Investigation: WannaCry cyber attack and the NHS

July 12, 2017

This report investigates the NHS’s response to the cyber attack that affected it in May 2017 and the impact on health services. Investigations. We conduct investigations to establish the underlying facts in circumstances where concerns have been raised with us, or in response to intelligence that we have gathered through our wider work.

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Acropolis Technology Group

Acropolis Technology Group is a fully managed IT solution provider for the small to medium sized business. Acropolis Technology takes a strategic approach in aligning IT with Business; empowering organizations with a staff rivaling any Fortune 500 Company. Technology can be so much more… We can help. We are more than just the company you call when your IT assets stop performing. In fact, fixing issues is the easiest part of the job. Acropolis Technology Group was the first IT company in St. Louis to create the Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO), a dedicated ProActive Services Team, and separate the Project Team from the Service Team. Everyone else followed suit.

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Cyber security considerations 2022

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

The threat landscape is expanding. Cybercriminals are as entrepreneurial as ever and using increasingly sophisticated tools and technologies. In this fluid environment, we believe Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and their teams should adopt a mindset of enablement — cyber security is no longer just about prevention.

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Identity and Zero Trust: A Health-ISAC Guide for CISOS

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

These days, you can’t have a conversation about cybersecurity without talking about zero trust. The security concept requires that all individuals and devices on a network be continuously authenticated, authorized, and monitored. Gone are the days of letting someone in the front door, giving them a role with access privileges and then having them go about their merry way.

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Cybersecurity Considerations in Autonomous Ships

whitePaper | October 18, 2022

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) is a NATO-accredited knowledge hub offering a unique interdisciplinary approach to the most relevant issues in cyber defence.

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PROMOTING BETTER CYBERSECURITY

whitePaper | December 18, 2019

The Ohio Data Protection Act (“ODPA” or the Act), came into force on November 2, 2018.1 The Act seeks to improve cybersecurity among Ohio businesses. It does so by providing an affirmative defense against tort claims arising from a data breach to businesses that can demonstrate they have implemented a qualifying cybersecurity program that reasonably conforms to one of ten specified cybersecurity frameworks and met certain other safeguards specified in the Act.

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Leading Cybersecurity in Higher Education

whitePaper | February 11, 2023

Higher-education institutions are experiencing a high volume of cyberattacks and greater vulnerability to threats. Today’s educational technology environments connect a variety of endpoints—laptops, desktops, student management data, and email servers. They use Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for managing environmental controls, security cameras, and door alarms. Both ends of the education spectrum gather, store, and use personal data from students and staff—and if they collect it, they must also protect it. As a result, schools need dedicated, skilled, and experienced executive leadership that is empowered, resourced, and responsible for campuswide cybersecurity issues.

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Upchain Security Whitepaper

whitePaper | October 26, 2022

Upchain is a cloud-based product data management and product lifecycle management software that offers benefits of PDM/PLM through web browsers, APIs, CAD and Microsoft Office plugins, while securely processing customer data in the cloud.

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Acropolis Technology Group

Acropolis Technology Group is a fully managed IT solution provider for the small to medium sized business. Acropolis Technology takes a strategic approach in aligning IT with Business; empowering organizations with a staff rivaling any Fortune 500 Company. Technology can be so much more… We can help. We are more than just the company you call when your IT assets stop performing. In fact, fixing issues is the easiest part of the job. Acropolis Technology Group was the first IT company in St. Louis to create the Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO), a dedicated ProActive Services Team, and separate the Project Team from the Service Team. Everyone else followed suit.

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