Are your employees equipped to use the Internet and email securely?
How certain are you that your employees understand the risks posed by their use of the Internet? And do you trust that your employees know how to minimise risks – and what to do when they discover a threat? We all rely on the Internet and email for marketing, communications and essential business operations – […]
Take the GDPR data protection challenge
How well do you really know data protection rules? With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in 2018, organisations are working hard to ensure they meet the new regulations. Companies processing over 5000 personal records per year or employing over 250 staff are now required to appoint a data protection officer, […]
Risk assessment: exposure to the new corporate criminal offence for failure to prevent tax evasion
HMRC has secured more than £2.5bn from offshore tax evaders since 2010 Does the Criminal Finances Bill put you at risk? VinciWorks has created a five minute tax evasion assessment to help you evaluate your exposure to the new corporate criminal offence for failure to prevent tax evasion. About Tax Evasion Risk Assessment Described as […]
Deutsche Bank learns anti-money laundering lessons the hard way
Europe’s largest investment bank hit with £500m fine Most companies, particularly financial institutions, understand that a small investment into proper anti-money laundering training for their staff is not only a necessary expense, but a long term money saver. But Deutsche Bank is not most companies. Europe’s largest investment bank was hit with a stunning £500m […]
New advanced course — Modern Slavery: Practical Steps for Procurement coming in 2017
VinciWorks’ first course on the Modern Slavery Act, Modern Slavery: Preventing Exploitation, focuses on giving staff a broad overview and introduction to forced labour and other abuses that the new Act was designed to tackle. Our next Modern Slavery Act course is at an advanced level aimed at those who have already completed the introductory […]
New LMS security feature: force users to reset password on next login
Administrators can now force any user to reset their password when they next login to the Learning Management System (LMS). This is useful in a variety of cases, such as: If you add a user with a temporary password If a user has a very simple password that you would like them to change Periodic […]
New CCM feature: deep-link direct to Continuing Competence Module
Firms that license the Continuing Competence Module (CCM) now have the ability to create a separate login page for the CCM. This enables firms to create a fully immersive continuing competence experience that is separate from regular online training. On the ‘competence only’ login page, users focus on the reflection and planning stages of their […]
New LMS feature: tick-box selections retained through multiple searches
Searching and filtering in the LMS is now much more powerful. Administrators can perform multiple searches, make selections and perform actions on those selections. The LMS retains selections throughout multiple searches. How to take advantage of this feature One common way to use this feature is for enrolling multiple users in a course. You can […]
General Data Protection Regulation 2018 – a primer
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the new EU-wide law that comes into force from 25 May 2016. As this is a piece of EU legislation, there is now uncertainty about whether the regulation will be adopted in the UK, or whether the UK government will produce its own version. But even if the […]