The latest from Arcanum
Welcome Laurie
This week Arcanum is welcoming Laurie Parry, who will be heading up our IT Department as the IT Systems Manager. Laurie has over 15 years Technical Project Management experience gained as an IT & Communications Specialist. Prior to her commercial career Laurie...
DOS5 Framework Success
Arcanum is pleased to announce that we have been accepted onto the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 Framework (DOS5). DOS5 is the primary way for the public sector to find and buy new digital services. This success means our NCSC certified teams, individual...
Welcome Martin
Arcanum welcomes Martin Hughes as the newest member of the HQ team as Chief of Staff. Martin will be responsible for the daily operation of Arcanum. This will include co-ordination of staff, resources and ensuring excellence in delivery to our clients. His expertise...
Welcome To The Team Kat!
Arcanum welcomes Katherine Abercrombie, joining us from Context as a Senior Penetration Tester. Kat has been working as a pen tester since 2014. She is a CREST Registered Pen Tester with extensive experience in performing web application and infrastructure pen tests...
You Need To Get With The Process
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. I think that it is undisputed that a critical part of any accurate business security risk analysis, is the use of an accurate Business Impact Analysis (BIA), to focus on truly critical business assets. However, I...
An Unhealthy Ransom
Blog by Jane Chappell, Arcanum Operations Director. Following our ‘Stand and Deliver’ ransomware blog published on September 3rd, sadly this form of corporate extortion is still on the increase. Ransomware is not only the encryption of data rendering it unavailable to...
Industrial Clouds On The Horizon
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. Despite the title, this is not some scribblings on the subject of chemically vaporous pollution or global warming. However, it does represent a view of managing the practical security and compliance state of current...
Oh… For Compliance Sake!
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. I have had an extended career in Cyber Security (AKA Computer security/Information Assurance/Information Assurance and Security etc). During that time I have always perceived the existence of 2 distinct camps; those...
Cyber Essentials ERS Discount
Arcanum has launched a Cyber Essentials discount scheme for all Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Award holders. Discounting the usual Cyber Essentials Assessment fees by up to 20% for fellow ERS Award holders. Like every other company that has shown its...
Maybe We Should Investigate?
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. Having been formally trained first as a police officer and then a government security investigator it has always intrigued me as to how commercial organisations investigate security incidents. Many seem to shy...
Cyber Essentials 2020 Charity Campaign
Arcanum are participating in the 2020 IASME campaign to offer discounted Cyber Essentials Certification to charities. Charities will be entitled to register for Cyber Essentials Certification for the discounted price of £225 (instead of £300) for one week only from...
The Fluid World of Cyber Risks in IT and OT
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. As part of my far sighted Open University degree in Computer Science in the 1990s, I completed a course that taught the social impacts of IT (before the days of social media); and postulated the future...
Cyber Essentials Webinar
Arcanum Cyber Security are hosting a free webinar on Friday 6th November 2020 where we will be discussing the Cyber Essentials scheme and how we can help you! A perfect opportunity to join us from wherever you are, and find out all you need to know about Cyber...
Arcanum Welcomes New Cyber Security Consultant
Arcanum welcomes Bobby Hopes, the newest member of Arcanum’s growing team. Bobby is joining Arcanum as a Cyber Security Consultant. Bobby is a security professional with over 14 years' experience delivering information assurance and security surveying within the...
Arcanum Secures G-Cloud 12 Status
Arcanum Information Security has been awarded a place on the G-Cloud framework for a seventh consecutive year. G - Cloud 12 is an agreement between UK Government and suppliers and allows public sector organisations to buy services in an efficient way. Arcanum’s...
Arcanum Granted Extension to UKAS ISO 17025 Accreditation
Following remote assessments from the UK Accreditation Service in April this year, Arcanum Digital Forensics have been granted an extension to the scope of our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, to include mobile devices and Forensic Science Regulator’s (FSR) Codes of...
Cyber Essentials Webinar
Arcanum Cyber Security are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 6th October 2020 where we will be discussing the Cyber Essentials scheme and how we can help you! A perfect opportunity to join us from wherever you are, and find out all you need to know about Cyber...
