ENISA outlines top cyber threats and trends in 2018
In 2018, the cyber threat landscape changed significantly. The most important threat agent groups, namely cyber-criminals and state-sponsored actors have further advanced …
Industry reactions to Data Privacy Day 2019
The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January …
GDPR-ready organizations see lowest incidence of data breaches
Organizations worldwide that invested in maturing their data privacy practices are now realizing tangible business benefits from these investments, according to Cisco’s …
Debunking conventional wisdom to get out of the security and privacy rut
Given the unprecedented rate of technological change, the dizzying news cycle, and an always-on social media mentality, it may be surprising to learn that when it comes to …
Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine
On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the …
GDPR: Five tips for organizations to remain compliant
For the majority of UK businesses, a huge amount of time and resource was invested to become GDPR compliant in time for the May 2018 deadline. The cost of implementing GDPR …
EU launches bug bounties on free and open source software
After setting up a bug bounty program for VLC Media Player in late 2017, the European Commission (EC) has announced the launch of 14 new ones that will cover other free and …
Guidelines for assessing ISPs’ security measures in the context of net neutrality
According to the EU’s net neutrality regulation, called the Open Internet Regulation, which came into force in 2016, internet providers should treat all internet traffic to …
Measuring privacy operations: Use of technology on the rise
Critical privacy program activities such as creating data inventories, conducting data protection impact assessments (DPIA), and managing data subject access rights requests …
Sharp rise in email and social media hacking in the UK
Police forces across the UK are coming under increasing pressure to launch criminal investigations into incidents of social media and computer hacking, according to a new …
Keeping data swamps clean for ongoing GDPR compliance
The increased affordability and accessibility of data storage over recent years can be both a benefit and a challenge for businesses. While the ability to stockpile huge …
GDPR’s impact: The first six months
GDPR is now six months old – it’s time to take an assessment of the regulation’s impact so far. At first blush it would appear very little has changed. There are no …