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Edinburgh Napier University selects Acumen Cyber to deliver 24/7 proactive threat detection and response

Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) has announced it has partnered with Acumen Cyber and HEFESTIS to bolster its cyber defences amid a rise in cyber attacks targeting the UK’s higher and further education sector. Through the collaboration, the university will benefit from Acumen’s state-of-the-art, CREST-accredited Security Operations Centre (SOC), providing round-the-clock threat monitoring, detection and response.

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Acumen Cyber – Cyber leaders unite to bolster security across universities & further education

Acumen Cyber, a people-powered CREST accredited cyber security service provider, today announced a new partnership with HEFESTIS, a not-for-profit shared service organisation jointly owned by UK colleges and universities. The partnership has been established to better equip universities and further education colleges with the expertise and market-leading security solutions needed to protect their complex environments and

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Acumen Cyber celebrates landmark year underpinned by growth, success and record threat detection and response

Acumen Cyber, an engineer-powered cyber security service provider, today celebrated its first anniversary as an independent MSSP, a year defined by growth, innovation and record threat detection and response. The event was marked with the official opening of Acumen’s new headquarters at EastWorks, Glasgow, which now hosts the most cutting-edge Security Operations Centre (SOC) to reside

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Acumen Cyber announces leadership restructure

Acumen Cyber has announced a leadership restructure, which has seen Mark Robertson appointed as CEO, Anthony Quinn moving to Founder Director and Kevin Robertson transitioning to CTO. The restructure of its leadership team is designed to support the next phase of its long-term growth and innovation strategy. Mark Robertson will take on the position of

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Acumen Cyber responds to Amazon data breach

It has been reported that Amazon has confirmed a data breach involving employee information after data allegedly stolen during the May 2023 MOVEit attacks was leaked on a hacking forum. In response to the news, Kevin Robertson, COO of Acumen Cyber gives his view. According to reports, the threat actor behind the leak, known as

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Acumen Cyber achieves CREST security operations centre accreditation

Acumen Cyber, an engineer-powered cyber security services provider, has announced its Security Operations Centre (SOC) has received accreditation from CREST, the internationally recognised body that supports and certifies the highest-quality organisations and individuals in the cyber security industry. The accreditation, which was received on 16th July, demonstrates that CREST has recognised Acumen’s ability to deliver the highest

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i-confidential and Acumen Cyber react to news of £6m ICO fine to software co following 2022 NHS attack

Acumen Cyber and i-confidential respond to recent report that the ICO has placed a provisional fine of £6 million on Advanced Computer Software for a cyber attack that disrupted the NHS in 2022. Brian Boyd, head of technical delivery at i-confidential, said: “This is a huge fine that highlights the importance the ICO is placing

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Acumen responds to news of Microsoft feature which is ‘basically spyware’

In a story reported recently on the BBC, it was recently announced that the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is “making enquiries with Microsoft” over a new feature that can take screenshots of a user’s laptop every few seconds. Microsoft says Recall, which will store encrypted snapshots locally on your computer, is exclusive to its

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Biggest challenges facing cyber in 2025? Experts give their views

As we head into 2025, cyber security experts from Barrier Networks, Acumen Cyber, Closed Door Security, i-confidential and Beyond Blue give their predictions as to what the greatest challenges and changes will be. These will include, ‘Bounce back loans’ and crypto exchange collaboration potentially becoming viable solutions to counter ransomware, ETL pipeline adoption / full

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Qilin demands $50 million from Synnovis and leaks patient data

It has been reported that the Russian ransomware gang Qilin is demanding $50 million (£39.5m) to end a ransomware attack against Synnovis, a lab services provider to the NHS. Since this happened it has also been revealved by NHS England that the recent ransomware attack on Synnovis has postponed 1,134 elective procedures and 2,194 outpatient appointments

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Edinburgh Napier University selects Acumen Cyber to deliver 24/7 proactive threat detection and response

Acumen Cyber – Cyber leaders unite to bolster security across universities & further education

Acumen Cyber celebrates landmark year underpinned by growth, success and record threat detection and response

Acumen Cyber announces leadership restructure

Acumen Cyber responds to Amazon data breach

Acumen Cyber achieves CREST security operations centre accreditation

i-confidential and Acumen Cyber react to news of £6m ICO fine to software co following 2022 NHS attack

Acumen responds to news of Microsoft feature which is ‘basically spyware’

Qilin demands $50 million from Synnovis and leaks patient data

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