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Cyber Security in Highly Regulated Sectors
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Read more: Cyber Security in Highly Regulated SectorsIn the modern, digital age, where information and data are more critical to organisations than ever, the importance of cyber security cannot be overstated. Cyber threats have become a daily concern for businesses, governments, and individuals alike with the global average cost of a data breach in 2023 sat at $4.45 million. To safeguard sensitive…
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Secure by Design – Continual Risk Management
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Read more: Secure by Design – Continual Risk ManagementSecure by Design is changing the way the Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK Government and its departments implement cyber security, in a move away from traditional accreditation-based compliance. This new approach aims to deliver better systems that are more secure, trustworthy, and resilient to cyber-attack. Here, we look why organisations should seek to go beyond…
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DISX Air Launched to Streamline MOD Communications
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Read more: DISX Air Launched to Streamline MOD CommunicationsBristol, UK – 10 October, 2023 – Logiq, a leading UK information and cyber security consultancy have announced DISX Air, a new variant of their highly successful DISX secure communications platform. Recognised and certified by major cyber organisations including the NCSC, Logiq have become a true market disrupter, leading the way in developing and delivering secure collaborative…
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Logiq Achieve NCSC Assured Cyber Security Consultancy Status
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Read more: Logiq Achieve NCSC Assured Cyber Security Consultancy StatusBristol, UK – 18 September, 2023 – Logiq, a leading UK information and cyber security consultancy have announced the successful attainment of the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Assured Cyber Security Consultancy (ACSC) status. Helping to make the UK the safest place to live and work online, the UK Government’s NCSC provides cyber security guidance and expertise, responding to…
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MOD Secure by Design – Cyber Risk Management
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Read more: MOD Secure by Design – Cyber Risk ManagementThe launch of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Secure by Design initiative, and the soon to be launched Cabinet Office initiative of the same name, should give rise to significant discussion, and pause for thought for everyone who works in these areas. This is not yet another new approach to security accreditation; it is a fundamental…
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What is Secure by Design?
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Read more: What is Secure by Design?Secure by Design – Managing Cyber Risk Secure by Design (SbD) is the UK Government approach to Cyber Security. Led by the Cabinet Office along with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Secure by Design fundamentally changes the traditional accreditation model to one based on continual risk management and security design principles. Not just for security…
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Microsoft 365 Cyber Security
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Read more: Microsoft 365 Cyber SecurityAs highlighted in a previous blog post, DISX® was created by Logiq Consulting to overcome the challenges of working at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE as a defence supplier. At Logiq we believe that you can build better and more secure systems in the cloud. Therefore, we assessed the market and selected Microsoft 365 as the Software as a…
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DISX – MOD RLI Secure Communications
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Read more: DISX – MOD RLI Secure CommunicationsWhen Logiq Consulting was established in 2018 the team had an initial problem to overcome: How can we work at the OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE level without relying on Ministry of Defence (MOD)-Furnished ICT? The team drew together significant experience in designing secure networks specifically to meet the security standard required to hold HMG sensitive information. This set…
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Cyber Tabletop
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Read more: Cyber TabletopCyber tabletop exercises are one of the simplest ways to understand how an organisation would respond to a real incident – before one happens. Most organisations have plans. Incident response, business continuity, disaster recovery. On paper, they often look complete. The difficulty is knowing whether they hold up once people have to use them under…
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What is Ransomware?
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Read more: What is Ransomware?Ransomware remains one of the most disruptive cyber threats organisations face. Its impact is rarely limited to IT systems. When it lands properly, it affects operations, delivery, and in some cases the organisation’s ability to function at all. Most organisations are aware of ransomware. Fewer have a clear sense of how it would play out…
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Secure Communications with MOD – An SME’s Solution
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Read more: Secure Communications with MOD – An SME’s SolutionUnderstanding that collaborating with, communicating securely, and supplying deliverables into the MOD would be a key output, the challenge of utilising secure IT, accredited by the MOD for use at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE, would be vital. How do you communicate and work at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE without reliance on MOD equipment and infrastructure? As a company, we were keen…
