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• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

The bill aims to regulate various aspects of data access, usage, and protection, encompassing customer and business data, privacy, and electronic communications. It includes provisions for verifying individual identities, managing street apparatus information, maintaining birth and death registers, and ensuring standards for health and social care data. Additionally, it addresses smart meter communication licensing, information […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

The head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will use first major speech to warn that the cyber risks facing the nation are “widely underestimated” and call for collective action against an increasingly complex array of threats. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

Italian football team Bologna Football Club 1909 has had data compromised following an attack against its internal security systems. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

The INC Ransomware-as-a-Service operator has claimed to be behind attacks on hospitals in Merseyside. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Black Friday is not just a day of discounts but also a high season for cybercriminals who exploit the shopping frenzy to scam individuals and attack businesses. With the promise of massive discounts and limited time offers, this high traffic shopping season creates the perfect conditions for scams and cyberattacks. Rising Threats Recent years have […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

UK businesses will have been subject to thousands of data security breaches by the end of the year, marking a 8.6% annual increase. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

A major incident declared at one of the region’s busiest hospitals for “cyber security reasons” will continue into a third day. Read Here.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

UK government escalates cyber rhetoric in a speech at a Nato event, saying Russian advanced persistent threats stand ready to conduct cyber attacks that could ‘turn off the lights for millions’ Read the full article via Computer Weekly.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The UK’s data protection regulator has warned that a reluctance among organizations to share customers’ personal information is worsening a fraud epidemic in the country. Read the full article via Infosecurity Magazine.