UK Security Officials Find Security Risks In Huawei Gear

The government says it can no longer be fully confident about the use of Huawei equipment in the country’s telecoms networks. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 24th July 2018
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NIS Directive Is a Good Start for Railway Cybersecurity – But It’s Not Enough

With 5,207 documented incidents and 7.8 billion records exposed, 2017 was a grim year for data security breaches – and things only seem to be getting worse. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 1st June 2018
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IFSEC Global: Why are one in three CNI organisations skipping cybersecurity checks?

Mike talking to IFSEC Global about Water, Health, Transport and energy and their cyber preparedness. Read here.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 24th November 2017
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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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