Cyber Essentials Gets An Update For 2025: What UK Businesses Need to Know
With cyber threats on the rise, from ransomware attacks to state-backed hacking, organisations across the UK are under growing pressure to strength...
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CISOs Under the Microscope: Preparing for Executive Liability
Uber’s former CISO, Joe Sullivan, failed to clear his name last month, reopening a discussion about the personal risks that senior executives...
Some Vulnerabilities Are Forgivable, But Poor Patch Management Is Not
At the start of the year, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) called on the software industry to get its act together. Too many &#...
The Cybersecurity Implications of AI Platform Breaches
Artificial intelligence is finding its way into everything from cat flaps to ‘smart’ backyard grills – and of course, you canR...
Introducing ISMS.online for SOC 2: Your Fast-Track to Seamless Compliance
In today’s digital-first world, data security and trust are non-negotiable. Customers, investors, and regulators demand clear proof that organizati...
ISMS.online Named G2 Grid® Leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance for Spring 2025
We’re delighted to share that ISMS.online has been named a Leader in the G2 Grid® Reports for Spring 2025. Once again, we’ve smashed our own record...
Encryption in Crisis: UK Businesses Face Security Shake-Up Under Proposed Investigatory Powers Act Reform
The UK Government is pursuing changes to the Investigatory Powers Act, its internet snooping regime, that will enable law enforcement and security ...
What DeepSeek Tells Us About Cyber Risk and Large Language Models
Not many companies can single-handedly wipe out $1 trillion in market capitalisation from the US stock market. Yet that’s exactly what Chines...
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ISMS.online Platform Update: New Tools to Improve Your Information Security Compliance
At ISMS.online, we continuously refine our platform to make compliance management more straightforward, efficient, and aligned with real-world secu...
Creating an Inclusive Infosec Team: Why It’s Good for Security & Compliance
Diversity and inclusivity in the workplace have become hot topics of conversation. The discourse often revolves around the moral aspects of includi...
Strengthening Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector
The UnitedHealth Group’s mammoth hack last year did more than encourage Congressional scrutiny; it also prompted a proposed update of federal...
International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating the Women of ISMS.online
International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8th, recognises the incredible achievements of women across the globe while raising awarene...
A Roadmap for PS21/3: Why Time is Running Out for Financial Services
Plenty has been written about the need for financial services firms to enhance operational resilience. But most of those column inches have until n...
How a New Code of Practice Could Help Mitigate AI Risk
The British government is betting big on AI. Given the state of public finances and a prolonged national productivity slump, in many ways, it has t...
What The UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban Means For Organisations
The UK government hopes to tackle the rise of ransomware attacks by banning what it claims to be their primary enabler: ransom payments. The propos...
A Year Later, What Have We Learned From UnitedHealth?
Last month, health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) almost doubled the number of victims it originally estimated following last year’...
What Trump’s Whirlwind First Few Weeks Mean for Cyber Risk
Less than a month of the new Trump administration must feel like a year to cyber risk professionals. The president has worked at incredible speed, ...
