Security

Majority of UK consumers losing trust in firms that lack strong data security credentials

The arrival of new data privacy regulations, increased conversations around data security, and personal experiences of privacy issues have made UK consumers more wary about data security practices of the companies they are dealing with. Consumers are now asking questions about how firms and retailers are storing their personal and financial data and how strong their […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 5th Dec 2018
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James Morris MP and Phil Ingram MBE join our bumper Christmas Podcast

A bumper edition of the Advent IM podcast, Risk and Business – now available, listen and download. James Morris MP and Phil Ingram MBE, join Mike for some sincere discussion of the education of our future security professionals. Covering topics including but not limited to,  diversity and neurodiversity, skills gap, broad based security foundation education, […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 5th Dec 2018
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Half of UK IT directors would pay a cyber-ransom

Many businesses would now rather pay ransom to hackers than risk huge GDPR fines, new research has found. A report by Sophos out today found that 47 per cent of IT directors would ‘definitely’ pay a ransom fee to hackers who stole their company data. Read full story. 
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 28th Nov 2018
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Why are our Top Ten Terrible #passwords still being used?

If yours is on the list and if it has been for a while, you really need a better one!   If you need a method then avoid dictionary words and choose a phrase / title / lyric you can easily recall. Take the first and last letters of each word and capitalise one of […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 13th Aug 2018
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Welcome to Risk and Business, our new podcast series…

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 […]
  • Posted by Ellie Hurst
  • On 18th Jul 2018
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