IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


IN THE SPOTLIGHT


Comms365 was established in 2008 as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), now offering innovative network solutions and internet services to both SME and multi-national companies. In the second half of 2018,


Comms365 celebrated 10 successful years of business, an occasion marked by a black-tie celebration attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Milton Keynes. In recent months, Comms365 also celebrated five years of membership with the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce. As well as celebrating


‘WE LOOK


FORWARD TO MANY MORE


PROSPEROUS YEARS OF


BUSINESS AND CONTINUED SUPPORT’


business success, Comms365 looks back on over six years of recruiting and successfully supporting apprentices through various apprenticeship programmes. Apprenticeships covered include


those in IT, Customer Service and Digital Marketing. For National Apprenticeship Week on 4-8 March, Comms365 interviewed six of their


From left: Mike van Bunnens, Comms365’s


Managing Director; Councillor Martin Petchey, the Mayor of Milton Keynes; and Shaun Nicholls, Technical Director, Comms365


apprentice employees and held


a Twitter Takeover. The interviews can be read on Comms365’s online blog at www.comms365.com/newsroom/ blog. Mike van Bunnens, managing


director, said: “I’m proud to be a part of this business which has


provided reliable internet and network services to companies both large and small, as well as being able to provide workplace training for apprenticeship students. “We look forward to many more


prosperous years of business and continued support through our Milton Keynes Chamber Membership.”


UNIVERSITY HAS NEW CHAMPIONS


Cranfield University’s professor Ron Corstanje and associate professor Steve Hallett have been co-appointed to the newly- created role of Constructing a Digital Environment Champion by the National Environment Research Council (NERC). This prestigious appointment will see the academics lead


and co-ordinate a new four-year programme on Constructing a Digital Environment, investigating the role of digital data in improving our understanding of environmental change. Ron Corstanje, professor of Environmental Data Science and


head of Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Informatics at Cranfield University, said: “This role will allow us to explore the potential of digital technology to generate a better understanding of the role of digital in acquiring knowledge about the environment and its response to global and local stresses and pressures.”


Follow the @SPFDigiEnv twitter and the NERC webpage for news on the programme.


Ron Corstanje Steve Hallett


This issue, the spotlight is on the SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY and LEGAL SERVICES sectors


COMMS365 CELEBRATES SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES


CYBER SECURITY FOR LAW FIRMS


Technology experts ACS are helping lawyers to protect themselves from cyber attacks. Lawyers list cyber security as a


top challenge - second only to pricing - and as lawyers work in an increasingly mobile environment, the need to protect client information and case data has become even more of a challenge. Cyber Essentials lets everyone


know that a firm takes cyber security seriously and has measures in place to keep information secure. As an IASME Licensed


Certification Body, ACS offers fixed fee packages of consultancy, audit and certification for those practices seeking to secure Cyber Essentials security standards. ACS joint managing director Jon


Thorpe said: “If your firm has a significant number of clients in the commercial sector, you should consider Cyber Essentials Plus. Whilst essentially the same standard, to obtain the plus certification your firm will need to be independently tested. This is to ensure the technical controls are adequately enforced. “Whatever you choose, Cyber


Essentials is a UK Government backed standard. The scheme guards against the most common Cyber Security threats. These include firewalls and internet gateways, secure configuration, access control such as passwords and access levels, malware and virus protection and patch management which ensures that the latest supported software versions are in use.” Cyber Essentials is now a


requirement for Law Society members signed up to the popular Lexcel Standard. ACS technical experts understand the complexity of these requirements and can meet the assessors needs with minimum cost in a timely way.


Visit www.acs365.co.uk for more information or make an appointment with one of its specialists today by contacting info@acs365.co.uk or 01604 704000.


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