Tag: CNI
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Ransomware Attack at US Power Station
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Massachusetts power station hit by ransomware is refusing to meet attackers’ financial demands. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Security Predictions for 2020 from the Advent IM Team
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
It’s that time of the year when our consultants get the crystal ball out and make some predictions for the year to come… New Year, Same Problems … Another year and another set of predictions from the Advent IM Team … Mike Gillespie: Organisations will finally take the talking spoon off IT and stop buying […]
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Critical National Infrastructure and Supply Chain Threat
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
When we talk about Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), we are discussing a hugely mixed bag of organisations; utilities, education, banking, health etc. Some are in private or partially in private hands, others are non-UK owned (and also in private hands) and they have a variety of security challenges but one thing connects them, quite apart […]
Read MoreOne in three small businesses admitted to not having any cyber security strategies in place at all
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
You have read this headline elsewhere today. It may have been another story that you noticed without noticing, perhaps made a ‘tsk’ noise about then moved on, possibly to read about the latest data breach or ransomware outbreak. The vast majority of businesses in the UK are SMEs. They are a hugely important part of […]
Read MoreNIS Directive /Regulations..is it on your radar?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
GDPR made a massive splash, there is no denying that. At around the same time as we were fighting our way through thousands of ‘consent’ emails, NIS Directive became UK law as Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018. Clearly, it didn’t have the same level of PR that GDPR enjoyed because there was precious little […]
Read MoreIFSEC Global: Why are one in three CNI organisations skipping cybersecurity checks?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Mike talking to IFSEC Global about Water, Health, Transport and energy and their cyber preparedness. Read here.
Read MoreNIS vs. GDPR – not siblings but cousins #NISR #GDPR
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Thank you to our resident NCIS expert, Great Wall of China charity-walking Director, Julia McCarron, for this timely reminder that GDPR is not the only regulation on the horizon and whilst it might not impact everyone, we need to be aware of it. As the clock is ticking towards the need to comply with the […]
Read MoreSecurity of Critical National Infrastructure – BT Service
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Del Brazil takes a look at the resilience of CNI, specifically our communications networks, after the BT outages. A recent second outage of BT Broadband has raised questions as to whether BT are not only suitable to manage the country’s communications infrastructure but should they be permitted to undertake the role alone? We regularly highlight […]
Read MoreRailway system hacking
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Earlier this week, The Times reported on apparent cyber attacks on our rail networks. Advent IM Security Consultant, Chris Cope, gives us his opinion. Hacking attacks against rail infrastructure should come as no surprise. The move to connect industrial control systems to corporate networks has opened up a range of vulnerabilities. Many industrial control systems […]
Read MoreNuclear Power Plant Worker caught looking at bomb-making websites….
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A nuclear power plant worker in Scotland has been escorted from EDF’s West Kilbride premises and the police called, after allegedly viewing bomb-making websites whilst at work. The full story is here. Some comment from Advent IM DIrector, Julia McCarron. Trying to find out how to build a bomb whilst working on-site at a nuclear […]
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