04 Apr, 2024 Cyber update – what’s been happening in Q1 2024 By Natalie Donovan As Q1 2024 comes to a close, I look back at some of the key cyber developments that have been keeping us, and our clients, busy so far...
30 Jan, 2024 Changes in Cyber Governance By Rebecca Cousin When I was a child, if you had asked me about cyber, I would have thought you were talking about the classic film of ET rather than...
29 Jan, 2024 Quantum Security for the Financial Sector: FCA and World Economic Forum publish a collaborative report By Emily Bradley Andres Chau The risks and rewards posed by quantum computing have been on our mind for some time now, and last week the World Economic Form and the...
29 Jan, 2024 GCHQ warns that AI will increase the global cyber threat By Natalie Donovan The UK’s national cyber security centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has warned that AI will likely increase the global ransomware threat over...
10 Jan, 2024 NCSC Publishes Guidelines on Secure AI System Development: a Concerted International Approach By Charles MacRae Everyone’s talking about AI at the moment (see our round-up of recent developments here and here). A consensus is building across...
21 Dec, 2023 A “global gold standard”: the UK government consults on proposed measures to bolster the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure By Phoebe McGibbon James Cook The UK government is consulting on proposed regulations to improve the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure, including data...
23 Nov, 2023 UK government publishes responses to consultation on the Computer Misuse Act 1990 By Ollie Cantrill Cyber continues to be a key threat for both organisations and governments. The UK government has been considering for some time whether...
20 Nov, 2023 UK signs joint statement against ransomware payments – “New norm” or status quo? By Andres Chau On 2 November 2023, the UK government announced that it and more than 40 countries had signed a Joint Statement strongly discouraging the...
25 Oct, 2023 Equifax: a new dawn for FCA enforcement? By Tabitha Harris The FCA’s recent decision to fine Equifax Limited (“Equifax”) £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer...
25 Oct, 2023 UK government finalises IoT cybersecurity requirements By Ollie Cantrill The UK government has published the final version of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements...
27 Sep, 2023 Quantum computing threat: NIST publishes new quantum encryption standards By Issy Spiro Ratings agency Moody’s has recently warned that companies are “woefully unprepared” for the impact of quantum computing; in particular,...
15 Sep, 2023 ICO and NCSC sign joint MOU setting out how they will work together By Natalie Donovan When managing a cyber incident, one pressing issue to consider is "who needs to be notified?" Clients are often prepared to discuss...
01 Aug, 2023 Cyber lessons we can all learn from the ICO’s reprimand of BNT By Natalie Donovan Given the number of cyber-attacks currently taking place, it’s always interesting to see what triggers a regulator to take action. The...
25 Jul, 2023 IoT cybersecurity regulation picks up pace By Inder Dhaliwal The regulatory framework for securing IoT devices is attracting the attention of both UK and EU regulators. In the EU, its Member States...
20 Jun, 2023 Cyber supply chain risk and the insurance sector By Beth Dobson The Capita cyber attack in March 2023 and possible resulting data breach has highlighted again the potential vulnerability of firms to...
12 Jun, 2023 Post Capita and Zellis, how do you manage cyber supply chain risk? By Natalie Donovan The recent Capita, MOVEit and Zellis cyber attacks are another reminder of the importance of considering supply chain risk as part of...