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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The UK’s data protection watchdog has won its appeal against a controversial facial recognition technology firm, making a £7.5m fine more likely. Read the full story via Infosecurity Mag.

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

It’s not the bullet you hear that gets you—it’s the ricochet from someone else’s range. The last two years turned “indirect breach” into the main show: MOVEit’s zero-day turned a file-transfer utility into an exfiltration engine; Snowflake-linked compromises hinged on reused credentials and weak contractor security; Okta’s support-portal compromise became a lesson in token hygiene […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

What does “security” really mean in schools, colleges and universities today? Mike Gillespie of Advent IM shares his thoughts on how educational institutions can balance openness, safety and privacy in this newly published piece in Professional Security Magazine. Below is a short summary and a few key takeaways — click through to read the full […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

When most people hear the words “artificial intelligence,” their minds jump to large language models (LLMs) and chatbots. The headlines tend to focus on generative AI, whether for its potential or its pitfalls. Yet the reality in the UK is that some of the most powerful applications of AI are happening well outside the world […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

The UK’s data centre estate is growing fast, but geography and power are biting. West London/Slough—the low-latency darling of finance—is edging toward saturation on both land and grid headroom, while demand surges from cloud, multi-cloud and AI workloads. The regulatory weather The government’s forthcoming Cyber Security & Resilience Bill is the big mover. It modernises […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) professionals have long argued that security is not just a technical discipline but a human one. Proofpoint’s Human Factor 2025 report confirms this view with unsettling clarity: the most dangerous attack vector in today’s threat landscape isn’t a piece of malware or a zero-day exploit. It’s us. Social engineering as […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

When Heathrow and several other major European airports found themselves plunged into long queues, manual check-ins and delayed flights this September, the headlines focused on passenger disruption. The underlying story is more complex, and its implications reach far beyond irritated travellers. The disruption stemmed from a cyberattack on MUSE (Multi-User System Environment), a shared platform […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

Luxury fashion brands Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga have suffered a customer data breach, in another attack linked to the ShinyHunters gang. Read Here.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently highlighted a worrying rise in cyber incidents across UK schools and colleges. In many cases, the perpetrators aren’t organised criminals or external threat actors, but students themselves. The BBC reports that since 2022, the ICO has investigated over 215 incidents, with 57% involving children. Some of these “attacks” were […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General

**PRESS RELEASE** Making an IMpact: Advent IM Launches New ESV Commitment With expertise in governance, risk and compliance, Advent is now applying the same principles that guide its information security consultancy to a new ESV (Employer Supported Volunteering) initiative that supports employees, communities and the environment. Media Contact: Olivia Lawlor Blackburn  0121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk […]