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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

When a major bank’s name appears on a dark-web forum, most observers instinctively assume that systems have been compromised and data has escaped. In the recent case involving claims about HSBC USA customer records, that assumption ran into a brick wall. Following an internal review, the bank stated that the dataset advertised by a threat […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

By 2030, more than 40% of global organizations will suffer security and compliance incidents due to the use of unauthorized AI tools, Gartner has predicted. Read more via InfoSecurity Mag.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

Ambulance trusts run at the sharp end of healthcare: life-or-death decisions, stretched resources and a heavy reliance on digital systems for dispatch, patient records and remote monitoring. The new Cyber Security & Resilience Bill (CSRB) — recently introduced into Parliament — is designed to harden the UK’s public services against escalating cyber threats. For ambulance […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Government departments sit at the nexus of citizen data, critical infrastructure, and regulatory responsibility. Public trust depends not just on service availability but on demonstrable assurance that personal information, operational data, and national functions are secured by default. For too long, security has been treated as a corrective measure: audits exposing weaknesses, programmes retrofitting controls […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

The UK’s largest carmaker has posted major Q2 losses following a September ransomware attack which knocked out production for several weeks. Read more via InfoSecurityMag.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Artificial intelligence is becoming a silent partner in the services and systems your suppliers provide. From automated workflows to predictive analytics and intelligent reporting tools, AI is everywhere—and it may be operating in ways your team isn’t fully aware of. For businesses, this presents both opportunities and risks. While AI can drive efficiency and insights, […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

Proposed new laws will strengthen cyber defences for essential public services like healthcare, drinking water providers, transport and energy. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Policing occupies a uniquely sensitive space: it must secure intelligence sources, digital evidence, and highly personal data, while maintaining public trust in proportionate and lawful handling of information. Security lapses do not just expose data – they risk undermining investigations, prosecutions, and confidence in law enforcement. Secure by Design provides a blueprint for policing organisations […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Security Aspects Letters can look dry until you realise they govern classified work, site access, vetting, and the rules of engagement for handling OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE, SECRET and above. Get the SAL wrong and you risk delays, mis-scoped controls, or rework mid-contract. Get it right and you create a clear, auditable bridge between policy and practice. What […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

For ever young, in Flanders field they lie, In peace in silent seas, on foreign shore, In place with name unknown, in land unseen; And we, perhaps forgetting, walk on by Their sad memorials, and think no more Of lives now passed, and lives that might have been. In park and green and village marketplace […]