Data protection just took on a whole new level of seriousness
Mustafa Kasim of Palmer’s Green recently became the first person to be sent to prison following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Kasim…
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Time to take data security seriously?
The news of British Airways’ massive data breaches and the equally massive fines from the ICO are a clear sign of what is to come…
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Angus Shaw makes PCR Magazine 30 under thirty list, 2019
“…PCR rounds up 30 rising stars under the age of 30 who have already made an impact in the industry and we predict will be…
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GDPR One Year On… Introducing CyberSmart’s GDPR Smart
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is not a fast-moving department normally. In fact, nearly a year into having GDPR in effect in the UK and…
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This is Why We Train
I was struck by a thought this morning when a phishing email arrived in my inbox, and I pressed the Phish-Alert button as I had…
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A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
When I was a child, I heard the saying and completely misunderstood it: I thought, “How can anyone stitch time?” Needless to say, it was…
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The main tool used by hackers to break into an organisation
If you had to guess what the main tool that hackers use to get into an organisation is, what would you say? Would it be…
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How can an MSP / MSSP business have the resources to sell and implement security training?
The title says it all really: if your team is running at capacity doing what you do best then how can you possibly consider taking…
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Critical Incident Response
What to do when it’s already hit the fan A lot of services provided through Brigantia are there to prevent such terrible things as data…
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Business vs Hackers
There are two things in the media a lot these days: Which companies have been hacked and the GDPR impact as a result of these…
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The Free Mailserver Security Assessment
Wouldn’t it be good if you could test your mail server’s resilience without exposing both it and your users to unsafe content? KnowBe4 now provides…
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The Trouble with Email
Email: If it was switched off suddenly now, everything would stop. Businesses, government and in fact, pretty much every organisation makes massive use of it….
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Brigantia Partners Day
Here is a sneaky preview of highlights taken from our recent Brigantia Annual Partners Day held at Twickenham Stadium over the 21st and 22nd of…
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The Papercloud Opportunity from Watermark Technologies
Do you know what a Document Management System (DMS) is? If you do, then great – this article is for you. If you haven’t heard…
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Why wait until the horse has bolted before you close the gate?
As you have probably seen recently, Heathrow Airport recently had a data breach in the form of a USB stick that had been lost somewhere…
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Some thoughts on the Facebook Data Breach
Facebook doesn’t seem to get into the news for anything good. From Cambridge Analytica and election engineering through to how it targets its users in…
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Heimdal Security to launch Infinity Management to the UK Channel
For those of you who know me, whether in a business environment or in a personal capacity, you will know that I am very passionate…
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The threats evolve: how can a business stay safe?
The latest in the evolution of malware specifically targets the Telecom Sector and wreaks about as much havoc as you would expect in these interesting…
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Staff – the best and last line of security defence
We have all heard the phrase “the security landscape is always changing”, yet so many of us still believe that technology alone can protect our…
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National Cyber Security Centre Guidance
Within GCHQ, there is a division called the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Given that GCHQ is the UK equivalent of the NSA, you can…
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What is public cloud and why should I care?
What is public cloud and why should I care? Let’s say that your company delivers a service to your clients via an app or some…
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Keep Your Friends Close…
Have you ever wondered where the bad guys that use ransomware and other malicious code actually get it all from? The options are pretty limited:…
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Is GDPR Complacency the Second Phase of GDPR Implementation?
I was editing a document the other day when I noticed that my spell checker did not know the word “compliancy”: The suggested replacement was…
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The Fine Line Between Paranoia and Behaving Responsibly
We all know that there exists some kind of computer thing that we don’t want called ransomware. We also know that there is a complicated…
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The Three Camps of Businesses in the New GDPR World
As I write this, The Data Protection Act 2018, incorporating the GDPR, has been in force for around ten weeks. Much to the surprise of…
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Cloud Computing – the Big Question is WHY?
Other than a vague feeling that cloud computing is the future, do you really know why your next server should be cloud-based? Sure, it is…
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Phishing can be Phun
As a business, you have a choice of two different ways to teach your staff about Phishing. One of them will be VERY expensive. Phish…
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Great security only works if it is switched on
Securing your client’s network against their staff OK, let’s be honest about this, this article is all about how Heimdal Security has the power to…
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Patching the Humans
How to train your staff how to spot Phishing emails You’ve worked hard, and you have your IT security pretty well locked down: your network…
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Brigantia evolves and further enhances its offer …
Q1 2018 saw Brigantia evolve as it redefined itself and further enhanced its offer. Brigantia now has three distinct business units designed to add maximum…
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Did you know that UK companies must have a disaster recovery plan under GDPR legislation which comes into force on 25th May?
In the dry, legal jargon used in the text of the Data Protection Bill (the UK’s enactment of GDPR): “…the controller or the processor must,…
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Popcorn Training launches GDPR and PII training videos
Why training is needed: Training is key to GDPR as if your staff doesn’t know and understand how to work in a compliant way, then…
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Stay Lucky!
Back when people did not really understand much of the world around them, a lot believed that carrying a rabbit’s foot would bring them good…
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Why was 2017 the ‘year of acceptance’ for cybercrime?
2016, early last year, was declared the ‘year of ransomware’. At the time, it saw the largest growth in ransomware attacks the world had ever…
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Brigantia knocks partners for six at Lord’s cricket ground!
Iain Shaw, Brigantia Partners commercial director, discussing the recently released Welcome to Brigantia video and this month’s Brigantia annual partner day at Lord’s cricket ground,…
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Brigantia Partners hardware buying group or not?
Iain Shaw, Brigantia Partners commercial director, reflects on a question that recently emerged to him and thinks about the organisation’s place in the Channel. I…
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