Tag: information security

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

October was a busy month for our team at the Hikvision Roadshow events! Ellie Hurst, Advent IM Commercial Director and Mike Gillespie, Advent IM Chief Executive Officer, covered every stop throughout the month. It was great to see such a strong turnout and have so many good conversations, especially around ISO 42001, Facial Recognition Technology […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Cybersecurity is now on the agenda for almost every UK school, with 95-98% of schools that took part in the ‘Cyber security breaches survey 2025: education institutions findings’ understand that cybersecurity is discussed at board or governor level. However, in this same report, there’s suggestions that awareness and preparedness don’t always keep up with the […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Who is Dexter? Dexter Morgan is a fictional blood-spatter analyst for Miami Metro who moonlights as a vigilante killer. He follows a strict set of rules, “the Code,” to target only proven murderers and to avoid getting caught. Morally thorny, yes, but the interesting bit for us is the discipline. He survives by sticking to […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog

Amid the landscape we navigate today, security isn’t just about compliance – it’s about managing risk and making it work for your business. At Advent IM, we help organisations across sectors tackle every aspect of security, from information and physical protection to GRC and business continuity. Our collaborative approach empowers teams, builds lasting practices, and […]

• by Anthony Orjally
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General

New courses in AI, data governance, and information security equip organisations with essential skills for today’s dynamic digital and compliance environment.   Advent IM Training Academy has expanded with a comprehensive set of new courses designed to support organisations across sectors in responding to increasing regulatory demands, digital transformation, and information governance challenges. The new […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Information security plays a crucial role in the domains of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). Let’s break down its place and significance in each of these areas: Governance Strategic Alignment: Information Security Policies: Establishing and enforcing security policies that align with organisational objectives. Leadership Involvement: Ensuring that information security is a board-level concern, with active […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

RISK AND BUSINESS: Secure by Design (SbD): Risk & Resilience Secure by Design (SbD) is a methodology that is increasingly being adopted across industries including Police, Government and MOD. Secure by Design (SbD) as an approach, is the requirement in systems and application engineering where security is considered a fundamental aspect of the design process rather […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

This is a bittersweet week for us at Advent IM as our own Head of Client Development, Derek Willins, retires. There can be no doubt of his contribution to Advent IM and to security and we will miss his insight, curiosity and collegiate approach that so exemplifies our core values. Derek kindly wrote a post […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A post from our MD, Mike Gillespie, on the recent outage impacts and lessons in resilience IT-based outages affecting McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s and Tesco were widely reported last weekend (15th and 16th March 2024), with many confused and angry customers taking to social media to warn others or make contact with the brands, seeking more information. […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

I write this as someone with first-hand experience in information security and its management and also experience in Policing, having served part of my career as a frontline Police Constable; this combination allows me to clearly observe the lack of information management within policing. In 2007, the movie Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg and Nick […]