• by Ellie Hurst
• General

That datacentre security is a complex subject is not in doubt and, given the trend to move beyond centralised datacentres to distributed environments, this is not going to change. How can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Read Mike’s response in Computer Weekly.

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM News Industry News

AI and machine learning techniques are said to hold great promise in security, enabling organisations to operate a IT predictive security stance and automate reactive measures when needed. Is this perception accurate, or is the importance of automation being gravely overestimated? Read Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly.

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

During our podcast last week, we touched on the relationship between security and business continuity.  The speed with which many organisations and businesses had to shift workforces to homeworking exposed a wide range of unexplored vulnerabilities, at least for many. Whilst IT shortages or loss  of IT has been very high on the Business Continuity […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

From Advent IM MD, Mike Gillespie. In a few short months the words ‘terrorism’, ‘conflict’ and ‘war’ have all but disappeared from our news programming. ‘Pandemic’, ‘coronavirus’ and COVID-19 now dominate not ony news but everyday conversatons, social media interactions and what feels like very waking moment. Sadly, 2020 has brought fear, uncertainty and financial […]

• 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 […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

‘We’re seeing ransomware increasingly deployed against utility providers, law enforcement and emergency response units Read Via Computing.co.uk.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Over 90% of UK IT professionals believe Brexit will make chronic industry skills shortages even worse, according to new research from RedSeal. Read more via InfoSecurity.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Is your password still ‘12345’ or ‘password’ ? It’s time for change… Almost all of the current Top 10 WORST passwords have been in the Top 20 for the last 5 years. The threat will continue to increase as cyber criminals become smarter and more advanced as the years pass. With the increase number and […]