Tag: training
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Universities need to get the most out of the ICO
- by Smeeta Padhiar
- Advent IM Blog
From our Head of Marcomms, Ellie Hurst The report produced by the ICO on information risk in higher education, is an excellent resource that every university and college should be embracing. It is a pragmatic response to increased security breach in this sector, produced in a sensible and common sense, practical way. As you know, […]
Read MoreWe’ve had some amazing feedback from our #GDPR Training course!
- by Smeeta Padhiar
- Advent IM Blog
If you have responsibility for personal data in your role, we can help with practical training, click here to find out more.
Read MoreSecurity and Policing is coming up in March and we will be in the Digital Zone
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Once again, we will be taking a stand at this key event in the policing calendar. You can find us on stand Z23 in the Digital Zone and details of any speaking slots will be posted here, if they arise. Come along and say hello to Mike, Ellie, Gareth and the team and find out […]
Read More#Security predictions for 2018 from the Advent IM Team
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Its that time of year. We look back over our shoulder and use the previous 12 months to try and work out what we can expect in the coming 12 months. Sometimes we get it horribly right, such as our prediction of the meteoric rise in ransomware and also that it would start to impact […]
Read MoreIs your CEO having a whale of a time? Put a stop to it! #phishingTackle
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Criminals know where the richest pickings are; it might be financial or it might be valuable information, but the higher up the organisational tree they manage to get and successfully target, the greater the reward. But when it comes to understanding cyber threat, we don’t have to look very far to realise our boardrooms are […]
Read MoreSecurity Predictions for 2016
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
As 2015 draws to a close, we asked the Advent IM Staff to ponder the challenges for next year. 2015 saw some huge data and security fumbles and millions of people had their personal information exposed as hack after hack revealed not only how much this activity is on the increase, but also how the […]
Read MoreSocial Engineering – Still the best attacker exploit – guest post from Dale Penn, Advent IM Security Consultant
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Another great post from one of our consultants, this time from Dale Penn on the topic of Social Engineering. Introduction Social engineering is still the most prolific and successful method of hacking. It is a non-technical attack that relies on a user being tricked or coerced into some form of action which presents the attacker […]
Read MoreLocal MP, James Morris, supports efforts to bridge the cyber skills gap.
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
**Press Release** Midland based Cyber/Information Security Consultancy and members of the Malvern Cyber Security Cluster, Advent IM enjoyed some serious discussion of how to bridge the cyber security skills gap with James Morris, the MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP. Advent IM, the UKs leading independent holistic security consultancy welcomed local MP James […]
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