Jessica Denny, CAMS

🇬🇧 Building Cyber Pathways ~ A UK Perspective with Juliette Wilcox CMG Dive into the latest 'Future Secured' episode featuring Juliette Wilcox CMG, UK's Cybersecurity Ambassador for Defence and Security Exports. 🔐 Strategic Insights ~ Discover how the UK is fostering a diverse cyber security workforce. 🌐 International Cooperation ~ Learn about the pivotal role of alliances like AUKUS. 💡 Clustering Expertise ~ The importance of regional partnerships among academia, industry and government. 🚀 Startups & Investment ~ Explore the opportunities and challenges for cyber security startups. 📈 Economic Impact ~ Investing in cyber security as a foundation for future growth. Watch Episode 7️⃣ now 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g7qg5kcZ #CyberSecurity #Innovation #FutureSecured #TechPodcast #CyberSecurityStrategies #AUKUS #CyberSecurityInvestment #CyberSecurityWorkforce

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Three U.K. insurance associations have joined forces with GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to collaborate on reducing ransom payments made by #cybercrime victims. The new guidance aims to enhance market-wide #ransomware discipline, disrupting the profitability of the ransom business model to minimize harm to victim organizations. The ‘unprecedented’ cross-sector partnership will bolster U.K.-wide #cyberresilience, providing a robust response following a 2023 parliamentary review on ransomware. The document titled ‘Guidance for organisations considering payment in ransomware incidents’ aims to minimize the overall impact of a ransomware incident on an organization. It also aims to help reduce disruption and cost to businesses, the number of ransoms paid by U.K. ransomware victims; and the size of ransoms where victims choose to pay. #threatlandscape https://lnkd.in/gS9UfVUf

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The UK is heading to the polls this week. Our blog covers what this General Election means for financial services and agenda items such as the UK GDPR, cryptocurrency plans, financial crime commitments and more... Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4cj0x9o #GeneralElection #Polls #RishiSunak #Regulation #Compliance

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Do you think fraud is a ‘silent threat’ to national security? With the rise in awareness surrounding romance scams – which are often carried out by organised crime groups with ties to human trafficking – it’s clear that fraud isn’t an isolated crime. This article by Helena Wood is a great summary of the worrying state of fraud and what the UK is doing to tackle it: https://hubs.li/Q02zcxl60 #Fraud #Scams #FinancialCrime

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❗️March Update ❗️⬇️ The March 2024 Monthly Threat Update has now been published! This document contains data and information relating to the Economic and Cyber Crime landscape in the North East.📊 This month’s version contains advice around gift card fraud, two factor authentication, impersonation scams and much more! 🎁 💻Please share this with your colleagues, customers and clients! If you would like to be added to the mailing list please get in touch or email RECCC@durham.police.uk #cybercrime #crime #fraudawareness #financialwellbeing #reccc #crimeprevention #fraud

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New webinar 👩‍💻 Explore the new tactics being used by cyber criminals to commit property fraud and take advantage of inadequate due diligence, leaving #lettingagents exposed to risk and regulatory fines. 🔒 21 May ➡️ https://ow.ly/KneA50REjcz

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The ICO are to review their approach to enforcement in the public sector. They have adopted a more compliance-based approach, rather than just fining organisations at the cost of the public purse. I have seen a similar approach in the private sector when my clients have demonstrated a good level of compliance following admissions that there have been breaches, mainly of PECR 2003. If you have any concerns about your data protection compliance or just need to refresh, just get in touch: andrew@andrewswanlaw.co.uk I also provide online GDPR training, which is ideal for induction or refresher training. Only £45 plus VAT per person: https://lnkd.in/eG3PqEHK #ICO #enforcement #fines #PECR #GDPR #dataprotection #compliance #training

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📊 UK Finance releases its 2024 Annual Fraud Report today! 🇬🇧 Fraud remains a major problem in the UK: Some small reductions in the amount stolen through payment fraud in 2023, but with losses of nearly £1.2 billion it remains a major problem and threat. 🕵️‍♂️ #scam update: While scam losses have decreased by 5%, overall scam cases have risen by 12%, driven by a 28% increase in purchase scams. Indicating a shift towards higher volume, lower value scams! 🤝 The whole team at Feedzai are so proud to work with UK Finance on this report again this year. #FraudPrevention #ScamAwareness #FinancialSecurity #Feedzai #UKFinance #Scams #Fraud