Arcanum Welcomes New Forensics Students
Photo: James Austen and Samual Taylor We would like to welcome two new starters to the Arcanum Digital Forensics team, James Austen and Samual Taylor. James is currently studying Computer Science BSc (Hons), at the University of Bath; and Sam is studying Computer...
Arcanum Exhibit at SNS2020 Smart Generation
Arcanum Cyber Security will be exhibiting at EEEGR'S Flagship Southern North Sea Conference, on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th September 2020. This is the very first all energy virtual event, and Arcanum will be hosting a live webinar with partners Proeon Systems....
Stand and Deliver
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant. Travelex, Honda, Garmin, Cognizant… who will be the next ‘holdup’ victim of ransomware? [1] Ransomware has been around since the last century. A check on Wikipedia will tell you the first documented attack was...
Practice What You Teach Universities and Cyber Security
Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum's Technical Director, and Chris Gausden, Arcanum Principal Consultant One of the many dichotomies in the Cyber Security world is around the security of universities and their IT assets. Information technology and cyber security are...
A Different Perspective on Protecting Critical National Infrastructure
By Chris Gausden and Lawrie Abercrombie The Australian Government has been quite forward leaning in its approach to cyber security in general and has just published a Consultation Paper titled Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance as...
Digital Forensics Student Transitions to Full Time
Salma Aslam, Arcanum Digital Forensics placement student has been offered, and accepted a full-time role with Arcanum as a Digital Forensics Practitioner. Arcanum has run an active student development program for our Digital Forensics team for a number of years. Since...
Cyber Essentials Webinar
Arcanum Cyber Security are hosting a free webinar on Friday 4th September 2020 where we will be discussing the Cyber Essentials scheme and how we can help you! A perfect opportunity to join us from wherever you are, and find out all you need to know about Cyber...
Security Gone Cloudy…
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. Organisations that haven’t fully migrated to cloud infrastructure and applications must by now be considering it. This has become the standard approach to efficient and resilient business IT services....
Marketing Student Takes on Full Time Role
Reshma Kaur, Arcanum’s Marketing placement student has accepted a full-time role with Arcanum. Arcanum has run an active student development program for our Digital Forensics team for a number of years. Reshma was our first Marketing student, having joined our Sales...
Celebrating Cadets Day
Arcanum Managing Director, Russ Wardle, as Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gwent with Sea Cadets at the Newport D Day parade. Bringing the Armed Forces week to an end, today Arcanum is celebrating Cadets day. Here at Arcanum, we try to support the entirety of the...
The Evolution of Ransomware into Industrial Control Systems
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. The publicity around the Wannacray and NotPetya ransomware in 2017 has now been documented and consigned to the history books. Although it was generally acknowledged that this was not a targeted...
Celebrating Reserves Day
Image: Cyber Security Consultant and Royal Navy Reservist, Chris Flynn. Today Arcanum is celebrating Reserves Day, which was created to highlight and recognise the valuable contribution Reservists make to our Armed Forces. Chris Flynn joined Arcanum last year...
Celebrating Armed Forces Week
Arcanum Director, Jane Chappell is Chairman of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) for Northamptonshire. To mark the start of Armed Forces Week, yesterday Jane was invited to a Flag Raising Ceremony in Northampton. The ceremony took place outside the...
No Lockdown in the Cybercrime World
Blog by Chris Gausden, Arcanum Cyber Security Principal Consultant. Security has been a challenge for many thousands of years, and the advent of IT systems in the 90s merely added a new aspect to this perennial problem. In the past, targeted assets were physically...
The DCMS NIS Regulations Review
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has released a post-implementation review (PIR) of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018 [1]. It is now two years since the NIS Regulations became law. The aim of the NIS Regulations is...
Arcanum Welcomes New Cyber Security Consultant
We would like to welcome Shaun Marshall, the newest member of Arcanum’s expanding team. Shaun joins us as a Cyber Security Consultant and will be working on projects for our Government and Critical National Infrastructure clients. Shaun is a Cyber Security...
