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By now you may have heard that the UK Government is making changes to the way your business can engage IT contract staff. New legislation came into force for the public sector in April 2017 and had an immediate effect on their ability to attract the best talent, in some instances, any at all. Those changes are now planned to come into effect for the private sector in April 2020. This blog is about how changes to IR35 will affect your business.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have jointly fined Raphael & Sons plc (Raphaels) £1.89m due to the continued failings to manage the risk posed by its outsourcing arrangements between April 2014 and December 2016, writes Wayne Jolly.
This month marks 12 months since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force. Since the 25 May 2018, numerous high-profile data breaches have highlighted the importance of data protection, for individuals and businesses alike. Looking back at GDPR 12 months on, however, has it had any real impact?
What if a malware event went global? I mean really global, as in much further than previous malware attacks, such as the WannaCry Ransomware in 2017. Thankfully that bug failed to live up to its potential. So when a new report by Lloyd’s: ‘Bashe attack: Global infection by contagious malware’ dropped into my in-box, I was curious to find out what they had learnt from the exercise.
Monday 28th of January is Data Privacy Day so I thought this might be an opportunity to share some tips on how to protect your business and, of course, your clients. Last May saw the biggest development of Data Protection Regulation for 20 years as the EU's GDPR came into force. So now the dust has settled let’s recap and celebrate all the hard work that went into complying with the regulation.
Some of the communications that surround the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation have been very negative. From where I am positioned as an Information Security professional in the UK, however, I see a number of positives. Is it a calamity or an opportunity? It is my belief that GDPR offers a golden opportunity to businesses and data professionals. Here’s why.
Jessie Livermore was an American investor and securities analyst who flourished in the first half of the twentieth century. After reading about Livermore’s approach to risk management it was the things that were not obvious that got me thinking about the value of Business Continuity Management in his business life.
A bizarre old Washington Post article from 2012 got me thinking about the value of assets – both real and intangible – and the meaning of enterprise asset “value” in 2017. It made me think about the importance of understanding the value of asset data today and how businesses need to take steps to ensure those assets are never knowingly undersold. One way of achieving that is through an understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation, which I will come to later.
As a Lloyd's Managing Agency you will be well aware that Minimum Standard MS3 (Governance) for operating at Lloyd's requires you to: “Establish, implement and maintain a business continuity programme and take reasonable steps to ensure continuity in the performance of your activities”
The end of the year is fast approaching, which means that as a Lloyd’s Managing Agency, you will need to have achieved some Cyber accreditation in order to meet minimum standard MS12 for operating at Lloyd’s.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union's data protection regulation coming into force in 2018.
Over the past quarter century it has become easier and relatively cheaper for businesses to develop resilient IT infrastructures with breakthrough technologies. Most industry leading service providers have taken to cloud solutions, some offering core business IT solutions “as a Service”.
In the week that U.S. authorities acknowledged a data breach affecting the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security - but downplayed its severity – it just goes to show that even the most security conscious organisations are lacking in cyber smarts. A hacker, or hacking group, published via Twitter what they said were records of 9,000 DHS employees.
A neighbour recently turned up on my doorstep close to tears. In her shaken state it was clear that something serious had happened.