How to get a bundle to court during lockdown!
The UK courts have changed and continue to do so, as we move on from multiple lockdowns. Two years ago, if we had asked most courts “Could they take an electronic bundle?” they’d have said “No!”, and demanded everything by paper. Now everyone is more than happy to take electronic bundles (usually PDF files) by […]
How to share files securely for due diligence
For as long as I’ve worked in security, sharing Excel files whilst leaving them readable has always been hard. Most data rooms take one of three approaches: 1 – Convert the Excel into a PDF. This works okay for basic financial documents but is rubbish for anything complicated – anything with more than say 20 […]
Filesharing v2.0 – lessons learnt securing court bundles
With our Digital Courtrooms sister business, we’ve helped UK Local Authorities share really sensitive electronic court bundles with magistrates. Now magistrates are great folk, doing an amazing job, but they are not IT experts. They provide their own laptops and tablets. When we started working with the courts in 2016, we learnt that despite the options […]
3 tips when choosing your virtual data room provider
What is a Virtual Data Room (VDR)? A Virtual Data Room (commonly referred to as a VDR) is effectively an extranet that provides an online data repository. Many businesses use a secure VDR to share vital and often sensitive information with external partners and clients using a secure online platform. A virtual data room is […]
Projectfusion and personal data – our GDPR Data processing addendum is ready for you
To help you fully meet GDPR requirements, if you are using Projectfusion to store any personal data, you should sign our Data processing addendum. It covers off all the details that GDPR requires, like sub-processing, breach notification and our security measures. We’ve pre-signed the Data Processing Addendum (DPA), so it only requires an electronic signature […]
GDPR – 7 Key elements you must have in your supplier contracts
If you’re using a supplier to host *any* EU citizens personal data (including log entries, emails, documents, HR records, backups) then when GDPR starts in May 2018 you need to have a written contract with them that includes: subject matter and duration of processing type of personal data and categories of subjects. And that the […]
ISO27001 – don’t believe it until you’ve seen the certificate
So often you see ‘ISO27001‘ bandied around on websites. If you’re planning on actually using a supplier you should always ask to see the certificate – and you should also check it every 12 months or so. We were in the early stages of looking at a new supplier – so I always ask for […]
Our ethics – green giving, no guns or gambling please
Ethics form a huge part of our company. We’re a very ethical team, with 5 simple rules that direct everything we do: NO BS Do what you say. If we say it’ll be ready Wednesday 10am it’ll be ready. Make it green. All our services reduce paper,print and couriers. We also have a paperless office, […]
I’ve been goated! Gamification and security
Gamification or fun security – I’ve just been goated We try and keep security simple, and even fun. In our office if you leave your screen unlocked for even a couple of seconds you get goated. Someone sticks a great big picture of a goat on your screen. Then adds a point to your tally. […]