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Morrisons 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 MoreCybersecurity Skills Gap – Who is doing the teaching…and who should provide the funding?
It seems like every other day there is yet another article highlighting the impending apocalypse of the cybersecurity skills gap. The articles often moan that it is the fault of the employer for wanting qualified personal (who knew) and then try to solve the problem essentially with the advice: Why not hire someone who wantsRead MoreAsset Discovery for Cybersecurity & Data Protection – You can’t protect it if you don’t know it exists!
There is an old management adage that what isn't measured isn't managed. It's so true. Something similar applies to cybersecurity. If you don't know an asset exists, how on earth can you protect that asset from a cyber-attack or data breach?! Asset Discovery is the number one exercise a new CISO (or Virtual CISO) shouldRead More
