Category: General

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Information security plays a crucial role in the domains of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). Let’s break down its place and significance in each of these areas: Governance Strategic Alignment: Information Security Policies: Establishing and enforcing security policies that align with organisational objectives. Leadership Involvement: Ensuring that information security is a board-level concern, with active […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Read the latest Professional Security Magazin, August Edition with a highlight on CCTV in Public Places. Rean Ian’s article directly here. Find the full August Edition Here.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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RISK AND BUSINESS: Secure by Design (SbD): Risk & Resilience Secure by Design (SbD) is a methodology that is increasingly being adopted across industries including Police, Government and MOD. Secure by Design (SbD) as an approach, is the requirement in systems and application engineering where security is considered a fundamental aspect of the design process rather […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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NATO’s members have agreed to the construction of a new cyber-defense facility designed to help the military alliance build resilience and better respond to digital threats. Read the full story here.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company. Read the full story via BBC News.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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This article piqued my interest –Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers | WIRED – especially “…privacy experts say they are concerned about the overall lack of transparency and debate about the use of AI in public spaces”. We seem to now be in a world where AI is the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Fewer UK organisations believe their cyber security postures have reached a mature level than did so 12 months ago, as they struggle to keep up with new challenges and a fast-evolving threat landscape Read via Computer Weekly.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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I write this as someone with first-hand experience in information security and its management and also experience in Policing, having served part of my career as a frontline Police Constable; this combination allows me to clearly observe the lack of information management within policing. In 2007, the movie Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg and Nick […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Only 6 months ago the Government was urged to release more details about it’s plans to increase the use of AI to risk-score benefits claims. In the summer, The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed it’s plans to widen the use of Artificial Intelligence to tackle fraud following the uplift in fraudulent claims during […]