Category: Advent IM Blog
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Podcast: Infosec vs. Privacy
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
If you would like a copy of our Infoscape, click here. http://advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Infosec-and-Privacy-v1.0-mp3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Read MoreIts Business Continuity Awareness Week! Grab a word search… #BCAW2019
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
So it’s time to learn as well as have some fun with our word search. Click
Read MoreMinimum standard for the manufacture of surveillance cameras to be launched
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Mike has written a post for the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s blog… I have been fortunate to be involved in the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s National Surveillance Camera Strategy for England and Wales for the last 2 years since Tony Porter invited me to provide a consistent, cross cutting advisory role into his National Strategy. Read the full post..
Read MorePassword; too short, too weak, like everyone else’s …. #WorldPasswordDay
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
The top 10 passwords of 2018 has over half of the same passwords of 2017. We aren’t just lacking in imagination, we are also not learning our lesson either. Lets be original, avoid the dictionary words, add some upper cases and symbols. Let’s make them hard to guess but easy for us to remember.. because […]
Read MoreAdvent IM’s view … on security myths
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Click here to download a PDF version.
Read MoreThe World’s First Surveillance Camera Day!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
As you will be aware, our MD, Mike Gillespie has been acting as Cyber Security adviser to Tony Porter, The Surveillance Camera Commissioner on a pro bono basis, for some time. So of course we are delighted to help the Commissioner share the news of the inaugural Surveillance Camera Day and its launch at IFSEC […]
Read MorePodcast: Neurodiversity – Respect for the individual
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
We were lucky enough to have a great chat with Dr Emma Philpott (UK Cyber Security Forum and IASME), Rowenna Fielding (Protecture) and Nicola Whiting (Titania), on the topic of neurodiversity. There are some #Infosec and #Cybersecurity references but this podcast is for everyone. We talk about perceptions, employment, training, attitudes and hopes for the […]
Read MoreHundreds 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….
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