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Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 3rd June 2016. Information Security National Cyber Security Centre To Offer Cyber Advice For Businesses Tech Week Europe, 25/05/16 Microsoft Bans Simple Passwords On All Its Accounts Tech Week Europe, 26/05/16 Charging…
Comes in to force 1st July 2016. HSE Guidance in Draft (HSG 281). Currently managed under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regs. These regulations specific to risks from occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). New regulations targeting…
Cyber security is put to the test more and more nowadays, we have been reading up on ‘Tomorrow’s Buildings’ as they have so much more technology to do with them. BBC recently published a post ‘Tomorrow’s Buildings: Help! My building…
The ICO launched a self-assessment tool that will help small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) to assess their compliance with the Data Protection Act. The toolkit provides handy links to relevant guidance and further information, and will generate a rating based…
In April 2016 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by MEPs and now enters a two year transition period where member states will begin to adopt the new requirements. The UK Data Protection Act was established in…
Following the recent scandal surrounding some car manufacturers ‘cheating’ emissions tests to present lower Nitrogen Oxide levels during testing than are achievable in normal use, the UK Government has concluded it’s own research in to the problem. “Vehicles tested…
The HWR (SI 2005/894) were amended on 1 April 2016 by SI 2016 This changes affect the entire hazardous waste control system and mean more than just a saving of £18 per annum. It results in a more inconsistent approach…
Over the first weekend of April 2016 news began to emerge of another data leak. However this one seemed different, the media were already reporting it as the biggest data leak in history and there appeared to be implications for…
Traces of ‘cyber insurance’ or insurance coverage for digital risks within IT infrastructure started to be seen in policies as long ago as the 1980s. One of the first such policies was electronic computer crime insurance. In fact, the author…