The COVID-19 contact tracing apps have made the headlines recently and have been a widely debated topic, especially among privacy professionals. Countries around the world have rushed to launch their contact tracing apps as part of their wider efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 and ease lockdown. Different countries have adopted their own […]
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The Crucial Security Gap Within Software Applications
A key aspect of modern software inhibits traditional data protection efforts In many organisations, it is all too easy for the technical implementation of data protection to fall through the cracks. In concept, many different functional areas have a vested interest in this: compliance officers, cybersecurity teams, the CTO’s organization, business units, and more. In […]
eBook: From Privacy to Preference
2 years after GDPR’s implementation (Europe), and just a couple of months after CCPA’s launch (United States), marketing departments are still in the dark about the data they can collect and how they will be authorised to use them. Consent management is still causing headaches to those who are involved in collecting, storing and sharing it […]
eBook: Data Protection Is Everyone’s Job, so It’s No One’s Job
Implementing data protection is an ambiguous area of responsibility for too many organizations, and well-meaning truisms like “Security is everybody’s job” do not help the situation. Long experience in the field across different industries confirms this, whether the businesses in question create software for external customers or only for internal use. Given the lack of clarity about who is […]
Whitepaper: Insider Data Breach Survey 2020
97% of CISOs are worried about insider data breaches. And with unreliable employees their primary ‘alert system’ and patchy technology deployments to mitigate this risk, it’s no wonder why.. In our second annual Insider Data Breach Survey, we examine prevalence of insider data breaches and their impact, and importantly, why they continue to occur. The […]
UK businesses quick to spot cyber breaches but failing to stop cyberattacks, Accenture finds
Hackers are having more success in the UK than other countries, according to research from Accenture which reveals that UK organisations need more consistent cyber defences. Almost one fifth of attempted targeted cyberattacks in the UK successfully breach security, compared with just over a tenth as the global average. Accenture’s State of Cyber Resilience report […]
EasyJet Cyber Attack: Nine million customers hacked
Budget airline, EasyJet targeted by cyber criminal in sophisticated cyber attack. Hackers have accessed the personal details of nine million easyJet customers. According to Sky News, email addresses and travel details of nine million people were exposed along with the credit card details of just over 2,200 customers. The airline said it will contact everybody […]
UK public sector remains highly vulnerable to ransomware attack
A lack of awareness among public sector employees around cyber security is leaving it vulnerable to ransomware and other forms of cyber-attack, according to new research today from data security provider Clearswift, a HelpSystems Company. The research with 1,000 public sector employees, revealed that almost half of respondents (47%) have either not heard of, or do […]
GDPR: What have we learned 2 years on and what’s next?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set precedents which have influenced the global landscape of business, data protection, privacy and beyond. Join subject matter experts as they mark the two-year anniversary of the enforcement of the biggest change in data protection history, a change which shifted the way organisations around the world approached personal data […]
Suspected scam gadget store tops Google Search results
A suspected scam store, featuring hard-to-find gadgets topped Google search results for days. The site titled ‘MyTechDomestic’ accepted payments via direct bank transfers only, despite indicating support for credit cards and PayPal, and falsely claimed to be owned by a UK-registered company. It was flagged to Google last week but the US company took action […]