New Principal Consultant
We would like to welcome Chris Gausden to the growing Arcanum team. Chris joined us today as a Principal Consultant from the telco/satellite company OneWeb where he was Global Head of Security Operations. Chris has extensive experience as a Senior Cyber Security &...
Chris Gausden
Bio by Principal Consultant Chris Gausden. I was born in my Grandmother’s house in Leigh-on-Sea in the county of Essex (yet I have never owned a ford Capri!) in-between overseas postings. My father was ex-wartime aircrew and latterly worked in RAFP/Counter...
The USA Declared a National Emergency – Is the Elexon Attack the UK’s Trigger to Follow Suit?
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. The cyber-attack on Elexon this week should serve as a warning to the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI). It has been noted by thinktank RUSI that cyber-attacks have been on the rise during the CoViD-19...
Arcanum Cyber Security Partners With Toshiba Tec
Arcanum Cyber Security and Toshiba Tec have partnered to provide joint specialist information and cyber security consultancy services. Ben Gaston, Toshiba's UK Sales Director, said: “Given our ambition to disrupt the IT Services market through the provision of...
Could Remote Working Increase the Insider Threat to our Essential Services?
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. Recent developments including the current pandemic, technological innovation and climate change have driven a huge rise in the number of remote workers. Our essential services have adapted to this increase...
The Importance of Security in Design: Zoom and Lessons from my Grandmother
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. My Grandmother is a fantastic knitter and often tells me that “a stitch in time, saves nine”. Rather than knitting, I do cyber security but the lesson still resonates; if you’re going to do security stuff, do it...
Blackberry Cylance 2020 Threat Report & The NIS Regulations
Blog by Chris Flynn, Arcanum Cyber Security Consultant. The Blackberry Cylance Threat Report is a report compiled by cyber security experts across many specialisations and is an accurate annual take on the current state of cyber security as well as a look at what is...
Secure Remote Working
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is unparalleled during our lifetimes. However, given advances in IT many organisations are able to continue to do business, by allowing staff to work remotely. Some companies are very used to allowing remote access to...
Cyber Essentials Relaunch
What is Cyber Essentials (CE)? Cyber Essentials is the Government backed certification protecting businesses from cyber-attacks. The scheme is in place to eliminate the most common cyber threats from your organisation and demonstrate your commitment to cyber...
Working From Home – COVID-19
Much of the nation is now working from home, and many employees are not used to working outside of an office environment. Cyber hackers are seeing this as an opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities. The current risk is heightened as hackers are targeting people’s...
Crown Commercial Services 3 Cyber Security Framework
Arcanum Cyber Security are on the Crown Commercial Services 3 (CCS3) Cyber Security Framework. Cyber Security Services 3 is a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) that allows public sector buyers to procure an extensive variety of cyber security services from qualified...
Arcanum & Proeon Attend The Annual IET Conference
Arcanum Cyber Security and partner Proeon Systems attended the annual IET Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems Conference. Arcanum and Proeon are working together to provide specialist services to help UK Critical National Infrastructure become safe, secure,...
We’re Recruiting – Cyber Security Consultant
Arcanum Cyber are a well-established cyber security consultancy working mainly in defence, but with an increasing and diverse client base. We’re busy and we need to expand the team! If you have some experience of working in cyber security, particularly if you have a...
Job Vacancy for Principal Consultant
Arcanum is a specialist Cyber Security Consultancy with the majority of our current clients in Central Government; the MoD and Defence Industry. We are looking for a Principal Consultant who will take a prime role in leading our diversification into an...
Arcanum & Proeon Exhibit At The Annual IET Conference
Arcanum Cyber Security and partner Proeon Solutions will be exhibiting at the annual IET Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems Conference. The event will highlight the regulatory changes and the key cyber security issues facing industrial control and SCADA...
Warren (Woz) Smith M.Inst.ISP
Image: Warren (Woz) Smith M.Inst.ISP, Arcanum Senior Cyber Security Consultant It is with great sadness that we have to announce the unexpected death of Warren ‘Woz’ Smith. Woz was an exceptionally talented cyber security expert and a valued and much admired...
