Category: General

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The head of the UK’s data watchdog has vowed to fine firms falling short on cybersecurity after warning “complacency” within companies is the “biggest cyber risk businesses face”. The warnings come after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today fined British construction firm Interserve £4.4m over its failure to protect its employees’ data from cyberattacks. […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

While the Digital Strategy for Defence seems to be going well, the National Audit Office is concerned there is no overarching plan to implement it, or a clear way of measuring whether it is on track. Read via Computer Weekly.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

An FOI request by the Parliament Street think tank discovered the stolen BBC devices increased year on year between 2019 and 2021. UK broadcaster the BBC has reported more than £150,000 worth of electronic devices stolen over the past three years. Read via DIGIT-FYI.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The owner of fast-fashion site Shein has been fined $1.9m (£1.69m) over its handling of a data breach. Login details for 39 million Shein accounts were stolen in 2018 after its parent company, Zoetop, was targeted by hackers. Read via BBC News.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The education sector experienced a 44% increase in cyber-attacks when compared to 2021, with an average of 2297 attacks against organizations every week, according to Check Point’s 2022 Mid-Year Report. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Cybersecurity tops annual business risk survey, reflecting the rapidly weaponised cyber attack landscape, as geopolitical uncertainty rises. Read via ICAEW.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Recent high-profile data breaches have left UK consumers reeling, with many now skeptical about businesses protecting customer data. Read via TechHQ.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Set in the convenient location of the Radisson Red at London Heathrow on 3 November 2022, the event will bring together top security industry speakers and is supported by a large exhibition of cutting-edge security products and services. Doors open at 8.30 am allowing access to the exhibition with the conference running between 10.00 am and 1.30 […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

A leading UK catalog retailer has been issued with a financial penalty of close to £1.5m by the country’s information regulator for breaching data protection and marketing laws. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

• 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 […]