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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Cyber-espionage campaigns are targeting employees directly, including through hiring processes, report claims Read via The Guardian.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Cyber security, data protection, privacy, governance and risk management were never meant to operate as separate worlds. The ICO’s evolving stance reflects a more realistic view of how organisations actually manage risk, protect data and build trust.  There has been a noticeable shift in the ICO’s tone on cyber security, and it is a significant one.  For years, many organisations have treated cyber […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Users could see wage payments, benefit transfers and National Insurance numbers. Read via Computing.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

The Home Office’s consultation on a new legal framework for live facial recognition (LFR) and broader biometric technologies is more than another policy exercise, it is, as the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner recently described it, a “once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity” to get this right. And getting it right means placing governance, ethics, and public trust at […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Having spent decades championing security, privacy, and robust governance, I’ve seen the pattern play out enough times to recognise it instantly: innovation races ahead, controls lag behind, and society ends up dealing with the fallout. The recent revelations about Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses should worry anyone who values ethics and public trust and they should […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The UK is trailing in the race to regulate AI, according to new research examining how governments around the world are responding to the rapid rise of the technology. Read more via Computing.co.uk

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

One of the most famous stories from the early days of hacking did not involve sophisticated code, advanced persistence or organised cyber crime. It involved a plastic whistle found in boxes of Cap’n Crunch, an American breakfast cereal. In the early 1970s, phone phreaks discovered that the whistle could generate a 2600 Hz tone. At […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

For many of us, Christmas is a time spent with family, comfort and celebration — but for others, it can be one of the hardest days of the year. In December 2025, our CEO, Mike, chose to spend his Christmas supporting a remarkable organisation that makes sure no one in their community is left behind: […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Who really owns cyber incidents involving information — your IT team or your Information Governance team? 🤔 IT often gets treated as the default owner, but in reality, IT is essentially the filing cabinet: they store it, move it, and protect it — but they don’t own the information inside. That responsibility sits firmly with […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Over the 2025 festive period, our CEO, Mike Gillespie, spent his Christmas and New Year a little differently. After several years of hoping to volunteer over the holidays – but never quite managing due to work and life commitments – this year presented the perfect opportunity. And Mike grabbed it. His chosen charity was The […]