Aerospace Wales Expo 2019
Arcanum Cyber Security exhibited at the Aerospace Wales Expo 2019, which took place at AMRC Wales, Broughton. The Aerospace Wales Expo was launched as the first Capability Showcase and Supply Chain Opportunities Event. The exhibition was a great opportunity to meet...
Arcanum Support Unlock Cyber Event
Marie Caruso, Sales and Marketing Manager at Arcanum Information Security helped run the annual Unlock Cyber event. The Cyber Taster Day showcased careers in cyber security for up to 300 school children. The event took place at the University of the West of England...
Arcanum Support Cyber Taster Day for Over 300 School Children
Cyber Taster Day showcases careers in cyber security for over 300 school children from across the South West. 27 local secondary schools will come together with employers from across the region for a Cyber Taster Day on Tuesday 3rd December held at the University of...
Lies, Damn Lies and Cyber Security Statistics
Figure 1: Chances of Dying in the UK in 2018 from Assorted Causes Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum’s Technical Director. There is no doubt that some statistics are more trustworthy than others. For example, the ones in our infographic above are generally based on...
Arcanum Receives Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award
Arcanum Information Security has been awarded the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award by the Ministry of Defence. Gold is the scheme’s highest level and recognises employers who actively support the Armed Forces community. Jane Chappell, Arcanum’s Operations...
The Annual Arcanum Dinner 2019
Last weekend the annual Arcanum dinner took place, in the historic city of Cardiff. The Arcanum team and partners enjoyed a regimental style dinner at the Firing Line Museum in Cardiff Castle. The entertainment was provided by the Corps of Drums and Band of 3rd...
Arcanum Exhibit at Aerospace Wales Expo
Arcanum Cyber Security will be exhibiting at the Aerospace Wales Expo, 5th December 2019, at AMRC Wales, Broughton, North Wales. The Aerospace Wales Expo has been launched as the first Capability Showcase & Supply Chain Opportunities Event. The day will bring...
Arcanum Digital Forensics Successfully Transitions to ISO17025:2017
Arcanum Digital Forensics announces its successful transition to the newest version of the required standard for digital forensics laboratories, ISO 17025:2017, which has now been approved by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. The accreditation is for capture...
DOS4 Framework Success
Arcanum is proud to announce that we have been accepted onto the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 Framework (DOS4). DOS4 is the primary way for the public sector to find and buy new digital services. This success means our NCSC certified teams, individual...
Arcanum Exhibit at DSEI 2019
Arcanum Cyber Security exhibited at DSEI 2019, 10th-13th September 2019 at London ExCel. Defence & Security Equipment International is one of the world's largest events, showcasing defence, technology and innovation; featuring 1,600 exhibitors and 30,000...
Arcanum To Receive Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award
Arcanum Information Security have been awarded the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award by the Ministry of Defence. Gold is the scheme’s highest level and recognises employers who actively support the Armed Forces community and also encourage others to follow...
University White Papers
Universities: Hackers Fake Student Accounts by Lawrie Abercrombie | July 22, 2019 Universities and cyber security are one of Arcanum’s favourite topics. At the same time one of my colleagues is part of a panel assessing the competency... Read more:...
Universities: Hackers Fake Student Accounts
Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum's Technical Director. Universities and cyber security are one of Arcanum's favourite topics. At the same time that one of my colleagues is part of a panel assessing the competency of Post and Under-Graduate Cyber Security degree...
Arcanum Secures G-Cloud 11 Status
Arcanum Information Security has been awarded a place on the G-Cloud framework for a sixth consecutive year. G-Cloud 11 is an agreement between UK Government and suppliers and allows public sector organisations to buy services in an efficient way. Arcanum’s Managing...
NIS Regulations for UK Critical National Infrastructure
By Chris Flynn, Arcanum Junior Consultant. The 2018 Network and Information Systems Regulations have been in force for a quite a while now though it would seem that the breadth of both the regulations and the businesses that are affected may not have been fully...
Cyber Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems
Blog by Jane Chappell, Arcanum's Operations Director. Following the trial inspection of COMAH Operators and associated IACS, ICS and OT in 2017, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) revised its Operational Guidance (OG) 86 “Cyber Security for Industrial Automation...
