July 2019 was one of the worst months ever from a cyber security perspective. With incidents like the massive breach at the Chinese tech supplier Orvibo and another leaked database filled with Evite customers’ personal details, the second half of the year began with a mammoth 2,226,042,039 breached records. You can see a full breakdown of those breaches on our sister site, IT Governance UK. In … [Read more...]
July 31, 2019
July 30, 2019
How to become a data protection officer
As you might have expected, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has created a spike in demand for data protection and privacy experts. Organisations are desperate to hire people who can guide them towards regulatory compliance and avoid large fines. For many organisations, this isn’t just a wish; they are legally required to find such a person and appoint them as a DPO (data protection … [Read more...]
July 11, 2019
How the GDPR affects CCTV and workplace monitoring
Did you know that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) doesn’t just apply to basic information like names and addresses, but also to information about people’s habits and movements? This means that things like having CCTV and monitoring employees’ browsing activities are covered by the Regulation. However, that doesn’t mean you can no longer put up cameras or track your employees; it … [Read more...]
July 5, 2019
GDPR in Ireland – the facts and figures
In this excerpt from GDPR – One Year On, Alice Turley discusses the impact of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in Ireland. Data breach notifications in Ireland Figures from the DPC’s (Data Protection Commission) first annual report show that a total of 4,740 valid data breach notifications were received in 2018. This is a 70% increase on the 2017 figure of 2,795. There … [Read more...]
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May 31, 2019
List of data breaches and cyber attacks by region: May 2019
You might have noted that data breaches happen a lot. We post about incidents as often as we can, but it’s practically impossible to keep up. That’s why we’ve decided to start compiling a monthly list of incidents from stories reported around the globe. In our inaugural list, we look back at May 2019, in which there were at least 79 reported data breaches. If we’ve missed anything, let us know … [Read more...]
May 24, 2019
What we’ve learned about the GDPR in its first year
This time last year, organisations were scrambling to meet the compliance deadline for the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), people’s inboxes were flooded with last-minute pleas for consent and social media was rammed with GDPR memes. Twelve months later and the commotion surrounding the Regulation has calmed, but its impact remains. In this blog, we look at the effects the GDPR has had … [Read more...]
