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A Cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Unit Disrupts Prescription Drug Orders
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
For a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault. Read Here.
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Cyber criminals hack Internet users with advertising tools – HP
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
HP Wolf Security’s Cyber Division report reveals a new method that involves using online advertising tools to analyse and optimize cyber attacks. Read Here.
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ICO Bans Serco Leisure’s Use of Facial Recognition for Employee Attendance
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Serco Leisure has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology (FRT) and fingerprint scanning to monitor employee attendance by the UK’s data protection enforcement authority. Read here for the full article. Be sure to check out our video on ‘Employee monitoring’, as Mike Gillespie FCIIS MSyI CIRM covered monitoring within businesses and why they do it. […]
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Lockbit: UK leads disruption of major cyber-criminal gang
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The UK has led an operation to disrupt what is thought to be the world’s largest criminal ransomware group. Read via BBC News.
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