Category: Advent IM Blog

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

We’ve compiled 2021’s Ransomware statistics and put them into an educational video for you. Did you know that in 2021, nearly 40% of organisations around the world were hit by ransomware? Watch here 

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

From the Advent IM Head of Client Development, Derek Willins. Delighting your customers and stakeholders is the foundation of all commerce. But how to do this, continually changes. For example, for the last few years and particularly since covid struck, ‘digital transformation’ has accelerated amongst most organisations. Digital transformation is about making everything you do […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

Santa is back with some more serious security flaws! Remember this Christmas, don’t be like Bad Santa. We would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! Watch here 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

The holidays are here and it is a time for family and friends to gather around our homes and share the festive fun, but with the majority of us still working from home, it is important you are keeping work documents and equipment safe and secure. Watch here 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

National Computer Security Day commenced in 1988. Its inception closely followed an attack on ARPANET -the internet’s predecessor- that harmed 10% of connected computers. The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) first inaugurated the holiday. National Computer Security Day is designed to raise awareness about cyber security issues. It also helps people maintain online security. Check […]

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

On Sunday the 31st of October  Mike Gillespie Braved the Shave on the 4th anniversary of his Mum’s death. “My mum was both a mother and a friend to me, and gave so much of herself, selflessly, to help, support, and look after so many people in her life including her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Cyber Security Awareness month seemed like the perfect time to re-launch our YouTube channel with some new content and more security conversations than ever before. Join us for some opinion and best practice advice throughout October. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit notifications so you catch everything. It all starts on Monday 4th October

• 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 […]