Category: Advent IM News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Police to Implement Facial Recognition at Cardiff-Swansea Football Match
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
South Wales Police has announced that it will be deploying facial recognition technology at the upcoming Premier League football match between Cardiff City FC and Swansea City FC at Cardiff City Stadium this Sunday, 12 January. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Cyber-Attacks Hit UK Firms Once Per Minute in 2019
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
UK businesses were deluged with cyber-attacks in 2019, with the average firm hit by over half a million attempts to compromise systems, according to new stats from Beaming. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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UK Police in the Dock as Device Losses Soar 150%
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
UK police officers and staff reported on average four lost or stolen devices every day over the most recent financial year, according to newly released data. Read via InfoSecurity Magazine.
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Public Sector SIRO course – Feb date now full
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
The Public Sector Senior Information Risk Owner Training Course scheduled for Feb 5, is now full. Please select a future date from our program or speak to us about onsite training opportunities.
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Age of Surveillance Capitalism, with comments from Mike Gillespie
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
She starts her work as she means to go on with a definition, or rather several; ‘surveillance capitalism‘ as a ‘new economic order’ where the raw material is not steel or coal, but ‘human experience’. Read via Professional Security Magazine Online.
Read MoreWe welcome Olivia!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Today is definitely a good news day and the Marketing team are happy to welcome a new member today. Olivia will be taking an active role in all social media and event planning in the coming weeks. Don’t forget to interact with her on Twitter and Facebook and show her what a great community the […]
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Advent IM on Digital Outcomes & Specialists 4 Government Framework
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
We are pleased to announce our continued availability on the latest iteration of the UK Government framework, Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 from Crown Commercial Services. Public Sector can find us under the Specialists lot – Cyber Security Specialist. Digital Outcomes and Specialists. You can access the buyers guidance here
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Why Security Communication Matters More Than Ever.
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Ellie Hurst, Head of Marketing Communication and Media at Advent-IM and a finalist in the Cyber Writer category in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2019. Read Ellie’s blog at IT Security Guru
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MySecuritySurgery- one day security surgery launches
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
**PRESS RELEASE** Media Contact: Ellie Hurst +44 (0) 121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk Date : 27.08.19 MySecuritySurgery- one day security surgery launches Leading UK security consultancy launches convenient one day security surgery service for a range of physical, cyber and information issues Advent IM, the UK’s leading independent, holistic security consultancy, has launched a focused, one […]
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Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – Security Think Tank: Security is a business, not an IT function
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? For information security professionals, collaborating with data architects ought to be an absolute imperative, and done well, has many benefits. Read full story.
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