Category: Advent IM Blog

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Our thanks to Phil Ingram MBE and Liam Walker – Advent IM Security Consultant, for joining us in this fascinating look at the potential fallout from the abandoning of biometric information in Afghanistan, the likelihood of it then falling into Taliban hands, and the impact on people.  The rights and freedoms of the individual being […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Industry News

More than a third (35%) of connected device owners in the UK do not take additional security measures to protect their smart home devices and rely solely on inbuilt security features. Only 37% of connected device owners deny permissions to apps on their devices, while just a third (33%) install cybersecurity software. An even lower […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

This week on Weekend Wisdom, it has been a busy week in news, with the major story of the week being the T-Mobile data breach, which resulted in the leak of 100 million customer records. Europol has shut down a cyber fraud ring that defrauded companies in 20 countries, and the Information Commissioner’s Office has […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

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• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A post from Leighton Hughes I read a few days ago about the latest information security breach, that seems to be an ever-common appearance in today’s news, but this time it’s not Police related, who do seem to be the front runners of having these types of Data breaches, but this occasion it’s the National […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

We are at the start of Armed Forces Week with Armed Forces Day falling on June 26th. Naturally, we support our Armed Forces and have demonstrated this with our Covenant and our continuing support of the Armed Forces community. We are very lucky to have some excellent ex-military colleagues, some of whom are Reservists. One […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Visual ©UK MOD Crown Copyright 2020 This is Armed Services Week, leading to Armed Forces Day (AFD) (Saturday 26th Jun) via Reservists Day (Wednesday 23rd) We hope that this week and especially AFD, is a great celebration of those who serve and who have served along with their families and communities. We #SaluteOurForces  

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

  Today is a good day to talk about building a great password. Everyone knows we need solid passwords, it is a basic requirement. But one of the things I often hear from people is, ‘it’s all very well telling me to build a good password but what does good look like, and how exactly […]