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Algorithmic Bias in UK Policing: When Poor Data Builds Dangerous Systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
For all the rhetoric surrounding “innovation in policing,” one uncomfortable truth keeps resurfacing: if the data is flawed, the system built on it will also be flawed. Recent revelations about racial bias in police‑deployed facial recognition technologies don’t just point to algorithmic shortcomings—they expose a foundational data problem that policing has not yet reckoned with. […]
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Nike confirms investigation of 1.4TB data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Nike is investigating a confirmed cyberattack after the WorldLeaks ransomware group claimed it stole and leaked around 1.4TB of internal data. Read via Computing.
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Welsh Ambulance Service recorded more than 600 data breaches
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Welsh Ambulance Service has recorded more than 600 data breaches over the past three years, according to recent data. Read Here.
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Forced supplier exit: when “just terminate the contract” stops being realistic
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
There’s a phrase in DORA that sounds like it belongs in a Cold War handbook rather than a compliance framework: forced supplier exit. It has the energy of someone slamming a big red button. The nuclear option. The “right, that’s it” moment. But when you sit with it for five minutes, you realise it isn’t actually dramatic at all. It’s painfully practical. It’s what happens […]
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From Digital Transformation to Agentic AI Governance
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
A governance and operational resilience view for financial services The rise of agentic AI in finance operations Financial services has spent years industrialising decisions. Credit, underwriting, fraud triage, affordability checks, complaints handling, KYC (Know Your Customer) refresh, collections, and customer service routing already run on workflows, rules, and scoring. What has changed is that AI […]
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Sovereignty for Sale? Why Britain Must Rebuild Its Own Combat Air Power
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
Between Q1 2019 and Q4 2024, the Ministry of Defence (including its arms length bodies) paid roughly £52.5 billion to private sector contractors—about half to UK headquartered firms and much of the remainder to U.S. companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Tussell’s analysis shows a clear pattern: the lion’s share of non UK spend goes to U.S. suppliers, […]
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
UK ambulance services recorded more than 4,000 data breaches over the past three years, according to figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests. Read Here.
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Victorian Department of Education data breach gave hackers access to students’ data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Department of Education in the Australian state of Victoria said hackers gained access to the names and email addresses of an unknown number of school students after breaching a department database. Read Here.
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New Whitepaper Release: From Digital Transformation to Agentic AI Governance
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog General
Free to download — no sign‑up required The rapid rise of agentic AI is reshaping the way financial services operate, make decisions, and manage risk. But with autonomy comes a new governance challenge: how do firms stay in control when systems can act, not just assist? From Digital Transformation to Agentic AI Governance: Operational Control, […]
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750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) this week revealed that hackers compromised the personal information of 750,000 individuals in an August 2025 cyberattack. Read Here.
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