Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
ICO call for views on the application for powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner invites views on her office being granted access to investigation and other associated powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Read via ICO.
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Nearly all councils hand user tracking data to marketing companies
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A comprehensive scan for hidden advertising trackers on council websites in England and Wales revealed that 96 per cent track users, frequently without their knowledge, and are often breaching EU and UK privacy law. Tech giants Google and Facebook were found to be heavily involved. Read Via Engineering and Technology.
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Trend Micro rogue employee exposes customer data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Cyber-security company Trend Micro says the personal data of thousands of its customers has been exposed by a rogue member of staff. Read Via BBC News.
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SMOs must “prepare for all scenarios” to maintain data flows when UK leaves the EU
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The ICO has urged businesses to “prepare for all scenarios” as it publishes dedicated guidance to help small and medium sized organisations prepare for the possibility that the UK leaves the European Union with no deal. The guidance provides the same advice previously published on how to maintain data flows, but has been produced to […]
Read MoreMost UK university applicants at risk of email fraud
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The majority of hundreds of thousands of applicants to UK universities are at risk of email fraud before and after A-level results day, due to a failure to implement full Dmarc protection, a study reveals. Read full story.
Read MoreUK gov launches second audit of cyber security labour market
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Public and private sector firms will be probed on what security skills they currently lack. The UK government has launched a second audit of the country’s cyber security labour market in an effort to assess how companies across the country are handling the employment and training of IT professionals. Read full story.
Read MoreUK Government Staff Lost 500+ Devices Last Year
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
UK government workers have lost over 500 mobile devices and laptops over the past year, with just a small percentage ever recovered, according to new research from MobileIron. The security vendor issued Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to nine government departments, all but one of which replied. It found that public sector employees managed to […]
Read MoreNCSC calls out Microsoft over Dmarc reports
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The UK’s cyber security agency has called out Microsoft for seriously undermining global email security by failing to provide crucial reports from its email platforms. Microsoft stopped sending any form of domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance (Dmarc) protocol reports from any of its email platforms in late 2017, according to the latest report by […]
Read MoreAirport email scam thwarted by UK’s cyber-defender NCSC
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
An attempt to defraud thousands of people using a bogus email from a UK airport was one of a range of cyber-attacks prevented last year. The scam used a fake gov.uk address, but the messages were prevented from ever reaching their intended recipients. Read full story.
Read MoreData breach whistleblower reports to ICO jump 175% in the year since GDPR
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The number of whistleblower reports to the ICO over data breaches has jumped 175% in the year since the introduction of GDPR, from 138 in 2017/18 to 379 in 2018/19*, says City-headquartered law firm RPC. RPC says that the introduction of GDPR in May 2018 has made people significantly more vigilant and aware about the […]
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