CNI

Cyber resilience lacking due to apathy of UK leaders

Organisations typically need to rethink what they think they already know about cyber security in shaping their future strategies for protecting critical national infrastructure (CNI), according to Mike Gillespie, managing director and co-founder of security consultancy Advent IM. Read full story. 
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 29th November 2018
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NIS Directive /Regulations..is it on your radar?

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 26th October 2018
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NIS vs. GDPR – not siblings but cousins #NISR #GDPR

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 9th November 2017
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Security of Critical National Infrastructure – BT Service

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 2nd August 2016
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Railway system hacking

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 14th July 2016
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Nuclear Power Plant Worker caught looking at bomb-making websites….

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 28th October 2015
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