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Halkyn Security – Advanced Notification

  • Post author:Halkyn Security
  • Post published:4 May 2012
  • Post category:Company News

Please note that Halkyn Consulting Ltd will be taking an early summer break between the period 15 May and 6 June 2012. During this period we will be unable to…

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ICO issues first fine to NHS following data breach

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:30 April 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security News/Security Risk Management

Today the Information Commissioner's Office announced that a Welsh health board had become the first NHS organisation to be issued with a monetary fine for a breach of the Data…

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Security Awareness Training – One of the few good security metrics

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:23 April 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Education and Awareness

Recently we discussed both the value and problems around developing security metrics as part of your organisations overall management strategy. One of the best metrics you can generate revolves around…

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Risk Management – Not Risk Avoidance

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:16 April 2012
  • Post category:Security Risk Management

There is a commonly held misconception about risk management and, where this relates to security risk management, it is even more widespread, frequently to the detriment of organisations and businesses.…

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Security Metrics – Measure the right thing

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:10 April 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Risk Management

Every business needs to have a way of making sure that the money it spends on things is justified by the value those things have to the business. Entire industries…

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Transport Security – Protecting your business

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:2 April 2012
  • Post category:Security

If your business provides tangible objects which have value to customers, then you can be sure that these have value to thieves and other miscreants who want to make a…

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Scottish Charity Suffers Data Protection Breach

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:9 March 2012
  • Post category:Security

Another week, another easily prevented data protection breach in the news. This time it is the Glasgow based charity Enable Scotland that is under the spotlight. From the ICO news…

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Data Protection – Dont forget to sanitise!

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:2 March 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security News

Staff training is an essential part of every business. The better trained your staff are, the more motivated and efficient they are likely to be. For your training to work,…

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Physical Security Assessment Form – Free Download

  • Post author:Halkyn Security
  • Post published:24 February 2012
  • Post category:Downloads/Security

Physical security forms the baseline for any asset protection or loss prevention programme  and is an essential bedrock for building your organisations risk management strategy. While high tech data attacks…

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Personal Email + Work Activity = High Risk Situation

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:17 February 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Education and Awareness/Security Risk Management

Almost everyone has a personal email address, to the point where you are probably more shocked to discover someone who doesnt rather than a person who has several. In recent…

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Protecting your employees, executives and family

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:10 February 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Education and Awareness/Security Risk Management

Business are often excellent at cataloguing the importance and value of the physical assets they hold - such as product stock, machinery, company cars etc. Most are even quite good at identifying…

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5 Reasons why a security consultant can help you

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:3 February 2012
  • Post category:Security

Every organisation, every home, every club and every charity can benefit from having access to the advice and knowledge of a good independent security consultant. However until fairly recently, it…

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SPF – ISO27001 Control Mapping Tool – Free Download

  • Post author:Halkyn Security
  • Post published:27 January 2012
  • Post category:Downloads/Security

For any organisation looking to provide services to the UK Government, consideration of the Security Policy Framework (SPF) is essential and for most Government contracts audited compliance is required. Unfortunately,…

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3 critical things every business leader should know about security

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:20 January 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Risk Management

There isn't a day without some form of security breach reported on the news and a company or organisation being fined, losing customers, suffering reputational damage etc. Its rare for…

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Health worker breaches Data Protection Act, gets £1500 fine

  • Post author:Taz Wake - Halkyn Security
  • Post published:13 January 2012
  • Post category:Security/Security Education and Awareness/Security News

Breaches of the Data Protection Act, almost commonplace in 2011, continue into the new year of 2012. As has often been the case, the incident reported this week has been…

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