Category: Advent IM News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Security Think Tank: Infosec needs to avoid FUD and keep it real – Ellie Hurst in computerweekly
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? According to the 2017 Information security workforce study, employers are looking for infosec professionals with strong communication skills as well as analytical skills. But there is a gap between employer and candidate expectations, as this communication […]
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For the first time ever, we have a Honeymoon at IFSEC International
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
IFSEC International is known by security professionals as the premier integrated security event. Covering cyber-security, access control, perimeter protection and more, the message is clear: Strictly security. So we were just as surprised as you when one of our own speakers, Mike Gillespie, Managing Director of Advent IM, had chosen IFSEC as his honeymoon destination. […]
Read MoreIntroducing Cyberterrorism and Cyberweaponry by Mike Gillespie & Ellie Hurst
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
A discussion in three parts… Read part one in The Professional Security Officer Magazine. click
Read MoreMike will be speaking at an IISP Regional event
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
On July the 9th, MIke will be speaking at a regional IISP event at University of Manchester. Details & Booking
Read MoreFreedom Mobile data breach impacts thousands of customers
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
08.05.19 – Freedom Mobile, a major Canadian telecommunications provider, has revealed a data breach which may have exposed sensitive information belonging to thousands of customers. Read full story
Read MoreMike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – Security Think Tank: Aim for integrated resilience, continuity and recovery
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
How should businesses plan to survive a potential cyber attack extinction event? Up to recent time, perhaps the past couple of years, when I talked about the possibility of an extinction event from a cyber attack, the perspectives of the vast majority of people were still entirely focused on this being an exfiltration, manipulation or […]
Read MoreWe are pleased to present CSP’s first ‘Workshop Findings’ “Can we talk about Ex-Hackers?” by Ellie Hurst
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
A CSP:2018 workshop to discuss the rise in recruitment of convicted hackers for security teams in business. Read full story.
Read MoreMike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – Security Think Tank: Aim for business intelligence-driven system of risk indicators
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Read full story.
Read MoreMike Gillespie in Professional Security Magazine – Physical Records
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
We are in the run up to the first anniversary of GDPR [European Union-wide General Data Protection Regulation] and the Data Protection Act (2018) (DPA 18) and now is as good a time as any to review where we are and identify any consistent failings or blind spots, writes Mike Gillespie, the MD Advent IM, […]
Read MoreMike Gillespie speaking about Cyber threat – the things we don’t know
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Do we know what we don’t know? Asks Mike Gillespie. Reported cyber crime is the tip of the iceberg and ransomware is terrorism. The percentage of business leaders who see cyber security as a business priority is surprisingly low, and UK business leaders sit surprisingly low in world rankings for this. Read full story.
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