BIM-tegrity
If there is one thing I’ve learnt since being in contact with UK BIMers, it’s that you love a BIM pun! However, behind a poorly conceived title is a serious concern over the methods employed to ensure data integrity. A…
Category InfoSec
I Can’t Tell You: NDAs & Confidentiality Agreements
What Are They? A Non-Disclosure Agreement (or Confidentiality Agreement) is an agreement entered in to by two or more people, or on behalf of a legal entity, before particular data is shared between the parties for use to achieve an…
Security Screening of Individuals to BS 7858
BS 7858:2012 Security Screening of individuals employed in a security environment – Code of practice. This BSI standard guides an employer through the necessary steps to ensure that potential employees present no known risk to their organisation. Although written specifically…
FinTech – A Developing UK Tech Scene
The UK is heavily reliant on financial services with London being an important international hub. Recognising this, the Government has recently moved to build on it’s cultivation of the UK tech scene by supporting financial technology firms described as…
Who Owns Your LinkedIn Account?
According to LinkedIn, over 300 million people use it’s social network to manage their professional identity and engage with business contacts. For most of us this means connecting with people we have met through our previous and current employment. However,…
AV Storms and Patch Management
A recent Spiceworks survey of IT professionals showed 76% of them had concerns over AV Storms, the simultaneous scanning or updating of Anti-Virus software causing negative effects to over-all system performance. Among the top concerns were degradation of system performance,…
Cyber Essentials Scheme
From 1st October 2014 the UK government has required all suppliers bidding for certain sensitive and personal information handling contracts to be certified against the Cyber Essentials scheme. The Scheme provides a basic set of technical controls that organisations can…
Where is my Data?
In a few short years the tech landscape has changed dramatically, powered by the giant Silicon Valley firms and innovated by small tech start-ups from London and other scenes around the world. Storage and processing of data is moving away…
SPOF – The Single Point of Failure (People)
The concept of avoiding a single point of failure is not new. Information systems have long been developed to maintain high availability and good resilience if a component part fails. The Internet is perhaps the most powerful example of a…
