Tag: risk
News and information from the Advent IM team.
#5MinSecurityRead Redeployed security staff, is this the time?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
According to ISC², almost half of security professionals (47%) report that they have been redeployed for a range of mostly IT and mobile device deployment functions and 80% have reported a change of some kind to their role during the pandemic crisis, so far. Most (90%) are now working remotely, though for many this will […]
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One in three NHS computers is still running outdated Windows 7 software
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Exclusive: Government misses its own target of updating all PCs by January this year. Read via ZDNet.
Read MoreConsidering #Risk around #IoT is a must because it touches every area of our lives and is not confined to cyber-space. #cybersecurity
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Welcome to Risk and Business, our new podcast series…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Join us for some informal chat on business, risk, security and the areas of business we touch in our consulting and training lives. We hope to be speaking to colleagues and friends across business areas, not just security, who all have something to add and share with us. Expect some opinion, some expertise, some smiles […]
Read MoreRound-up: Top posts of 2015
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
2015 is almost over and we have been pleased and delighted to welcome many new followers and contributors to the Advent IM Holistic Security blog. It’s hard to wade through all the content but we thought it would be nice to present you with a list of some of our most popular posts this year, by […]
Read MoreThe Insider that rarely gets questioned…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Insider Threat certainly isn’t going away, is it? Reading the continual survey results and news items I see published, it will still be an issue for a long time to come. We know that a lot of the Risk that Insiders bring can be mitigated with good policy and process combined with tech that is fit for purpose. But […]
Read MoreAre you still operating XP or Windows 2003? – A guest post from Julia McCarron, Advent IM Director
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Whilst Microsoft’s utopia may be for us all to automatically upgrade every time there is a new version of Windows, for many organisations this isn’t always an option. With some still coping with life after the recession the cost of upgrading to new platforms can be restrictive, especially if XP and Windows 2003 still works […]
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