• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News

After a year of unprecedented disruption thanks to Covid-19, it looks like remote working is set to remain with us for now, which means security strategies will change in 2021. What will this change look like, and what tools and services will be selling like hot cakes? Read via ComputerWeekly.

• 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
• Advent IM News

We are delighted to share some great news with you. Mike has been list as a finalist in TWO categories at the National Cyber Awards this month. Cyber Citizen of the the Year Cyber Volunteer of the Year       We are so delighted for him and Mike is still stunned. Please wish him […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General

“When it comes to compliance with the GDPR and the UK’s updated Data Protection Act (DPA), Mike Gillespie, managing director and co-founder of independent security consultancy Advent IM, says no information security professional should be driving the conversation through dialogue about potential fines. In his experience, this is both defeatist and counter-productive when dealing with […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A year on since GDPR, many organisations are yet to stop fretting over fines and focus instead on business value Read via Computer Weekly.

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General

We managed to catch up with the ever busy MD, Mike and he had a few good answers for us this #DataProtectionDay.. The wisdom and experience is all his, the background ambience comes from the CIISec Charter celebration last week, where Mike, Derek and Ellie joined in the celebration of our Institute (for we are […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

She starts her work as she means to go on with a definition, or rather several; ‘surveillance capitalism‘ as a ‘new economic order’ where the raw material is not steel or coal, but ‘human experience’. Read via Professional Security Magazine Online. 

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Mike Gillespie has taken to the blog to express his opinion of WhatsApp and the targeting of advertising. So, its official, WhatsApp users will be sent targeted advertising by 2020 It has been on the cards for a while now, indeed some might say that once Facebook acquired Whatsapp it was inevitable.  After all, Facebook […]