Category: Advent IM Blog
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Hundreds of compromised WordPress and Joomla websites are serving up malware to visitors
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Researchers see a spike in compromised domains attempting to deliver malicious payloads including Shade ransomware and phishing links. Read full story.
Read MoreThe Surveillance Camera Commissioner joins us to talk about the importance of cyber security and standards
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A great conversation with Tony Porter as Advent IM left the comfort of the podcast HQ and headed out to the NSI Summit at the NEC. Some background noise from the event but it didn’t manage to spoil a very worthwhile discussion on a wide range of topics. This included the first two years of […]
Read MoreSome helpful insight from Ponemon Institute on #DataBreach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
The need for quality #leadership in this area comes across very strongly. Plenty of positive outcomes possible with good leadership….
Read MoreOne in three small businesses admitted to not having any cyber security strategies in place at all
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
You have read this headline elsewhere today. It may have been another story that you noticed without noticing, perhaps made a ‘tsk’ noise about then moved on, possibly to read about the latest data breach or ransomware outbreak. The vast majority of businesses in the UK are SMEs. They are a hugely important part of […]
Read MoreUniversities need to get the most out of the ICO
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From our Head of Marcomms, Ellie Hurst The report produced by the ICO on information risk in higher education, is an excellent resource that every university and college should be embracing. It is a pragmatic response to increased security breach in this sector, produced in a sensible and common sense, practical way. As you know, […]
Read MoreConsidering #Risk around #IoT is a must because it touches every area of our lives and is not confined to cyber-space. #cybersecurity
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
ISO27552: Privacy extension to IS027001 – a look at the draft
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
The objective of ISO/IEC 27552 is to expand the existing ISMS with privacy-specific controls, creating PIMS to enable effective privacy management within an organisation. Robust PIMS implementation can bring many potential benefits for Personal Information Controllers and Processors. Firstly, managing compliance to multiple privacy regulations and policies from multiple authorities can be difficult especially when […]
Read MoreSolutions for yesterday’s DPD19 Crossword puzzle…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Download a pdf of the solutions here.
Read MoreTop 5 Cyber Causes of Data Breach – For DPD19
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
There are many reasons for Data Breach and there is a common factor that connects them…can you guess? http://advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DPD19-TOTB-v1.0.mp4Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Read MoreMike’s Medicine Show…a cautionary Data Protection Day tale…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
http://advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-Medicine-Show-v1.0-1.mp4Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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