Incident Response – 5 key stakeholder groups
Incident response is a vital component of every organisations security. It provides the safety net for when the inevitable happens... Continue reading →
Employee Security – High risk terminations
Employee security really does matter. Your employees are the lifeblood of every organisation. You put a lot of effort into... Continue reading →
Prison Service in NI Warned over Data Breach
The prison service in Northern Ireland has been warned by the ICO over another data breach. The ICO press release... Continue reading →
NHS Trust fined £200,000 following data disposal errors
Although it has a well structured, well run and reasonably well resourced security management service, the NHS still seems to... Continue reading →
Security design – physical security measures
Physical security really does matter. When it comes to protecting your property, stock, customers, employees or other assets, the physical... Continue reading →
Do you value your security?
We are in a new year now, the end of the world never materialised and everyone will be back at... Continue reading →
ICO fines text spammers nearly £500,000
Last week the ICO reported that the directors of a company heavily engaged in spam texting (sending unsolicited commercial messages... Continue reading →
Bad Security – Taking Risks and Not Realising It
Another fine has been issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and, again, it is the result of something that... Continue reading →
ICO claims private sector leads the way on Data Protection Act compliance
Interestingly, a report from the ICO published yesterday has stated that the private sector appears to be more compliant with... Continue reading →
Security is not a tool and your tools are not security
Quite rightly, information security is a hot topic for most businesses. This is driven by a combination of regulatory and... Continue reading →
Supplier Security Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Following on from the recent issues experienced by The Scottish Borders Council, we have been asked several times about what... Continue reading →
NHS Security Breaches Continue
Given the level of fines (“Civil Monetary Penalties”) the Information Commissioner’s Office levied against the NHS in June, you would... Continue reading →
LinkedIn to face £3m lawsuit over password breach
Following up on the news last week that LinkedIn had suffered a major security breach in which huge numbers of... Continue reading →
Risk Management – Not Risk Avoidance
There is a commonly held misconception about risk management and, where this relates to security risk management, it is even... Continue reading →
Security Metrics – Measure the right thing
Every business needs to have a way of making sure that the money it spends on things is justified by... Continue reading →