Category: Advent IM Blog

News and information from the Advent IM team.

Data Protection – The Importance of Training #DPD17

A guest post for Data Protection Awareness Day 2017 from our very own Steve Foley, Security Consultant… Security Awareness Training, the phrase that makes most employees roll their eyes and think ‘great another hour of my life that I’ll never get back’.  Some staff gleefully look forward to 60 mins sat in a darkened room […]

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Data Protection Awareness Day 2017! #DPD17

We have enjoyed getting involved with Data Protection Awareness Day over the last few years and with GDPR fast approaching (next year…!), it is more important than ever to raise awareness of the importance of good quality Data Protection practices.  Sometimes our contributions are serious, sometimes lighthearted but they are always useful and containing good […]

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#DPD17 Data Protection Awareness Day is upon us…game show style..

Data Protection Awareness Day is very important to us. Not only are we DP practitioners, we are DP practitioners who are helping businesses prepare for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, which is going to have widespread ramifications and we want everyone to be well and truly up to speed. Fines amounting to 4% […]

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Ready for Doxware?

A guest post from Del Brazil –  Advent IM Security Consultant Doxware is a more vicious version of Ransomware in that not only does the hacker holds the user to ransom having encrypted their files but also threatens to release sensitive information, photos and/or conversations into the public domain until such time a ransom is […]

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James Morris MP visits Advent IM to talk GDPR and the future of Cyber Security in the Boardroom

**PRESS RELEASE**     Media Contact: Ellie Hurst +44 (0) 121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk Date : 17.01.17 Advent IM, the UKs leading holistic security consultancy, today announced an upcoming visit from James Morris MP to their Birmingham centre on 20th of January.   2018 will see the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

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2016 over the shoulder – Another year of the Data Breach?

For the last few years, we have seen The Year of the Breach, resolutely attributed to the preceding year. 2016 is not going to buck that trend and in terms of breach it certainly doesn’t disappoint. Indeed some breaches from years past, such as Ashley Madison in 2015, have still rumbled on in 2016.  In […]

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2017 Security Predictions from the Advent IM Team

At this time of year we like to make security predictions for the year to come. Ho Ho Oh dear…     Mike Gillespie – Director I predict – further growth and sophistication in phishing attacks, and as a result of these successful attacks and continuing low quality user awareness and education, an increase in the […]

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BYOD vs CYOD Where is the Trend?

Guest post from an Advent IM Security Consultant on a key business topic. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), the phrase that has raised more than one eyebrow within the security fraternity and so it should! Allowing a personally owned device to access your corporate network or store any of your sensitive data? The lack of […]

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