Category: General

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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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 […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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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 […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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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

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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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 […]

• by Ellie Hurst
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Our latest Five Minute Security Read comes Senior Security Consultant from Ian Warren. Cyber Threat – Are you ready? “It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one’s readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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A 5-minute security read, with thanks to Ellie Hurst, Head of Marcomms and Media @ Advent IM. I have lost count of the number of times I have been told that someone believes their organisation is, ‘not a target for a cyber-attack’. This statement is always delivered with the utmost sincerity and I generally imagine […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Security & Policing, the official Government global security event, returns as a live event for its 40th anniversary between 15‐17 March 2022 at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. Tuesday 15th March– Join Lee Smartin Farnborough for all your training or consultancy needs. Wednesday 16th March – Join Derek Willins and Ellie Hurst at Security and […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Our thanks to Rachel Von Hossle, Liam Peters and Elliot Davies of Wynne Jones IP, and Mike Gillespie-Advent IM  Managing  Director. http://advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Wynne-Jones-Advent-IM-IP-Podcast-0222.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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ICO reports ‘steady and significant’ increase in cyber-attacks against UK firms over past two years. Employees should report any suspicious emails rather than delete them and firms must step up their vigilance against cyber-attacks in the face of a heightened threat from Russian hackers, the UK’s data watchdog has said. Read via The Guardaian.