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 area of East London dubbed as Tech City is rich in technology start ups who could benefit from the efficiencies and credibility an ISO management system would bring. All around Shoreditch and the Silicon Roundabout on Old Street, there…
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…
It is common practice for Organisations to develop and implement a health, safety and environmental management system. The driving force is to put the organisation in a frontal position in tendering for contracts and for managing contractors, suppliers etc. in…
When people finished work on Friday 5th August 2011 they probably didn’t consider that a weekend of riots and unrest was about to hit the Tottenham area, London. However, businesses who correctly implemented an ISO 27001 Information Security Management System…
In some industries we find interesting British Standards and Guidelines that complement and enhance the more recognisable ISO standards. The security shredding industry has two such standards that are commonly implemented by the market leaders. BS 7858 Security Screening of…
The Bribery Act makes it illegal to receive bribes and fail to prevent bribery, creating offences carrying 10 year prison terms and unlimited fines. The act applies to both UK and foreign companies who have operations in the UK, as…
The WEEE Regulations are intended to reduce the amount of waste electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) being sent to landfill by reusing and recycling. The regulations put certain requirements on those producing, distributing and using electronic equipment. Waste Categories There…
