Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Russia Report reveals long-running cyber warfare campaign against UK
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Russia has been hacking the UK for years and the British government has also known about it for years, according to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report. Read Alex Scroxton’s story in Computer Weekly.
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ICO: Contact tracing – protecting customer and visitor details
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
We understand that organisations have lots of new measures to put in place so that they can re-open safely to the public. For many, this includes collecting customers’ and visitors’ personal information for the first time, to support the various contact tracing schemes in the UK. GO to ICO site
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Government proposes IoT security enforcement body – Computer Weekly
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The government is today publishing new proposals concerning planned legislation that will protect users of smart IoT devices from cyber criminals. Read the story by Alex Scroxton in Computer Weekly
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UK businesses and organisations who send or receive data to or from Europe
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
If you are a UK business or organisation that receives data from contacts in the EEA, you need to take extra steps to ensure that the data can continue to flow at the end of the transition period. Read the ICO post.
Read MoreCatch our Ransomware presentation at Security Twenty Virtual Event
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News Industry News
Security Twenty Virtual Event goes live 14th July and you can access our Ransomware presentation easily. The event features a wide range of security equipment to view via the Exhibition Hall, as well as a lively and varied Conference Centre, A Literature Library and a Networking Lounge where you can virtually catch up with industry colleagues and […]
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Hackers selling personal data of 384k BMW owners in the UK
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Personal details of hundreds of thousands of car owners in the UK, including owners of BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai, and SEAT cars, have been accessed by a hacker group and put up for sale on a Dark Web forum. Read story by Jay Jay at TEISS.
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Security Think Tank: Get your house in order before deploying AI
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News Industry News
AI and machine learning techniques are said to hold great promise in security, enabling organisations to operate a IT predictive security stance and automate reactive measures when needed. Is this perception accurate, or is the importance of automation being gravely overestimated? Read Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly.
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Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency. Read story by Danny Shaw for the BBC
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Coronavirus recovery – six data protection steps for organisations
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
As lockdown restrictions start to ease and businesses begin to reopen, the ICO has set out the key steps organisations need to consider around the use of personal information. Read via the ICO
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EU admits it has been hard to implement GDPR
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Official report to mark two years of data protection regulation notes burden on small and medium-sized companies. Read story by Javier Espinoza in FT.com
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