by Rick Marengo | Jan 2, 2026 | Audit, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Information Security
Good news! AXLR8 have achieved Cyber Essentials. We passed on 31st December 2025. It covers the calendar year to December 30 2026. Now we are about to complete Cyber Essential Plus. Recertification date is 26th January. Also, our annual Penetration Testing project is...
by Rick Marengo | Dec 2, 2025 | Audit, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Information Security, Security
We hear so much about government procurement problems but it is good to hear about a success story. Security Compliance Any public sector organisation must ensure they are dealing with established suppliers. In IT procurement, that means security and reliability...
by Rick Marengo | Jan 23, 2025 | Audit, Automating FOI/SAR emails, FOI, Information Governance, IRMS RoI, SAR
This is a new feature from AXLR8 for IG teams in public services. It allows the automation of some Information Request workflow. These tasks previously required manual checking or reminders. Now they can be set up to run unattended. In all cases, the reminders can...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 23, 2024 | Automating FOI/SAR emails, FOI, Information Governance
Does your IRMS really need 100+ response templates? Would 20 smart templates be better for FOIs, EIRs and SARs? In helping automate the change of contact details for the information commissioner in one country (OSIC, Scotland) last week, we noticed that we had to...
by FOI2000Admin | Feb 1, 2024 | Audit, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Information Security
AXLR8 received IASME confirmation that we had achieved Cyber Essentials Plus for 2024-2025 at the Montpellier (version3.1) level today. IASME confirm AXLR8 have passed CE+ for 2024/5 Once again, thanks to RightCue whose expert assistance helps us shut down cyber...
by Rick Marengo | Nov 24, 2023 | Audit, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Information Security
We passed the Montpellier Cyber Essentials 2023-4 today. Our Cyber Essentials Plus renewal is in January. Our internal audits are going well and our external consultants will make sure we are ready for that. Read more here Also, next month, Penetration Testing takes...
