Sophie Meunier Archive
There’s a reason that phishing attacks are so successful. Millions of malicious messages are sent every day, vast numbers pass through spam filters and at first glance many of them appear genuine. Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report found that …
At IT Governance Europe, we believe that an ISO 27001 qualification is something that every cyber security professional should have. As such, we’ve made our ISO 27001 courses available in classrooms, online and in-house. These courses have been designed to …
One of the biggest talking points of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is its data breach notification requirements. The rules, which include a strict 72-hour deadline for reporting incidents, have caused many organisations to question how they could possibly …
Understanding and implementing the GDPR’s requirements can be tough, but you can make your life easier with these tools. It’s more important than ever to ensure you have strong data protection practices. Not only is the threat of cyber crime …
Documenting your GDPR compliance can be tough, but a little guidance and access to documentation templates can make things much easier. You probably found the documentation process one of the most stressful parts of EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) …
Risk assessments play an essential role in information security, as they are the primary way organisations identify vulnerabilities and the ways data breaches can occur. The results of the risk assessment dictate defence strategies and are used by senior staff …
More than 6 million data records are compromised every day, and it would be foolish to think your organisation isn’t at risk of contributing to that figure. Cyber criminals look for vulnerabilities wherever they can find them, and you can …
If 2018 has taught us anything, it’s that data breaches are a matter of when, not if. Industry experts have said this repeatedly – not because they want to sound ominous, but to remind organisations that they need to be …
If you look someone up on Facebook or LinkedIn, you’ll be able to gather huge amounts of information about them without them ever knowing. Until recently, nobody seemed to think about the risks involved; it was just the way things …
If you’ve recently found out that you need to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and all you’ve been hearing about it since are the monumental fines that non-compliance will bring, you might be panicking. But it’s …
