Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 9th December 2016. Information Security Social Media Giants to Share Anti-Terror Database Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Google have joined forces to tackle terror propaganda online by creating a database of unique…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 2nd December 2016. Information Security National Lottery Accounts Hack Fears About 26,500 National Lottery accounts are feared to have been hacked, according to its operator Camelot. Terror Investigation Data Leaked Online…
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. “Stress” is a word we seem to be hearing a lot these days, yet despite Health and Safety Law requiring organisations to take appropriate combative steps, some are still lagging behind on dealing with…
The HSE has announced that from 31st December 2016 all First Aid at Work training courses must include training in the use of AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). AED’s are becoming more commonplace, with London Underground Stations and large workplaces installing…
The increasingly popular BS 10500 Anti-Bribery Standard has progressed to International level with release of ISO 37001 in October 2016. 20 national delegations from the five continents contributed to the development of the new ISO standard. Annex SL and Integrated…
29th September to 2nd October was National Fire Door Safety Week, and during the week shocking statistics were revealed. We all know why fire doors exist, the name says it all. They are doors with very specific purposes: to…
Last September was a busy month with both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 revisions being published. Both now align to the Annex SL structure which makes integrating them together, and with other standards, much simpler. However, with a transition deadline of 2018, it’s tempting…
ISO Consultants Assent Risk Management provide insight to dealing with the delayed Health & Safety Standard ISO 45001. The long awaited International standard for Occupational Health and Safety ISO 45001, which was expected to be published in 2016, is now looking…
Before the June referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulations were set to come into force here in May 2018. The regulations provide an update to the existing Data Protection Direction, enacted as…
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Code of Practice) Regulations 2016 comes in to force. Sets out practice to be followed by English and Welsh constables and enforcement officers. Schedule 2 sets out the enforcement powers in relation to ships The…