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We would like to congratulate Accenture for meeting the criteria of Cyber Essentials and gaining certification with Mitigate. This means that Accenture have adequately demonstrated the security of their IT system, mitigating the most common cyber security risks to the business. Accenture is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, providing consulting and outsourcing […]

Are you an SME, entrepreneur or start-up that needs access to specialist skills, expertise or technology to implement effective cyber security? If you are, you only have until 11th February 2015 to apply for a £5,000 innovation voucher from the Technology Strategy Board. Innovation vouchers for cyber security are available to businesses from all sectors

We're happy to announce that Ribble Enviro have achieved Cyber Essentials certification with Mitigate Cyber Security. Ribble Enviro supply gas detection and monitoring equipment and are well known across the Ribble Valley for their highly professional sales and customer service. Cyber Essentials checks that the company's IT infrastructure is safe in the following areas: Boundary Firewalls and

The new European Data Protection Regulation replaces the old Data Protection Directive and its aim is to integrate the current data protection laws in place across the EU member states. This will apply to all business throughout the UK that hold personal data. In January 2012 the European Commission revealed a draft of its European

We were delighted to be asked by IAMSE to certify them to Cyber Essentials Plus status. To undergo certification, one of our consultants spent the day on site with IASME to conduct a number of checks to ensure their internal and external IT infrastructure are safe and secure from common threats. We'd like to extend our

We're delighted to congratulate SmartSourcing PLC on achieving Cyber Essentials certification with Mitigate Cyber Security earlier in the year. SmartSourcing are an internationally recognised resourcing and recruitment organisation, dedicated to the provision of sustainable services, consultancy and cloud based governance. Cyber Essentials checks that the company's IT infrastructure is safe in the following areas: Boundary

McGregor Boyall Associates, global recruitment agency recently gained accreditation to Cyber Essentials for their central London office. We would like to send our congratulations and thanks for certifying with us. McGregor Boyall have satisfactorily demonstrated that their IT system meets the criteria of the Cyber Essentials standard, which covers the following five areas: Boundary Firewalls and

We'd like to extend our congratulations to Dee Recruitment for meeting the criteria of Cyber Essentials and gaining certification with Mitigate. This means that Dee Recruitment have satisfactorily demonstrated the security of their IT system, mitigating the most common cyber security risks to the business. Cyber Essentials is the government scheme for businesses to demonstrate

As we mentioned in a previous news story, from October 1st Cyber Essentials will be a requirement of all suppliers bidding for certain personal and sensitive information-handling on behalf of the Government. Cyber Essentials certification is awarded to businesses that can demonstrate they have implemented measures to reduce the cyber risk. QG Management Standards, based

Ministry of Justice have been issued a £180,000 fine for losing a hard disk containing details of just under 3000 prisoners at HMP Erlestoke prison in May 2013. The hard drive contained confidential information relating to organised crime, health information, history of drug misuse and material about victims and visitors of each inmate.  The hard

Investigations of hundreds of police officers have been launched over the potential misuse of social media guidelines over a 5 year period, highlighting the rising importance of staff training and awareness around information security policies. Research shows that out of 828 cases reported from 2009 to February this year, 14% of investigations led to no

Two Israeli companies, both owned by the government, have reported that several military documents have been stolen.  The companies were responsible for the development of the Iron Dome missile defence system, and lost documents relating to ballistic rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, otherwise known as drones). The intelligence report, seen by the BBC, states

A recently discovered flaw within USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices could be used to infect a computer and perform malicious activity without the user’s knowledge, even USB devices which appear to be empty. The researchers Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell say there is no practical way to defend against such vulnerability. The body responsible for

In the most recent Risk Outlook report by the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, cybercrime was recognised as a new priority threat: “Breach of confidentiality: information security and cybercrime Keeping the affairs of clients confidential and secure is a key professional duty. Law firms need to be prepared for the increased risk to this duty that is

The data that was stolen included 20,000 email addresses, telephone numbers and addresses. Although most of the data was encrypted, the data that was stolen involved details for people who had registered to attend an event at the ECB. The bank have stated that no market sensitive data or their banking system were affected, as