Category: Advent IM Blog

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog General

Our latest Five Minute Security Read comes Senior Security Consultant from Ian Warren. Cyber Threat – Are you ready? “It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one’s readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Join us for a chat on Social Engineering, where we discuss what it is and what threats and details criminals could be after…. Watch here 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

From Advent IM Head of Client Development, Derek Willins So much has been said and written about the new world of work everyone is coping with, it’s hard to find something original to say about it. So, I will stick to one eternal truth. That change is constant, and therefore good security will constantly change […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog Industry News

From Advent IM Security Consultant, Leighton Hughes ISO/IEC 27001 is an international information security standard that assists organisations in managing their information security.  First published in 2005 (replacing ISO/IEC 17799) it was reviewed and updated in 2013. ISO 27001 details the requirements for organisations in establishing, implementing, and maintaining the continuous improvement of their Information […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force in Manchester responsible for and providing a policing service to the people within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. Given the scale of criminal activity and responsibilities the force has, there is a requirement to store, manage and process information that carries […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News

Following the success of our inaugural Police Data Protection webinar this week, we have decided to run it again in the Spring. This webinar looks at harmonising what can appear to be conflicting police data management requirements to get good outcomes and build great practices that support frontline policing and improve security resilience. We are […]

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

We’ve compiled 2021’s Ransomware statistics and put them into an educational video for you. Did you know that in 2021, nearly 40% of organisations around the world were hit by ransomware? Watch here 

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

From the Advent IM Head of Client Development, Derek Willins. Delighting your customers and stakeholders is the foundation of all commerce. But how to do this, continually changes. For example, for the last few years and particularly since covid struck, ‘digital transformation’ has accelerated amongst most organisations. Digital transformation is about making everything you do […]