A difficult to detect phishing attack is catching Outlook users off guard, as it uses the built in Rules feature to forward emails to an attackers third party mailbox. In most cases the rules are configured to detect keywords related…
Digital currencies, such as BitCoin, have brought the profile of blockchain technologies in to the public domain, and with it comes new risks to manage including CryptoMining. In the early days, mining crypto-coins was a lucrative past-time for someone with…
At Assent we rely on our strong team of consultants across the country who bring their unique knowledge and experience to support our clients, and there are many benefits to collaborating with us including: Supplementing your own business’ income with…
Southend’s biggest Tech Event, #TechCityonSea, was all about Virtual Reality this time. We were delighted to attend and explain how our suite of Risk Management Services can support both end users and providers. Including ISO 27001 – the Information Security…
A guest blog written by Paul Holcroft from Peninsula. The purpose of health & safety in the workplace is simple: prevent illness, injury, and death. Yet some businesses relegate health & safety to the status of tick-box inconvenience due to being…
Many types of incidents that need to be properly managed and reported can occur within an organisation; such as Employee Accidents, Data Breaches, Defective Products and Environmental Impacts. Most organisations will have procedures for managing these varying types of incident.…
Have you suffered lately from a bit of back ache? Shoulder pain? How about numbness or pains in your hands or wrists? It’s a bit gloom and doom to start off a blog like this, I know however most of…
Hackers have been creating fake GDPR-related privacy notice emails to mislead targets into handing over personal data, including credit card information. With GDPR being a hot topic, businesses and individuals have been receiving voluminous genuine privacy notice emails from brands…
Say the words “Health & Safety” and I wouldn’t blame you for thinking of people wearing hi-vis vests. The teacher at my children’s school even wears one to collect the rubbish around the playground. And while hi-vis clothing, hard hats…
