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• 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 […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Artificial Intelligence isn’t just another tool on the belt; it’s a power tool with a turbo button. Used wisely, it speeds delivery, improves quality, and frees humans for higher-value work. Used carelessly, it can leak sensitive data, entrench bias, or quietly route your organisation’s IP into somebody else’s model. That’s why AI Security Awareness Training has moved from “nice to have” to basic […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

October was a busy month for our team at the Hikvision Roadshow events! Ellie Hurst, Advent IM Commercial Director and Mike Gillespie, Advent IM Chief Executive Officer, covered every stop throughout the month. It was great to see such a strong turnout and have so many good conversations, especially around ISO 42001, Facial Recognition Technology […]

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

The UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) — the systems that keep our energy, water, transport, healthcare, finance, and digital services running — is under increasing cyber pressure. From ransomware disrupting hospital operations to supply chain breaches halting manufacturing, the threat landscape has grown both in frequency and impact. As the government prepares to introduce the […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Explore the future of Critical National Infrastructure with insights from James Morris OBE and Malcolm Warr OBE. Learn about emerging threats, evolving legislation, and how to safeguard the systems that keep our nation running. Watch the full episode by CLICKING HERE. https://www.advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CNI-Podcast-Audio-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

The defence sector has always operated under conditions of heightened sensitivity. Information advantage and operational readiness depend on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems that must remain resilient even under direct attack. For decades, however, security assurance was too often bolted on late in the lifecycle, treated as a gatekeeping activity that delayed capability […]