While almost every business in the UK is required to notify the Information Commissioner under the data protection act, many are unclear as to what data is being protected. Of course, it is good practice to protect all data relating…
Today’s announcement that car maker Nissan is to build a new model at it’s factory in Sunderland was welcome news for the North, and the UK. It’s estimated that 2,000 jobs will be created with 1,600 of those being in…
New legislation is expected to replace the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46 and reduce the bureaucratic burden on organisations, while increasing responsibility to protect data, acknowledge and report data breaches. There will also be stiffer penalties for companies that do…
The Energy Act 2011 includes provision for the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) ‘Green Deal’, a scheme intended to reduce carbon emissions by revolutionising the energy efficiency of British Properties. Under the Green Deal, there will be no…
The International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) has made some revisions to the Aerospace AS 9100, 9110 and 9120 series of standards. Key changes to the standards include: • broadening the scope to cover Aviation, Space & Defence. • greater emphasis…
ISO/IEC 27035:2011 provides best practice guidance for information security incident detection, reporting and management. The ISO standard aims to help organisations reduce the impact of I.T security threats by implementing the defined incident management approach. Although Incident management is addressed…
The recent blackberry outage saw several days pass before services to affected smartphones return to normal and it serves as a good reminder of the inter-dependent world we live and work in. Many businesses are left asking ‘where’ in the…
In June 2011 ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) launched an International Standard for Energy Management, ISO 50001:2011. The standard uses the same plan, do, check, act model as other management systems and aligns with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Requirements of…
NOTE: In 2018 the UK’s Data Protection Act was revised to reflect GDPR Requirements. The below information may have been updated. The 1998 Data Protection Act sets out the legal obligation of those who handle personal data. In Schedule 1,…
