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Another Big Rise in Cyber Essentials Certifications

Based on information from four of the five recognised accreditation bodies (CREST, IASME, APMG and QG Management Systems), there has been another big increase in the number of organisations achieving certification under the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus schemes. As of last week 7794 organisations had achieved certification through these four accreditation […]

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Impact of Severe Weather Events Falling (at Least in the UK)

It often feels like the news is filled with stories of more and more devastating natural disasters around the world. Even here in the UK, the perception is of an increasing incidence of extreme weather events; but, interestingly, data would suggest that this is not the case. I recently came across the excellent EM-DAT Emergency Events

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Disruption Continues for TSB Customers

TSB customers are experiencing a fourth day of disruption, following the migration of TSB customer data from Lloyds’ IT systems over the weekend. The main impact on customers has been the inability to use internet and mobile banking but, more worryingly, there have been numerous reports of spurious transactions and, for a period on Sunday,

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Delays to Calor Gas Deliveries Leave Customers Without Heat

It has been reported this week that thousands of Calor Gas customers have experienced delays in receiving their gas supplies; in extreme cases this has led to customers running out of gas for heating, cooking and hot water (although the number of these is not known). Calor first announced the problem four weeks ago, blaming

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Product Recalls – A Look Across the Atlantic

Our blog could sometimes be accused of being a little UK-centric so, in an attempt to redress any imbalance, we thought we would take a little look at some data from the US! For some years now, Stericycle have produced detailed quarterly reports on product recalls in the US. Aggregating data from these reports over

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Stalybridge Mill Fire Impacts on Businesses and Community Groups

There have been widespread reports of the huge fire that broke out at Ray Mill in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester on Saturday night. At its height, five stories of the mill were on fire and over 50 firefighters were battling to contain the blaze. Miraculously there are no reports of any injuries. Thanks to the efforts

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Big Increase in the Number of Cyber Essentials Certifications

In the week that the publication of “Lessons Learned Review of the WannaCry Ransomware Cyber Attack” concluded that the impact on the NHS of last May’s attack was preventable; there is some good news on the cyber security front…. The number of organisations achieving certification under the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus

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Shifting Pattern of Cyber Attacks in 2017

Radware’s annual reports provide a very detailed analysis of the current state of the cyber security threat. Whilst the latest report, released earlier this month, confirms that cyber attacks are occurring with relentless frequency and continue to evolve and grow in sophistication; it also shows some subtle shifts in the targeting of these attacks. For

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2017 Quiet Year for Product Recalls

2017 appears to have been a quiet year for product recalls in the UK. According to the FSA website there were only 45 recalls of food products (down from 76 in 2016); whilst recalls of electrical products were down from 61 to 32 (see Electrical Safety First). Before we get too excited though, looking at

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