• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

  Today is a good day to talk about building a great password. Everyone knows we need solid passwords, it is a basic requirement. But one of the things I often hear from people is, ‘it’s all very well telling me to build a good password but what does good look like, and how exactly […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden implied the regulations will become more business-friendly now the UK has left the EU. Read via Sky news. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

  Our annual bit of fun for Data Protection Day. This year, we bring you some of the villains of Data Protection along with some guidance, as usual, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek. So join Taggart Macbeth as he guides you through a rogues gallery of offenders. Don’t forget to check out the blog […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Listen to his interview with Mike Gillespie here , who is a Global Influencer in the area of Internet Security. Below are just some of the questions discussed with Mike: Does remote working seem like a trend that will continue even if lockdowns abate? How do information security professionals feel about such widespread remote team […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Industry News

The company People’s Energy has contacted all its 270,000 current customers, following a data breach. Read story via Zoe Kleinman for the BBC  

• by Ellie Hurst
• Industry News

“Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven’t been paid” Read story by Dev Kundaliya in Computing

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The UK’s privacy watchdog has told the country’s largest political parties to make urgent improvements to their data handling practices, following concerns that many voters are unaware of how their information is being used. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Thank you to Senior Security Consultant, Ian Warren. The final outcome of the BA data breach of 2018 has left many observers with mixed opinions. There is a perception of falling far short of expectations after £186m had been muted across the various media outputs; is this a partisan result? Protection for one of our […]