Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Data breach hits agency overseeing White House communications
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The US agency in charge of secure communication for the White House has been the victim of a cyber-attack. via BBC NEWS.
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Thousands of mobiles and laptops lost by UK government in a year
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
UK government employees lost their mobile devices – or had them stolen – at least 2,004 times in 12 months. Read via BBC News.
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Blasé directors put business data at risk
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Senior employees and company directors are putting their businesses and careers at grave risk with cavalier and blasé attitudes to cyber security, according to new statistics on insider threats produced by Egress. Its figures revealed that 78% of directors have intentionally shared data against company policy in the past 12 months, compared with just 10% […]
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UK Anti-Doping Agency Deflects 11,000+ Malicious Emails in Q4
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s anti-doping agency has been on the receiving end of over 11,000 malicious emails in the final three months of 2019, according to new Freedom of Information (FOI) data. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Redcar cyber-attack: council using pen and paper
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
More than 135,000 UK residents have been without online public services for nearly a week, as their council struggles with a cyber-attack. Read via BBC news.
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On data protection, the UK says it will go it alone. It probably won’t.
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Prime Minister listed data protection as an area that the UK could legislate on following Brexit – but diverging from European Union rules on privacy would only complicate things. Read via ZDNet.
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Average tenure of a CISO is just 26 months due to high stress and burnout
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Report: The vast majority of interviewed CISO executives (88%) report high levels of stress, a third report stress-caused physical health issues, half report mental health issues. Read via ZDNet.
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Labour Party could be fined up to £15m by the ICO after leadership contender is reported over alleged data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Labour Party could be fined up to £15 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after one of the contenders in the leadership race was accused of a breach of data protection laws. Read via Computing.
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MI5 failed to disclose failings in handling intercepted data, court hears
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has been asked to revisit earlier judgements following the disclosure of internal documents that show MI5 failed to disclose, to the court and regulators, serious legal risks over the way it handled intelligence data Read via Computer Weekly.
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UK to diverge from EU data protection rules, Johnson confirms
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The United Kingdom will seek to diverge from EU data protection rules and establish their own ‘sovereign’ controls in the field, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (3 February). His comments came despite the EU affirming that the UK should “fully respect EU data protection rules.” Read more via Euractiv
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