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How the Pharma industry can mitigate digital risks as criminals leverage Emotet during Covid-19

Cybercriminals and threat actors are using targeted Emotet attacks to take advantage of the pharmaceutical industry’s newly scattered supply chain and increasingly mobile workforce

Barcelona, Spain – Blueliv has announced its new report, ‘Sounding the Pharma Alarma’, to provide an overview of the current pharmaceutical threat landscape. The new report highlights the threat actors targeting the industry and the specific tools they are utilising as they look to capitalise on an industry that is working to combat Covid-19, yet finds its security vulnerable in its wake.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Monday, 25 May 2020 18:29

Trade body hits back over tax stamp security concerns

A high-profile trade association has responded to criticism of tax stamps in a new report on the impact of blockchain technology on excise duty payments.

The study by Deloitte highlights the potential benefits of using blockchain to digitize tax stamps and make it easier for revenue authorities to recoup excise duties on tobacco and alcohol products.

It also raises security concerns over current tax stamp use – particularly the procurement, transportation and pasting of physical tax stamps onto packaging – and claims that blockchain could increase supply chain efficiencies and traceability of products, cut costs and reduce the risk of fraud.

: JEZ DAVISON; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 11:15

New SIA licence-linked qualifications postponed to April 2021

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has decided to postpone the introduction of new licence-linked qualifications until April 2021.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 11:09

Managing a safe return to work - six measures every employer should be ready to adopt

With organisations preparing to see more and more staff returning to their places of work over the coming weeks, many questions have been raised about how to make offices, shops, factories and construction sites safer from the threat of an invisible virus.

"Unsurprisingly, we have seen a surge of enquiries and demand from employers regarding what measures they need to take to both ensure their staff's safety, and also to comply with government guidelines" says David Wormald, a Director of one of Europe's leading security and safety specialist, VPS UK. "Our Covid-19 response team have developed a system targeted at employers to help support them manage the return to work with a solution comprising six practical steps"