Category: Advent IM Blog
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Data Protection Day 2023 | Yas Minister
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
Today we’re raising awareness for Data Protection Day with our short film ‘Yas Minister’, featuring Mike Gillespie and Ellie Hurst. Click Here to watch the video on YouTube. Make sure to like, comment and subscribe!
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Its Fibonacci Day!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Fibonacci is a numerical sequence where each number is equal to the sum of the preceding two numbers (see pic) and this creates something called a Golden Ratio. If you are an architect or building engineer, this concept will be very familiar to you. In its most simple terms, it describes a pattern, design, or […]
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Ellie Wins at Women In Security Awards!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News
We are delighted to announce Ellie won the Contribution to Industry Award at the 11th annual Women In Security awards in London the 10th of November. Over three hundred and fifty nominations were made for women into this year’s Awards, so it was a bumper year. Ellie said, ” It was an honour to be […]
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Welcome to Cyber Security Awareness Month!
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog General
You may have thought that October was all about Halloween and of course, it is, but it’s also the month of Cyber Security Awareness and where would we be without this month to share good practices, warn of bad practices and make helpful suggestions for how to improve things. At least that’s how we roll […]
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In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
We wake up to unprecedented times. Gone is the woman who has been in our lives always. A mother, grandmother … our Queen. Through the good times and bad her dedication to this nation and her peoples was unwavering. And even though most of us never met her we felt like we knew her and […]
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A Business Email Data Breach – Can It Affect You?
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
According to the ICO, data breaches caused by sending to the wrong recipient are on the rise; watch the video to learn how you can help combat this! Watch here
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The iceberg that is camera surveillance and data privacy
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From Head of Client Development, Derek Willins A recent complaint filed with the ICO by Big Brother Watch (BBW) reminded me of the iceberg that is camera surveillance and data privacy. The accused is Southern Coop. The charge is that they are using “biometric cameras” (Live Facial Recognition technology or LFR), and they are “infringing […]
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Weekend Wisdom 24/06: Armed Forces Week, Yodel Cyber Incident, Capital One Breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
After a week of scorching heat, we hope to keep it going with this weekend’s Weekend Wisdom. In News: Strava app flaw revealed runs of Israeli officials at secretive bases – Read here Ex-Amazon worker found guilty in Capital One breach – Read here Yodel delivery service disrupted by cyber incident – Read here Security […]
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Weekend Wisdom 10/06: First look at June and the weeks top stories
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
This week on Weekend Wisdom: NEW podcast Ellie Hurst, Olivia Lawlor Blackburn, and Liz Kentish of Kentish and Co, discuss the changes to the workplace environment over the last 2 years, how has this impacted facilities management, and do we think the hybrid working model is here to stay? > Listen here Top news this […]
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The future belongs to Information Security champions, here’s why….
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From Advent IM Head of Client Development, Derek Willins What will the world be like in 10 years? No one knows for sure. So maybe it’s easier to think about what will not change, and develop plans based on that. This is exactly what Geoff Bezos said when asked about the future. He believed understanding […]
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