Mar 08, 2023 Remote driving: Law Commission gears up for regulatory change By Charles MacRae Autonomous vehicles have dominated headlines for some time now, but the Law Commission has recently turned its attention to remote...
Feb 13, 2023 UK and US Governments crack down on ransomware criminals By Natalie Donovan Handling ransom demands (and whether it possible and/or desirable to pay) is one of the most critical aspects of managing a cyber attack....
Jan 20, 2023 New app store Code of Practice By Jack Higgins In December last year, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a new ‘first of its kind’ code of practice...
Dec 20, 2022 Government pushes ahead with plans to strengthen UK’s cyber resilience and regulate more IT services By Natalie Donovan Protecting critical services and infrastructure from cyber incidents is a key priority for legislators on both sides of the channel. We...
Nov 29, 2022 EU expands scope of its cyber rules as NIS 2 agreed By Charles MacRae The EU has agreed changes to its cybersecurity rules. On 22 November 2022, the “NIS 2 Directive” received approval from the European...
Oct 25, 2022 Are you on top of your cyber supply chain risk? If not, new NCSC guidance may help By Natalie Donovan Is your organisation one of the mere 7% of businesses who review the cyber risks posed by your wider supply chain, or one of the 93% that...
Oct 24, 2022 Managing cyber risks: key lessons from the Interserve decision By Ross O'Mahony This morning, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it had fined Interserve Group Limited (Interserve) £4,400,000...
Sep 28, 2022 One tech tip a day keeps the hacker away: NCSC publishes new guidance on how to keep IP safe in cyberspace By Ioanna Antcheva Cyber risks, and the reputational fallout that might ensue, are not a new addition to the woes that keep IP practitioners up at night....
Sep 08, 2022 Organisations could face new security requirements under ‘cyber duty to protect’ plans? By Natalie Donovan Government call for information suggests new security requirements could be introduced to protect online accounts and user data from...
Aug 11, 2022 Tornado Cash: US Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer By Emily Bradley On Monday 8 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado...
Jul 20, 2022 Is the NIS regime working? Changes proposed in new review By Edmund Berney This month, the Government published its second post-implementation review of the 2018 Network and Information Systems (‘NIS’)...
Jul 12, 2022 Has the ICO just told lawyers not to advise clients to pay ransoms? By Natalie Donovan Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and more organisations have been paying the ransoms in recent months. In light of this, the ICO and...
May 26, 2022 Do you know how to manage your cyber supply chain risk? By Natalie Donovan NCSC joins international partners to publish new supply chain guidance. As organisations continue to shore up their own cyber defences,...
Apr 14, 2022 Latest Government Cyber Breaches Survey published By Natalie Donovan On Wednesday 30 March, the Government published its 2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey. The survey, which is now in its seventh year,...
Mar 24, 2022 Ransomware attacks: Are you ready? New ICO guidance can help By Ross O'Mahony The ICO’s new ransomware guidance could not have come at a more pertinent time. This week Joe Biden, told US business leaders it was...
Mar 15, 2022 First ICO ransomware fine: what lessons can we learn? By Natalie Donovan Last week the ICO fined leading criminal solicitors Tuckers LLP £98,000 for breaches of its security, and other, obligations under the...