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Top GDPR compliance tips for B2B marketing

Luke Irwin 4th March 2021 GDPR No Comments
Business to business marketers have had countless questions about the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) since it took effect – and for good reason. Sensitive data is at the centre of everything they do. They need names, contact information and any …
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Cyber attacks and data breaches in review: February 2021

Luke Irwin 2nd March 2021 Breaches and Hacks No Comments
Cyber attacks and data breaches in review: February 2020
Following the announcement that Accellion was infected with ransomware, February was bound to be a bad month for the cyber security industry. In total, we found 118 publicly disclosed cyber attacks and data breaches, which accounted for 2,323,326,953 breached records. …
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Mastermind behind $11 million email scam jailed

Luke Irwin 25th February 2021 News No Comments
A Nigerian businessman was sentenced to ten years in prison this month for his role in a multi-million-dollar BEC (business email compromise) scheme. Over four years, Obinwanne Okeke and his conspirators performed a series of online scams, including an attack …
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CNIL issues $225k GDPR fine in wake-up call for third-party data processors

Luke Irwin 23rd February 2021 GDPR No Comments
Last month, France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, imposed a €150,000 fine on a data controller and a €75,000 fine on its data processor for their failure to implement adequate security measures. The ruling followed a credential stuffing attack against …
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A quick guide to the GDPR’s articles and recitals

Luke Irwin 18th February 2021 Uncategorised No Comments
There is so much information available on the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) that it can be daunting knowing where to begin. With this blog, we hope to simplify things, providing quick explanations of the GDPR’s core concepts. For those who want …
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The importance of data backup in higher education

Nicole Garrison 16th February 2021 Cyber Security No Comments
Do you know how many students are there in the EU? About 17.5 million. Just imagine how much data that is. Files, presentations, documents – the list goes on. If the data isn’t backed up, there’s a risk it could …
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7 tips to help you implement a GDPR staff awareness training programme

Luke Irwin 11th February 2021 Data Protection, GDPR 2 Comments
7 tips to help you implement a GDPR staff awareness training programme
Staff awareness training is an essential component of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), but do you know how it works in practice? Here are seven things you can do to make your awareness programme a success.
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How to implement an ISMS aligned with ISO 27001

Luke Irwin 9th February 2021 ISO 27001 No Comments
The rise of cyber attacks and data privacy concerns has information security a top priority for organisations. Many have chosen to mitigate the risk by implementing an ISMS (information security management system). Creating an ISO 27001-compliant ISMS is a big task, but the benefits it provides makes it an essential …
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5 things you should do to improve your organisation’s staff awareness

Luke Irwin 4th February 2021 Cyber Security No Comments
Organisations and employees often think of staff awareness training as a hassle. Work grinds to a halt as you’re hauled off to a meeting room and lectured about stuff that probably doesn’t even affect you. Except that it does.
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Cyber attacks and data breaches in review: January 2021

Luke Irwin 3rd February 2021 Breaches and Hacks No Comments
Cyber attacks and data breaches in review: February 2020
In January, we recorded 82 publicly disclosed security incidents, which accounted for 878 million breached records. You can find the full list of breaches on our sister site, but in this blog, we look at a couple of the more notable …
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