Author: Tom Wood | Date: 23/08/2016
Categories: General
A data breach at large UK software company Sage may have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses, it is understood. Police are investigating the breach and Sage is probing the “unauthorised access” of data by someone using an “internal” company computer login. The information was accessed at some point over the past few weeks. It is unclear Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 09/08/2016
Categories: General
What is it? The Insurance Act 2015 is the most significant update to commercial insurance law in the last 100 years, overhauling principles originally laid down by the Marine Insurance Act 1906. The Act is the culmination of several years work by the Law Commission in conjunction with insurers, brokers and customers. It is designed to reflect the requirements of Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 05/07/2016
Categories: General
When larger corporate organisations were reviewed as a sector statistic, results suggested 6 out of 10 companies of this size had experienced a fraud in the last 12 months. All companies are vulnerable to the threat of criminal acts, from the fraudulent behaviour of their own staff, to cybercrime involving the internet. Cybercrime continues to increase in volume, frequency and Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 05/07/2016
10 things you need to know about the new EU data protection regulation The first EU Data Protection Directive was written in 1995 but a new, stronger regulation is being developed to take into account vast technology changes of the last 20 years. The plan is to finalise the regulation this year and implement it in 2017. As with any Read More…