Category: Advent IM Blog

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Looking at some survey results recently, it struck me how the trend for employing hackers or ex hackers has really taken off. Perhaps more so in the US that the UK but Stateside trends often emerge here.  With this in mind, I asked our consultants for opinions on how this works and what problems may […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Earlier this week, The Times reported on apparent cyber attacks on our rail networks. Advent IM Security Consultant, Chris Cope, gives us his opinion. Hacking attacks against rail infrastructure should come as no surprise. The move to connect industrial control systems to corporate networks has opened up a range of vulnerabilities. Many industrial control systems […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

It is always a treat to get a blog post from Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron and this time Julia has turned her eye to the spate of Ransomware attacks on US hospitals to ask how resilient the NHS is, should it face a similar level of attack. When I hear the word ransom it […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Now the UK has finally had a referendum and is apparently on the path to exit the EU, UK businesses will want to know where they stand on EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). For many, the GDPR was the culmination of a lot of hard work, forward thinking and a genuine desire for an increased robustness in dealing […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A look at the Business Continuity international standard by Del Brazil for Business Continuity Awareness Week  The worldwide recognised standard for Business Continuity is ISO 22301:2014 – Business Continuity Management Systems which was preceded by BS 25999 – Business Continuity Management. The ISO 22301 standard clearly provides direction to all businesses/organisations on how to plan, […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Another post from Del Brazil – Advent IM Security Consultant for Business Continuity Awareness Week 2016 The author has recently posted an article about the importance of business continuity to an organisation and how it can help to ensure its survival in the event of a major disruptive event. All business continuity plans must be […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

From Del Brazil, Advent IM Security Consultant – for Business Continuity Awareness Week #BCAW2016 As its Business Continuity Week it seems only logical to start at beginning of the whole Business Continuity process, which is to ask ‘Why do we need Business Continuity?’ Business Continuity is a standard methodology that addresses the critical outputs and […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Business Continuity Awareness Week is upon us and we wanted to contribute to this key business area awareness raising for a few reasons. Firstly, we know how important it is because all businesses suffer from unintended events (or the odd intended one too!) that can impact their ability to carry on. Planning for the most […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

**PRESS RELEASE** Advent IM today announced it’s availability on the UK Government’s Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework. This framework is for public bodies and agencies to directly procure digital specialists and Advent IM is now available to these bodies for Cyber Security Specialist Consulting services, in addition to the UK G-Cloud framework. G-Cloud has carried […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

  May the 5th is World Password Day and we have a great opportunity to talk to staff and management about passwords, or just think about how we choose and manage your own. We frequently use the same device for work and home and the risks of an insecure password can be exponentially increased by password duplication […]