New research has found the average cost for app denial of service attacks has risen to £5.89m per incident amongst UK businesses. Findings from the recent 2018 Application Protection Report reveal businesses across the globe are struggling to protect rapidly expanding application environments, with over a third (38%) of IT and security practitioners admitting they […]
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Brazil’s General Data Protection Law isn’t quite GDPR
A new law in Brazil which is similar to Europe’s GDPR has been sanctioned by Brazil’s President. However, he vetoed several sections. The new legislation, the General Data Protection Law, was sanctioned by the Brazilian President, Michel Temer, last week. The legislation will become enforceable in 18 months. The law is similar to GDPR, but […]
Trump opts for lean start-up model, as US raises the stakes in cyber warfare capability
The US is applying an agile management approach to its cyberwar capabilities. Warren Buffett, one time richest man in the world and surely the richest octogenarian in history, once said of cybercrime, “I do think that’s the number one problem with mankind.” And in the war against cybercrime, whether it’s state or privately sponsored, for […]
New privacy fears emerge over a Microsoft program and Google Chrome
A vulnerability has been found in a Microsoft software product, and a bug has been found in Google Chrome: both have privacy implications. Okta Rex, an identity management company, claims to have found a vulnerability In Microsoft’s MFA – multi factor identification – system. The vulnerability means that from data relating to just two individuals, […]
Is Google riding for a GDPR fall?
It has already been fined by the EU once this year. Now an investigation by Associated Press has found that Google tracks our location and stores it, even when we think we have disabled the tracking function. Eric Schmidt, the Google chair once said: “You have to fight for your privacy or lose it.” Well, […]
Pressure group calls for breakup of Facebook
A pressure group backed by a number of disparate organisations has called for the breakup of Facebook, primarily thanks to privacy fears. “Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have amassed a scary amount of power,” says a pressure group called Freedom from Facebook. It said that Facebook “tracks us almost everywhere we go on the web and, […]
2016 breach at NHS: NHS did the right thing, but take as a warning
A data breach at a third-party supplier to the NHS has exposed data pertaining to thousands of healthcare care workers. The NHS did, however, limit potential damage by pro-actively getting staff to change passwords on a regular basis. An investigation by the Sunday Telegraph has revealed a 2016 breach at online training business Embrace Learning, […]
Highest reported breaches ever according to ICO annual report
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently released its annual report for 2017 – 2018. This provides a fascinating insight into the ICO’s priorities and some early clues as to its likely approach to GDPR enforcement. Breach Reporting One of the most obvious impacts of GDPR will be on the number of breaches reported to […]
ICO strengthens commitment to technology and innovation with appointment of new executive director
The Information Commissioner’s commitment to encouraging new ideas and emerging technologies while protecting people’s privacy has been strengthened with a high-profile appointment. Simon McDougall is joining the ICO as Executive Director for Technology Policy and Innovation – leading new approaches to information rights practice and promoting the legally compliant processing of personal data as a […]
Brexit provides no let-up for UK firms on GDPR, but it will mean some changes
In or out of the EU, the UK won’t extrapolate itself from the reach of EU data protection regulation. There is more than one reason for this. First off: what used to be called the Great Repeal Bill. Once, and indeed if the UK leaves the EU, the UK will still be subject to laws […]