Category: Advent IM News

• by Anthony Orjally
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Policing Partners publicly commit to Improve Security within UK Police UK Police forces are a huge target for security attacks, given their collation of highly sensitive information. The main reason for information security breaches is human error, therefore all roles within a Police force need to understand their security responsibilities and the risks associated with […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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We are a small business and it is not often we wave someone off to retirement. We have found ourselves reflecting, as a company as well as individuals, on our time with Derek Willins and decided to compile some of our memorable, funny, useful or sentimental moments here. “I’d quite like to be rather sincere […]

• by Anthony Orjally
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On Thursday 30 March, ProtectED held their webinar – Supporting university cyber security and student online safety. This featured deputy director at Teesside University, Bill Taylor, and our very own Mike Gillespie. The panel discussed the impact of a cyber attack on a university, exploring measures that can reduce the risk of a breach or […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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We are delighted to announce Ellie won the Contribution to Industry Award at the 11th annual Women In Security awards in London the 10th of November. Over three hundred and fifty nominations were made for women into this year’s Awards, so it was a bumper year.  Ellie said, ” It was an honour to be […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m per incident, according to a new Jisc report. Read via Info Sec Magazine 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Google has shared a screenshot of its new cookie consent popup. At first, the new popup will be available on YouTube in France. But the company says it plans to roll out the new design across Google services in Europe. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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This is your weekly recap of everything that has happened in the world of security as well as what we have been up to here at Advent. So, without further ado, Our #5MinSecurityRead series is back starting with: I am not a target, by Head of Marcomms and Media, Ellie Hurst. Read here  War in […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Less than a quarter of company directors think ransomware is a top priority for their security teams, according to Egress Only 23% of company directors consider ransomware to be a top cyber security priority, even though a slim majority (59%) of organisations have at some point fallen victim to a ransomware incident, according to a […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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If you are a supplier to the Ministry of Defence you will be aware of the stringent security requirements that need to be in place to maintain your commercial relationship. Finding all the resources you need can be a challenge, whether that is for assurance (JSP440 or NIST) or audit or just finding the right […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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Following the success of our inaugural Police Data Protection webinar this week, we have decided to run it again in the Spring. This webinar looks at harmonising what can appear to be conflicting police data management requirements to get good outcomes and build great practices that support frontline policing and improve security resilience. We are […]