Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) has said it will release the findings of its investigation into Facebook and several other high-profile tech companies in June or July. Commissioner Helen Dixon told Bloomberg: “We’re at various concrete stages in all of them, but they’re all substantially advanced.” The DPC began its investigation in October 2018, following consumer complaints … [Read more...]
February 8, 2019
February 1, 2019
GDPR-compliant organisations reaping the benefits, study finds
Organisations that meet the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) experience a wide variety of benefits, according to a new Cisco report. The 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study demonstrates that GDPR compliance makes organisations less susceptible to data breaches, as you’d expect, but it also streamlines business processes and helps win … [Read more...]
January 23, 2019
Understanding RPO and RTO
Originally published March, 2008, updated January 2019 Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) are two of the most important parameters of a disaster recovery or data protection plan. These are objectives which can guide enterprises to choose an optimal data backup plan.The RPO/RTO, along with a business impact analysis, provides the basis for identifying and analyzing … [Read more...]
January 22, 2019
Google fined €50 million in landmark GDPR ruling
Google has been fined €50 million by the CNIL, France’s data protection regulator, for a breach of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It’s by far the biggest fine related to the GDPR, which took effect in May 2018 and gave regulatory bodies much stronger disciplinary powers. What did Google do wrong? The CNIL concluded that Google had violated the GDPR in two … [Read more...]
January 21, 2019
6 tools to help you manage your organisation’s security measures and GDPR compliance
The ability to prevent data breaches has become a lot more important since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect. You should have already been concerned about your customers’ freedom and privacy, your susceptibility to regulatory action and your ability to protect your reputation in the event of a security incident, but these have now taken on heightened significance. The … [Read more...]
January 18, 2019
What is ISO 27001 certification?
ISO 27001 certification demonstrates that an organisation has met the requirements of the international standard for information security. This is hugely beneficial compared to simply following the Standard’s requirements, because it provides proof of the effectiveness of your security systems and satisfies the demands of clients and regulators. The ISO 27001 certification process Before … [Read more...]
January 16, 2019
How cyber resilience can help you comply with the GDPR
Cyber resilience is an emerging approach to tackling the threat of data breaches and disruptions, combining elements of cyber security and business continuity management. It acknowledges that traditional approaches to cyber security are increasingly inadequate, with organisations unable to cope with the number of threats facing them. With cyber resilience, organisations don’t put all their … [Read more...]
January 15, 2019
How to document your information security policy
Information security policies play a vital role in organisational security. Getting your policy right will give you an excellent framework to build on, making sure that all your efforts follow a single goal. But if you get it wrong, you risk neglecting key issues and exposing yourself to data breaches. To make sure you get off on the right track, we’ve taken some advice from Alan Calder and … [Read more...]
January 15, 2019
Condusiv Introduces Undelete 11, World’s Leading Windows Enterprise Data Protection and Instant Recovery
Undelete® 11 protects Windows® servers, desktops and laptops from data protection gaps that risk data loss, productivity downtime and money. New Undelete 11, dramatically enhances the capabilities of our industry-leading Undelete series of data protection and recovery software. New functionality in Undelete 11 makes file recovery easier, faster, provides version protection for … [Read more...]
January 14, 2019
Still struggling with the GDPR? Here’s how you can get started
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for more than seven months now, but many organisations still aren’t fully compliant with its requirements, and some are still only just getting started. That’s obviously not ideal, but the good news is that organisations that are still working towards compliance don’t need to feel as though they’ve left … [Read more...]
