Luke Irwin Archive
The UK is one of the few countries that has seen a year-on-year reduction in ransomware attacks, a new study has found. According to the 2019 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, ransomware infections in the UK decreased by 59% in the …
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: organisations that fail to meet the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) face fines of up to €20 million (about £17.3 million) or 4% of their annual global turnover. Experts …
The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Morrisons has lost two cases related to its March 2014 data breach, in which Andrew …
We’re not going to lie: implementing an ISO 27001-compliant ISMS (information security management system) is hard work. But as the saying goes, nothing worth having comes easy, and ISO 27001 is definitely worth having. Anyone needing guidance should take a …
Earlier this year, AXELOS® released the latest version of its widely popular ITSM (information technology service management) framework, ITIL® 4. In this blog, we look at one of the integral parts of that framework: incident management. What is ITIL incident …
The hospitality sector has been clamouring for technological innovation recently, with organisations eager to find novel ways to improve the customer experience. You might have heard about Connie, a Watson-enabled robot concierge that’s been introduced at the Hilton in McLean, …
Financial services firms must do more to educate employees about cyber security, according to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). In a report published last month, the FCA urged organisations to tackle staff awareness training at all levels, and to ensure …
Critical infrastructure providers have been deluged by cyber attacks in the past two years, according to a Ponemon Institute study. Cybersecurity in Operational Technology: 7 Insights You Need to Know found that 90% of respondents from the UK, US, Germany, …
On 6 July 2016, the EU officially adopted the NIS Directive (Directive on security of network and information systems) and gave each EU member state just under two years to implement its requirements into national law. At the time of the …
On 14 September 2019, the PSD2 (Second Payment Services Directive) will take effect, overhauling the way people pay for goods and services across the EU. The legislation has been implemented to prevent fraud and to keep customers’ payment details secure …
