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Happy 2nd Birthday, NIS Regs… and now time for a review
The UK Government has published its two-year review of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (the “Regulations”), as required in the Regulations themselves. The review found that, while the Regulations have been generally effective so far, ...
‘NHS COVID-19’ app: are privacy concerns justified?
The Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a blog this week on the new NHS COVID-19 app, explaining that the origins of contact tracing in the UK could be linked back to this country’s response to the Black Death. While the registrat...
Certification: ENISA's view on the problems and how to fix them
On 15th April* ENISA published a report on advancing software security in the EU as part of its activities to support the EU’s cyber certification work. The report notes that as security breaches increase, it is “striking how fundamental security principl...
New Nominet initiatives to combat use of .uk domain names for criminal activities
As some tech companies will unfortunately be aware, dealing with cyber criminals who register domains names similar to their brands for fraudulent activities can be time consuming, costly and involve reputation crisis management. However, it is also cost...
Morrisons in the Supreme Court – a welcome decision for employers but not a complete get-out-of-jail card
Today the Supreme Court has handed down the much-anticipated judgement in WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondent). In a decision that will clearly be welcomed by Morrisons and employers more generally, the Supreme Court ...
Keeping ransomware at bay: UK NCSC updates its malware and ransomware guidance
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently streamlined its guidance on how organisations can mitigate malware and ransomware attacks. Given Travelex's recent experience with ransomware and the new cyber risk created by the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Is reputation still king when it comes to a data breach?
We always expected the GDPR to be a game changer in terms of raising the risk profile (and reputational impact) of data and cyber breaches, something demonstrated with yesterday’s news of the ICO’s intention to fine BA £183 million for its data breach. H...
Held to ransom in the digital age - what can financial institutions do?
Recent research has shown that ransomware is not going away. In fact, researchers have warned that the type of cyber-attack in which access to critical systems, information and/or services is withheld until a ransom is paid to the attacker is becoming mor...
The death of email
One of the biggest pain points for our lawyers is the vast number of emails they receive in any one day . Many legal tech tools we see look to do away with unnecessary emails - just one sign that the end of the email may be in sight. But as the article be...
Ransomware: should you pay?
With recent research showing that the threat of large GDPR fines is encouraging UK IT directors to pay cyber ransoms (as reported in ComputerWeekly), and cyber attacks regularly hitting the headlines, it is hard for organisations to know how to respond to...