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Operation CYGNUS – Was the UK’s Coronavirus response a failure based in assumption…?
So much has been discussed about the Tier One Command Post Pandemic planning exercise of 2016. For those who haven't been part of the discussion, the Public Health England, on behalf of the Department of Health delivered a pandemic planning exercise between 18 to 20 October 2016. The exercise was primarily aimed at assessing high-levelRead MoreApplication Security – Zoom is a Knife Crime!
The news ebbs and flows and so too do people's attitudes to the world around them. We are all influenced by the media. Take knife crime. In 2019, knife crime was a significant problem in London. So we should ban knives! Knives are dangerous! Knives should not be used under any circumstances. Why are youRead MoreMorrisons NOT vicariously liable for employee data protection breach says UK Supreme Court
Firstly - This is legal information of general interest and does not constitute legal advice of any kind. On April 1, 2020, the UK Supreme Court today handed down their judgement in the case of WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondent), case UKSC 2018/0213. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Morrisons were notRead MoreCoronavirus Load balancing – Understand it can’t be stopped. We’re just smoothing the peaks in demand.
Similar to the way your IT teams will be trying very hard to load balance the impact of all your extra remote working VPN connections, the government is trying to load balance the impact on the health service and the economy…keep calm and read on!
Read MoreCalculating Risk – Where’s your Confidence?!
When helping organisations navigate risk management Fox Red Risk is often faced with the task of determining methods for calculating risk. We prefer to use tried and tested methodologies but what we often find is that organisations, very rarely, are calculating risk properly. A key thing missing from the majority of implementation we see isRead MoreVirtual CISO – Dispelling the Myths!
The virtual CISO or virtual Chief Information Security Officer is a relatively new concept and with that comes a few misunderstandings of what the client actually gets (i.e. solid cybersecurity protection for your business). The word "virtual" probably doesn't do us any favours but let's look at some of the more common misconceptions about aRead More
