Category: General

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Weekend Wisdom is back, and because the weather is so nice, we’ll try to keep it short. This week in News: It is Men’s Health Week this week, check out our blog here  Microsoft Exchange servers are being hacked to deploy ransomware – read here Financial services saw a 35% increase in ransomware attacks in […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Reducing the number of pop-up cookie banners on websites and tougher fines for firms making nuisance calls are at the centre of new data law proposals published by the Government. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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This week is Men’s Health Week. In support of the campaign run by Men’s Health Forum, we want to encourage men to give themselves an MOT. Why do men need an MOT? We know early stage cancer diagnoses fell by third in first lockdown and that shortfall has continued. Macmillan reckon that around 50,000 of us have missed a cancer […]

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We have a new podcast available to download and listen to for FREE on our website or your favorite streaming service. Ellie Hurst, Olivia Lawlor Blackburn, and Liz Kentish of Kentish and Co, discuss the changes to the workplace environment over the last 2 years, how has this impacted facilities management, and do we think […]

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  Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. Congratulations to Her Majesty The Queen on becoming the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms, and the Commonwealth. […]

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Managing passwords continues to be a major challenge for any organisation.  Our users continue to be told that passwords must be longish, complexish and changed regularly. Speaking at a conference in 2004 – yes that long ago! – Bill Gates predicted that passwords would soon reach the end of their life, saying that passwords cannot […]

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Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been a while since we’ve had a full week, so without further ado: Coca-Cola is investigating claims of a large-scale data breach by Russian-linked cybercrime gang Stormous. Read here Happy World Intellectual Property Day. Watch here Ransomware Attacks Cost Universities Over £2m. Read here  Destructive Malware Attacks Against […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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The basics still appear to be the biggest challenge to successful data protection. The Security Incident Reports from the ICO are always a useful indicator of the kind of failures organisations experience when it comes to losing, invalidating or revealing data they shouldn’t. When it comes to gauging the state of UK data protection and […]

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Email marketing giant Mailchimp has confirmed a data breach after malicious hackers compromised an internal company tool to gain access to customer accounts. Read via Tech Crunch

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Good news! We have added new training dates for our highly rated SIRO Training, available for both public sector and UK Police. Please find the new dates below. Police Senior Information Risk Owner Training Dates: Available dates: May 10, 2022 September 15, 2022 *NEW* November 24, 2022 *NEW* Visit the Police Senior Information Risk Owner […]