Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
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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Over half of businesses are neglecting data sanitisation policies
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General Industry News
They haven’t formulated them properly and haven’t communicated them entirely, throughout their organisation. Read via ItProPortal.
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Police use of facial recognition ‘unjustifiable’, says Scottish Justice Committee
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Members of the Scottish Parliament have said police use of live facial recognition technology is “not fit for purpose” Read via Computer Weekly.com
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Think beyond tick-box compliance
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A year on since GDPR, many organisations are yet to stop fretting over fines and focus instead on business value Read via Computer Weekly.
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RobbinHood ransomware tricks Windows into deleting defences
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By subverting kernel memory settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, the RobbinHood ransomware can now delete cyber security defences from target systems Read via ComputerWeekly.
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90% of UK Data Breaches Due to Human Error in 2019
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Human error caused 90% of cyber data breaches in 2019, according to a CybSafe analysis of data from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Scammers using fake PayPal emails stole over £1m in the UK in last quarter
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Fraudsters tricked Brits into sending over £1m worth of goods to them that they hadn’t paid for. Read via Computer Weekly.
Read More*ADDITIONAL TRAINING DATE ADDED*
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Industry News
Due to popular demand, we have added a date to our Public Sector SIRO training schedule in June. You can get details on the course here Call, email or click thru to Contact Us to book
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One in three NHS computers is still running outdated Windows 7 software
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Exclusive: Government misses its own target of updating all PCs by January this year. Read via ZDNet.
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