The International Standards Organisation has released a new ISO standard for Anti-Bribery Procedures. ISO 37001 was released on 14 October 2016. The ISO state that this is the first international anti-bribery management standard. While this is true, organisations that have already implemented adequate procedures under the UK Bribery Act 2010 (or FCPA in the US) […]
Has your IS and Physical Security plans considered the risks from Drones? Commercial use of drones is becoming more popular where they can be useful for surveying or imaging hard to reach areas. As with any new technology the use of drones for criminal purposes is also becoming more prevalent. There have been the obvious […]
Would Your IS Helpdesk Recognise a Cyber Attack? In our personal lives we are used to having different telephone numbers to call for different situations. For example in the medical world we can recognise for ourselves when we have a true medical emergency requiring a ‘999’ call (911 for or US colleagues!) and when we […]
Cybercrime – it’s a human problem! According to the recently released Crime Survey for England and Wales published by the Office for National Statistics there was a 5% rise in fraud in the year to March 2016 compared to the same period the previous year. There were 1.9m ‘cyber’ related frauds and 2m ‘computer misuse’ […]
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC’s) “Culture Coalition” initiative has just released the results of a study, exploring the relationship between corporate culture and long-term business success in the UK. The report is the culmination of the FRC’s Culture Coalition, a collaboration with CIMA, the City Values Forum, IBE, IIA and CIPD , as well as interviews […]
Know Your Supply Chain According to research by The Guardian, Vauxhall, BMW and Audi are currently investigating their paint supply chains in India over concerns that child labour is being used to mine Mica. Mica is widely used across industry including the cosmetics industry, but in these particular cases it is being used to make […]