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Data Protection Election Proclamation! 🚨 What does the upcoming UK general election mean for data protection regulation? Well, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has already gone up in smoke. So, what do the big three parties plan to do should they win? Not a lot by the looks of it... 🟦 Conservatives: No mention of data protection. They're focused on AI but lack specifics. 🟥 Labour: Silent on data protection but eager to regulate powerful AI and ban explicit deepfakes. They also aim to protect workers from surveillance. 🟨 Lib Dems: Advocating for a Digital Bill of Rights and clearer terms for data use. What's going to happen to data protection regulation in the UK? Possibly nothing for the next few years. Stay tuned! #DataDilemma #ElectionUpdate #PrivacyMatters #NormCyber #TeamNorm

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Police Scotland chose not to consult the data regulator before deploying its cloud-based digital evidence-sharing system, despite identifying a number of “high risks” with the data processing, freedom of information disclosures have revealed. The disclosures also show that although the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had previously been informed of the risks and acknowledged them, it was asking for clarification on their seriousness and why a formal consultation was not sought nearly three months after the system’s pilot deployment with live personal data. The correspondence disclosed between Police Scotland and the ICO reveals the force believed it was not necessary to formally consult with the regulator about DESC because there were “mitigations” in place and there was “ongoing and detailed engagement” with the regulator. These mitigations include the use of UK-based datacentres. https://lnkd.in/e2wzsQUN However, the same FOI disclosures contained admissions from Microsoft to Scottish policing bodies that it cannot guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its hyperscale public cloud infrastructure: https://lnkd.in/ezpaBNxm It also contained guidance drawn up by the ICO on police cloud deployments, which highlighted some potential data transfer mechanisms the regulator thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues. However, it also told forces it’s essentially up to them to decide if the measures would work: https://lnkd.in/dtFi6fXQ My colleague Caroline Donnelly has covered the implications of Microsoft's admissions for the wider public sector: https://lnkd.in/dqGReDYp

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A real shame - it was set to bring real benefits, especially in its provisions on using #data to improve safeguarding vulnerable people: The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill #DPDI is among those that has been dropped due to lack of parliamentary time in the approach to the general election - despite being in the late stages of passage it didn't clear the final hurdle during 'wash up' The bill was intended to provide regulations relevant to access to and processing of #information about individuals, including in areas such as #datasharing for law enforcement, information #standards for #health and #socialcare and oversight of #biometric data. More... https://lnkd.in/eawS9TcX

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Defend your platform from online threats Equip your team with valuable insights on the latest emerging threats across the online platform landscape. Subscribe to the Resolver Risk Intelligence Weekly today. Last week's topics include: 1. Mis-and disinformation floods social media around announcement of snap general election in the UK. 2. Allegations of electoral fraud migrate from Trump-owned Truth Social to mainstream platforms. 3. Privacy-focused cryptocurrency facilitates dark web trade in CSAM and illicit data. Sign up for this week's newsletter -https://lnkd.in/gQR_whr3 #TrustandSafety #PlatformRiskIntelligence #OnlineHarms

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One of the most hotly-debated and contested topics surrounding #CBDCs is #identity and #privacy. Next week, the Digital Pound Foundation is holding a debate and summer reception kindly hosted by CMS UK where I’ll be getting my boxing gloves on to moderate contributions from a brilliant panel including Erica Stanford, Thomas Hawkins, Freddie New and David Rennie. Can privacy-enhancing technologies and concepts such as privacy by design help avert a doomsday scenario from coming to pass? What is the role of digital identity in a digital money world? How are other countries’ CBDC experiments and designs handling privacy and what can we learn from them? And beyond this – is there potential for privacy and digital identity to become embedded into a CBDC architecture in such a way that they actually bring wider social and economic benefits and opportunities? If you would like to join us on Wednesday 17 July, we will dive into these issues headfirst – and in far more depth than the media headlines – with participants ranging from the sceptical to the optimistic! Link below to register 👇

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❗️May Update ❗️⬇️ The May 2024 Monthly Threat Update has now been published! This document contains data and information relating to the Economic and Cyber Crime landscape in the North East.📊 This month’s version contains advice around a WhatsApp scam, O2’s latest anti fraud technology roll out and much more! 📱 💻Please share this with your colleagues, customers and clients! If you would like to be added to the mailing list please get in touch or email RECCC@durham.police.uk #cybercrime #crime #fraudawareness #financialwellbeing #reccc #crimeprevention #fraud

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A new report published jointly by the UK Home Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has concluded that half of all businesses and almost one-third of charities reported “some form of cyber security breach” in the previous 12 months. Martin Lilley BA (Hons) FCII Broadway Insurance Brokers says the figures underline why cyber cover is a feature of every single conversation with corporate clients and why disclosure is important in securing cover and protecting companies against digital risks. #cyber #insurance #insurancebroker #cybercover #ransomware #databreach

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