Cyber Safe Charities Campaign
Cyber Essentials usual price £300, campaign price £225. IASME Governance usual price £400, campaign price £250. All prices are quoted Excl.VAT. UK charities make a major contribution in supporting their chosen groups throughout the UK. For many people, the...
Universities in the spotlight once again
Blog post by Arcanum Cyber Security Our team has been looking at cyber security issues in the Higher education sector for some time, and over the last couple of years we have published a number of pieces, detailing some of that research into attacks on US universities...
Proeon Systems and Arcanum Cyber Form Closer Ties
Proeon Systems and Arcanum Cyber have agreed to work together to provide specialist services to help UK Critical National Infrastructure become safe, secure, and to achieve compliance with the NIS Regulations. Arcanum Cyber, specialists in Cyber Security and Proeon...
Defence Against The Dark Arts – Mitigating Against ICS Malware
Blog by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum's Technical Director This month, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is hosting an event titled “The Safety and Cyber Security of Industrial Control Systems”. One of the topics is an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil and gas...
Universities – In the Cyber Firing Line
White Paper by Lawrie Abercrombie, Arcanum's Technical Director Cyber-attacks against universities hit the news again last week with reports that Iranian Hackers targeted 18 in the UK, including several offering cybersecurity degrees certified by the National Cyber...
NIS Regulations – Another Ticking Time Bomb?
By Nicola Carlile, Arcanum Senior Consultant NIS? Amidst much fanfare and, to be honest, a lot of hype around the financial penalties that could be imposed for failing to comply, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations or GDPR came into force on May 25th. But...
Reshma’s Journey at Arcanum
Reshma is our first Marketing placement student at Arcanum Cyber Security, taking a year out of her University studies where she is doing a degree in Marketing, Advertising and PR. Reshma joined Arcanum in July, and has already become a valued member of the Marketing...
Welcome Salma!
We would like to welcome Salma, the newest member of the Arcanum Digital Forensics team. Salma is studying for a degree in Computer Forensics at Birmingham City University and has joined Arcanum for a year-long placement, to gain hands on experience of working in a...
Arcanum are listed in the Cyber Security Supplier to Government Scheme
Arcanum are listed under the Cyber Security Supplier to Government Scheme; this means Arcanum are able to publicly advertise our Cyber Security Services to the Government. About Arcanum Group Arcanum Information Security was formed in 2008 and is a leading NCSC...
Arcanum Digital Forensics Achieves ISO17025 Accreditation
Arcanum Digital Forensics is pleased to announce that we have been awarded ISO 17025 by the
United Kingdom Accreditation Service.
The Digital Festival
Marie Caruso, our Sales & Marketing Manager attended the sixth annual big tech event in Wales today, the Digital Festival. “An enjoyable day so far talking to delegates at the Digital Festival, Wales Millennium Centre about Arcanum Cyber Security solutions! It’s...
NCSC Certified Cyber Security Consultancy
We are proud to announce that Arcanum has been granted Certified Cyber Security Consultancy status by the National Cyber Security Centre. The Certification has been granted for our proven track record, expertise and professional qualifications for Risk Assessment and...
Your very Own Ticking time Bomb – The Security Issues of Removable Media
Have you ever had one of those days; starting with burnt toast in the morning or no milk in the fridge for your coffee and then you get to the office or your client’s office on the day of the important meeting and you realise that your USB drive has decided not to...
Cyber: A Bad Week for Universities
It’s been a bad 7 days for the World’s universities on the cyber front. Last week, MacEwan University in Canada lost £7.5 million to a phishing attack at about the same time as a hacker stole the private details of 13,000 students at Australia’s North Metropolitan...
The Maersk Cyber Attack is a wake up call for the industry
The Cyber-attack on Maersk marked the most high profile online hit of a shipping firm to date, this should be a wakeup call for the industry as reported by the Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping "We Expect the cyber-attack will impact results negatively...
Our Accreditation Journey
In 2011, the Forensic Science Regulator set out deadlines for accreditation of digital forensics Laboratories in “Codes of Practice and Conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the Criminal Justice System”. In short, to provide forensic science...
Cyber Risk Management – It’s not just for the IT Department!
