If you work in IT, you’ll probably have come across ITIL®, the globally recognised framework that helps organisations manage their ITSM (IT service management) requirements. The framework is updated regularly to make sure it’s suitable for the ever-evolving IT industry, and in 2019, the …
The week before Christmas, Frankfurt saw the unwelcome return of Emotet, a banking trojan that recently came out of hiding to terrorise organisations across the globe. The malware spread through the city’s systems, forcing officials to shut down its IT network, causing huge delays to government services.
Travelex, a foreign exchange company with headquarters in London, has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it to shut down all computer systems across its 1,500 branches.
Dixons Carphone, based in the UK, has been fined £500,000 (about €589,000)following a cyber attack that compromised the data of approximately 14 million people. An investigation conducted by the UK’sICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) found malware installed on 5,390 tills between July 2017 and April 2018. …
In some respects, 2019 ended on a positive note, with a comparatively low 627,486,720 breached records. That’s about a third of the monthly average, and ensures that the year accounted for only 12.7 billion breached records.
Chapter 13 of EU GDPR - An Implementation and Compliance Guide, breaks down compliance and managing personal data internationally. Read the extract here.
At this time of year, news feeds are chock full of Predictions For The Next Year – and for good reason. Everybody wants to be prepared for what lies ahead. But if you’re looking for guidance on what 2020 has in store, we suggest you follow …
It might sound crazy to the uninitiated, but organisations across the globe pay people to break into their systems and find sensitive information. The reason they do this is simple: to catch a thief, you must think like one. Organisations hire ethical hackers, otherwise …
Personal data is at the heart of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), but many people are still unsure exactly what ‘personal data’ refers to. There’s no definitive list of what is or isn’t personal data, so it all comes down …
We recently discussed what counts as personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); however, we didn’t cover sensitive personal data.
