Are You Taking Cyber Security Seriously Enough?
According to The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2019, almost 55% of UK firms have reported a cyber-attack in 2019 – up 40% compared to last year.
With more than half of UK firms reporting a cyber-attack, and most businesses admitting that they were unprepared for breaches, it’s important to ask the question: are you doing enough to prevent a cyber-attack?
Updated GDPR guide to compliance
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in full force across the EU since 25 May 2019. As of 25 January, 2019, eight months to the day since GDPR came into force, national data protection authorities reported nearly 100,000 complaints from concerned citizens. Google has already been fined by French authorities and several social media giants are currently […]
GDPR Compliance Myth #11: There’s no such thing as free will
Is free will an illusion? Determinist philosophers might think so. Ancient Greek thinkers Leucippus and Democritus were two of the first to theorise that all processes in the world were due to a mechanical interplay at an atomic level, precluding the idea of human beings exercising any kind of free will in a universe operated […]
New course release – Phishing Challenge 3.0
Periodic phishing training reduces the risk to your organisation Data from 16,000 completions of the VinciWorks Phishing Challenge shows that 15% of users are at high risk of falling for a phishing scam. That risk level dropped to 5% for users who completed at least two challenges. VinciWorks has released Phishing Challenge 3.0 with a […]
Three Phishing Challenges to assess employee risk
Employees are the weakest link in most cyber security attacks. VinciWorks’ Phishing Challenges address this weakness by training employees to spot phishing emails. This five-minute, mobile-friendly challenges: Educate users on how to spot suspicious emails Produce a report with each employee’s phishing risk score Enable you to identify high-risk employees Challenge users to spot red-flags […]
NEW RELEASE: Avoiding Slips and Trips Toolbox Talk
Both inside and out of the workplace, the most common cause of major injuries is the same: slips, trip and falls. Avoiding Slips and Trips, our newly released Manager’s Toolbox Talk, is designed to facilitate group training. It includes detailed notes and resources to encourage discussion. Users will learn how to recognise the risk factors […]
On-demand webinar: GDPR Mythbusters 2019 – Are you compliant?
As we approach a year since GDPR came into force, in a recent webinar we revisited our popular GDPR Mythbusters series with a new round of questions and answers about data protection. Our Director of Best Practice Gary Yantin and Director of Course Development Nick Henderson answered the following questions: Are huge GDPR fines a myth? Does […]
EssentialSkillz wins Customer Service Award at BSiF Safety Awards
We are thrilled to announce that EssentialSkillz has won the Customer Service Award at the BSIF Safety Awards 2019. Held at the NEC in Birmingham as part of the Health and Safety Event 2019, the award recognises outstanding customer service within the health and safety industry. The award, presented by British comedian and host Sean […]
DeltaNet International given Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award – for a Second Year
All the team at DeltaNet International are excited to announce that we’ve been awarded Feefo’s Gold Trusted Service Award 2019 – the second year in a row we’ve been given this honour. The award recognises outstanding client service as rated by customers themselves over an extended period. Last year, we received 178 pieces of feedback on […]
GDPR Compliance Myth #10: Like the Bible, GDPR is not meant to be taken literally
Was the General Data Protection Regulation handed down on tablets of stone? Were its articles intended to be revered, venerated and feared for all time? Or, as many businesses might prefer, is GDPR more of a set of guidelines, good ideas for living a moral life that don’t really matter if they aren’t actually followed? […]
