by Rick Marengo | Jan 28, 2023 | Uncategorised
Delighted to announce we have achieved this year’s much tougher new CE+ standard audit (see more here). AXLR8 Cyber Essentials Plus 2023-2024 Now attending to the latest penetration testing actions updated for this quarter and making sure we keep our client data...
by Rick Marengo | Nov 8, 2022 | Accreditations, Audit, Cyber Security
AXLR8 have passed the new CE certification for November 2022 through November 2023. Pen Testing Now we are commencing Our Pen Testing working with a specialist company who will be working through the process. Cyber Essentials Plus renewal In December we will be...
by Rick Marengo | Oct 2, 2022 | Uncategorised
I sat in on an online meeting of FOI advocates in Scotland last Wednesday (SPIF*). It will certainly inform our product development. Public Disclosure Will this become encouraged or even mandated. Private classes of requests such as SARs and sensitive FOI...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 31, 2022 | Uncategorised
How do you manage privacy and security for what is essentially a database mostly containing violent people. In many public and private sector operators, it has to be available to several hundred – probably over a thousand – field staff. Only then can your...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 25, 2022 | Audit, Data Retention Policy, FOI, FOI Public Disclosure Log, Reviews and Appeals, SAR
AXLR8 have clients with many years of data in their systems and so have provided tools to clean up their data manually. However, the job has become too large and the volume of information requests and SARs has risen to a point where an automated tool is justified....
by Rick Marengo | Aug 3, 2022 | FOI, FOI Public Disclosure Log
Once FOI (SA) and EIRs are logged (though not SARs and private or sensitive requests), they should be presented on a public website. The main reason for this requirement is transparency. Public authorities differ on whether they must do this and if so, what should be...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 3, 2022 | Audit, FOI, SAR
We are always interested to see where we can improve efficiency. We often ask why a process takes longer than we expect. In the case of an internal or external audit, the first thing we ask is what was done when and by whom? Audit Trail shows IR change history for any...
by Rick Marengo | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorised
Many clients have been with us in Scotland for more than ten years. Time brings new requirements for any application. The system is capable of auto deletion of IRs and private information over 3 years olddelayed disposal for those IRs which been subject to a review or...
by Rick Marengo | Apr 19, 2022 | FOI, Security
AXLR8 will be adding more 2FA features to protect your data from theft or other attacks. The system will now have more conditions and media available where a second form of authentication (such as a texted code number to the user’s mobile phone) will be required...
by Rick Marengo | Apr 19, 2022 | Cautions List, Data Retention Policy, Data Sharing Agreements, Information Governance, SAR, Security
Mobile workers of all kinds encounter risks – especially lone workers. Examples in the public sector include health visitors, maintenance workers and social care. However, the list is much bigger. They can be directly employed or may work for an agency. The...
