Category: Advent IM Blog
News and information from the Advent IM team.
It’s day 4 of the #AdventAdventCalendar, do you have your Christmas checklist ready?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
The Vision Direct Breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
We are delighted to have a guest post for you from Michelle Horton, Advent IM Security Consultant. The Vision Direct data breach, reminds me of someone dressing up for Halloween and pretending to be something or someone they aren’t for a short period of time, albeit be a few days late! The breach was caused […]
Read MoreJingle bells, ransom smells …. – it’s Day 3 of the #AdventAdventCalendar
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Day 2: Christmas is for giving, but there is a thing as giving too much … #DataProtection #AdventAdventCalendar
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Day 1: It’s that time of the year, the #AdventAdventCalendar is here …. T’is the season!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Exploring ISO/IEC 27001 Aligned Risk Methodologies: A White Paper from Peter Daniel, Advent IM Security Consultant
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News
Understanding how to approach risk management, both in the sense of its calculation and attempts to address remediation, is a mandatory requirement for ISO/IEC (International Organisation for Standardisation / International Electronic Commission) 27001 certification, and is becoming more and more of a recurring challenge facing today’s business leaders. Read full story.
Read MoreTarget #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday deals, but don’t be the target!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
With Christmas approaching rapidly, it’s not unreasonable to want to grab the best deal on the market for buying the multitude of presents required for the season. It’s no surprise that over the past couple of years, both Black Friday and Cyber Monday (23rd and 26th of November, respectively) have been the ideal setting for […]
Read MoreHow using a simple thing like email can lead to an ICO fine – even in the legal sector
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From Derek Willins, Advent IM BDM with helpful tips from Ian Warren, Advent IM Security Consultant In June a headline caught my eye, it was about a police constabulary that was fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified victims. It went on to say, they had used […]
Read MoreThis Hallowe’en, if there’s something strange…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
GDPR … don’t let your foot off the gas!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A timely reminder from Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron. Many times we hear clients say, “Yeah we are compliant with GDPR. We did the privacy notice, created a SAR process, trained our staff, re-did our data protection policy and stopped sending everyone emails until we get their consent. 25th May deadline was a doddle!” Well […]
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