That Our Software Product & Infrastructure is secure? Sometimes software companies talk about ISO 27001 like a badge that can applied to a product, however the standard defines an Information Security Management System and therefore does not contain specifications for…
The UK Government has announced it is ending it’s funding of the Green Deal Scheme, which offered cash back on household energy efficiency improvements such as double glazing and insulation. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) cited low…
If there is one thing I’ve learnt since being in contact with UK BIMers, it’s that you love a BIM pun! However, behind a poorly conceived title is a serious concern over the methods employed to ensure data integrity. A…
What Are They? A Non-Disclosure Agreement (or Confidentiality Agreement) is an agreement entered in to by two or more people, or on behalf of a legal entity, before particular data is shared between the parties for use to achieve an…
Segolene Royal, the Ecology Minister of France, has recently encouraged people to boycott Nutella – because it is one of many products instrumental in damaging the environment. You are sure to have heard of a substance called Palm Oil. Well,…
The familiar Orange Hazard pictograms seen on many household cleaning products is changing under the CLP Regulations (Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations). The CLP Regulations The change has been driven by European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and…
BS 7858:2012 Security Screening of individuals employed in a security environment – Code of practice. This BSI standard guides an employer through the necessary steps to ensure that potential employees present no known risk to their organisation. Although written specifically…
From 7th March 2015 the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 has consolidated the Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 AND the Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-depleting substances) Regulations 2011 Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are man-made substances that cause damage to the stratospheric ozone layer and…
What are lone workers?Many organisation’s stray in to the territory of lone workers without realising it, because it is not just applicable to the security guard doing the night shift. Lone workers are employees who carry out an activity in…
