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Your employees encounter potential cyber security threats on a daily basis. Perhaps there’s a new face in the office that they don’t recognise, or a new password they need to remember, or a database of sensitive information that they need …
As a framework in your business, governing your IT effectively helps ensure your organisation’s IT infrastructure supports and enables the corporate strategies and objectives. But problems can arise that constantly affect critical functions within your IT: Your staff are constantly …
Organisations of all sizes must have policies in place to state and record their commitment to protecting the information that they handle. Let’s take a look at exactly what documents you need to protect your organisation, and how you can …
As an information security manager, you enter each day not knowing what it may bring, in spite, perhaps, of having a well-formed plan or at least a to-do list. Each event or incident that you encounter is only a whisker …
Security practitioners are required to maintain a safe and secure environment for an organisation’s clients and/or employees. Whether that’s by patrolling and monitoring premises, guarding staff, tracing missing people, dealing with witness statements, analysing crime scenes, or examining cyber threats, …
Ethical hacking or penetration testing refers to the exploitation of an IT system with the permission of its owner in order to determine its vulnerabilities. It results in recommendations for preventive and corrective countermeasures to mitigate the risk of cyber …
As part of an EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project, organisations will need to map their data and information flows in order to assess their privacy risks. This is also an essential first step for completing a data protection …
Cyber attack is the top threat organisations are concerned about, according to the BCI Horizon Scan Report 2017. 88% of the 726 organisations that responded to the survey reported being “extremely concerned” or “concerned” about this threat materialising. The survey …
Described as a “decent piece of legislation” by digital minister Matt Hancock at the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee last week, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will ensure that the UK can continue an “uninterrupted and unhindered flow of data” …
A UK court ruled last month that the UK-based engineering conglomerate Rolls-Royce must pay £671 million in order to settle corruption cases out of court. “We have co-operated fully with the authorities and will continue to do so. The Board …