In June this year, Boomerang Video Ltd, a small business selling and renting video games, was fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner. Why? Because in 2014 an attacker got into its customer database, obtained payment card details and used them to commit...
Joint industry launches latest industry guidelines on Cyber Security
The second edition of The Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships has been released. The latest practical advice has been compiled by the joint industry group, which is led by BIMCO. BIMCO was the first organisation to see the benefit in joining forces with other...
Who are the bad guys?
Several questions will inevitably arise out of the cyber-attack on the UK Houses of Parliament, from “why are MPs still using weak passwords?” through to “Why?” and “Who is behind it?” On the face of it, the answer to the latter two is highly likely to be a hostile...
Phish and Ships newsletter: July 2017
Be Cyber Aware at Sea, the global maritime and offshore industry initiative to raise awareness of the increasing maritime cyber threats to international shipping, ports and offshore operations has just released the latest Phish and Ships, featuring an insightful...
10 Steps To Cyber Security
An effective approach to cyber security starts with establishing an effective organisational risk management regime. Embed an appropriate risk management regime across the organisation. This should be supported by an empowered governance structure, which is actively...
UK Ports announce trusted Partner Agreement with Arcanum Information Security
UK Ports have recently announced 'Trusted Partner' status for Arcanum Information Security, with Director Bill Anderson stating, "Thanks to Fiona Jobson Arcanum Information Security for excellent work on Cyber security with us at UK Ports." Arcanum Information...
No Silver Bullets
The recent Wannacry ransomware outbreak has focused a lot of attention on cybersecurity, specifically on the use of out-of-support Operating Systems and the critical importance of having an effective patching regime. Almost immediately after the initial analysis that...
Arcanum: Proudly supporting the Be Cyber Aware at Sea Initiative
We are proud to announce our support of the Be Cyber Aware at Sea Initiative, a global maritime and offshore industry effort to raise awareness of the increasing maritime cyber threats to international shipping, ports and offshore operations. More than 90% of world...
Arcanum awarded FATS/5 Approval
We are delighted to announce that Arcanum has been granted approved supplier status for Filter 26 management and assurance, network design and test, hardware design and test, software security and cyber defence of the latest MoD Framework Agreement for Technical...
WE’VE BEEN HACKED. So what do we do now?
Last week’s Ransomware attacks were a salutary lesson in what happens when basic steps aren’t taken. Basic computer hygiene, like patching Operating Systems and Applications; isolating vulnerable machines and installing up to date Anti-Virus will prevent most ad-hoc...
Cybercrime is biggest threat to small and medium-size firms ‘by far’ Lapses in cybersecurity can kill small businesses, lobby group says
The UK's definition of an SME -- a small to medium enterprise -- is any business with up to 250 employees, but no upper floor on the financial threshold. Speaking at the Counter Terrorism Expo in London's Olympia today, the Federation of Small Business' Home Office...
20% of British firms were victims of a cyber-attack in the past year
According to new research released today by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), one in five British businesses were hit by a cyber-attack in the last 12 months. The report surveyed more than 1200 businesses across the UK. Of these businesses, 96 percent were SMEs,...
Essential guidance to understanding the GDPR
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018, and will significantly reshape the data protection landscape for organisations that collect and process the data of European residents. The Regulation introduces a number of key changes...
BCC says cyber security needs improving
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has published the results from its recent digital survey. They show that one in five businesses (20%) have fallen victim to a cyber-attack in the past year. The survey included 1,285 businesses across the UK and took place in...
Special shipping required: the new world of cyber security threats
Jens Christian Høy Monrad, Senior Intel Analyst, FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence, discusses the emerging threat to our vital maritime shipping industry, in a piece originally published in February 2017: Coming out of 2016 I think it is fair to say that the cyber threat...
Cyber Security measures – can you afford not to?
BIMCO’s Phil Tinsley discusses the risk of cyber security in shipping and highlights what owners need to be putting in place to reduce the risk. BIMCO, together with other organisations, is updating industry guidelines that will be published in the spring free of charge. Can you afford as a shipowner to take measures to tackle cyber security risk? Can you afford not to?