17 Oct, 2024 Are you ready for NIS2 – new EU cyber law applies from 18 October By Natalie Donovan New European cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at local member state level by 18 October. Do you know if you are in scope (and if you...
18 Sep, 2024 Cyber optics: ICO and NCA sign collaborative memorandum to improve the UK’s cyber resilience By Alex Buchanan On 10 September 2024, the ICO announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The joint...
15 Aug, 2024 Process this: ICO issues £6 million provisional fine against processor Advanced Computer Software By Alex Buchanan Following its initial finding that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced) failed...
23 Jul, 2024 New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech By Ralie Belcheva In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and...
22 May, 2024 Cyber threats evolving as a result of new technologies, warns ICO By Ollie Cantrill Cyber attacks are happening more frequently and will become increasingly sophisticated thanks to new technologies– organisations need to...
03 May, 2024 How are your competitors managing cyber risk? Latest UK Government research on cyber published By Christopher Burns While we know that cyber preparedness is important, it can be difficult for businesses to assess if they are doing enough. Helpfully, the...
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 Slaughter and May 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...