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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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**PRESS RELEASE** Media Contact: Ellie Hurst +44 (0) 121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk Date : 16 Nov 2021 Mike Gillespie recognised for his Outstanding Contribution to Security in The Security Institute Awards Shortlist Advent Managing Director, Mike Gillespie has been shortlisted for his ‘Outstanding Contribution to Security’  in memory of George van Schalkwyk, in the 2020 […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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  For the Fallen, Laurence Binyon They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.   Advent IM is proud to have signed up to the Armed Forces […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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UK information commissioner will join a private law firm that represents technology companies she used to regulate, raising questions about conflicts of interest and drawing ‘revolving door’ criticisms The UK’s outgoing information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is set to join global law firm Baker McKenzie, which previously defended Facebook against privacy enforcement by her office. Denham […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The UK’s cyber skills shortage has surged by more than a third in the past 12 months, according to a new report by global recruitment firm Harvey Nash. The study, which analyzed the current state of the digital jobs shortage, found that cybersecurity is the most sought-after tech skill in the UK. Nearly half (43%) of the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General Industry News

Clearview appears to have ignored demands from social media companies to stop taking images from their platforms. Clearview AI has scraped over 10 billion photographs from people’s social media profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms for its controversial facial-recognition tool. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That told Wired that a larger database of photos means […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Ofcom has laid out the measures it will require video-sharing platforms to take to better protect users. The VSPs, including TikTok, Snapchat, Vimeo and Twitch, must ensure content related to terrorism, child sexual abuse and racism does not appear. A third of users have seen hateful content on such sites, Ofcom says. And the regulator […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General Industry News

According to new intelligence from Cisco Talos, Amnesty International’s branding and profile is being used as part of a new malware campaign that exploits people’s fears of the notorious Pegasus spyware app Threat actors are exploiting the reputation and branding of human rights organisation Amnesty International to target its victims with malware masquerading as an […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News General

Today is the day we re launched our youtube chanel! The first video is live and this video discusses the ICO and how to avoid becoming a number in the ICO statistics This video is part of our #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth 8 part short video series to mark Cyber Security Awareness Month 2021 and coincide with our […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Its been a busy 2 weeks at Advent let us catch you up! We had an amazing 2 days at The Security Event 2021. Day 1 we had Ellie Hurst presenting on Critical National Infrastructure and Ransomware Threats, followed by a panel on Major Projects & Emerging Technologies; Addressing threats with new technologies and legacy infrastructure. Day 2 […]