Luke Irwin Archive
Much like the rest of 2020, the final month of the year had a familiarly bleak tone, as we recorded our highest ever number of cyber attacks and data breaches. We found 134 security incidents in total in December, which …
The UK’s Brexit transition period finally complete, but European organisations still face a period of uncertainty regarding data protection rules. That’s where EU GDPR – An international guide to compliance can help. This guide, written by IT Governance’s founder and …
It would be easy to say that 2020 was a year to forget, but I don’t think any of us will be able to do that for some time. Besides, as much as we’d like to ignore the past, it …
How can we even begin to summarise 2020? It’s been a year in which so much and yet so little has happened. Many of us have spent the year at home trying to keep our sanity and avoid the world …
Ethical hacking has become big business in the cyber security industry, with organisations embracing a seemingly radical approach to data protection. So, what is ethical hacking and how can it protect you against threats?
Cloud services are an integral part of modern business, something that COVID-19 has proven more than ever. Separated from the office and local hard drives, employees rely on remote servers to view files and databases in real-time – thus ensuring …
Are you confused about the terms ‘information security’ and ‘cyber security’, and why some people use them interchangeably? You’re not alone, as many discussions on data protection and cyber crime overlook the nuances that define the industry. We aim to …
For the past few months, organisations have been trying to grasp the full extent of this summer’s Schrems II ruling – which invalidated the EU—US Privacy Shield – and what it means for data transfers outside the EU. To help …
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) makes a distinction between ‘personal data’ and ‘sensitive personal data’. In this blog, we look at the difference between those terms, and we begin by recapping the Regulation’s definition of personal data: ‘ersonal data’ means …
November saw 103 cyber security incidents and more than 580 million leaked records. That’s less than the monthly average, but we are still on pace to surpass 20 million breached records this year – a figure that seems almost unfathomable. …
