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The threat of ransomware has become abundantly clear this month. With 32 reported incidents in September, it accounted for almost one in three incidents that we’ve recorded. This includes an attack on a French transportation company, which we take a …
Project managers are among organisations’ biggest assets, because they provide flexibility and leadership – and they are increasingly being used to align specialist skills within software environments and general business abilities. Indeed, Colin Bentley’s Adaptable Project Management – A combination …
August was the third leakiest month of the year so far, with a massive 99 recorded data breaches and cyber attacks. But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is the fewest we’ve recorded since …
Last month, the ECJ (European Court of Justice) ruled that the EU–US Privacy Shield is no longer valid, because it failed to protect people’s rights to privacy and data protection. The framework, which was adopted in 2015 to replace Safe …
There’s a lot to consider when starting your own business, and with almost all your resources focused on recouping your investment, it’s understandable that you might not consider information security a top priority. Indeed, you might reason that spending money …
Last month, the European Commission launched a sector inquiry into consumer products and services that use IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The study is intended to identify potential data privacy issues and the possibility of organisations misusing information to gain …
After a series of massive data breaches in May and June, which accounted for 15 billion breached records, we saw a reversion to the mean in July. By our count, 77,775,496 records were leaked in 86 incidents. As always, we …
If you are familiar with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you will have heard the phrase “appropriate technical and organisational measures” more than once. It’s mentioned numerous times in the GDPR but, it has to be said, the Regulation …
On 6 July 2020, the HSE (Health Service Executive), in conjunction with the Department of Health, launched Ireland’s COVID Tracker. The HSE say that COVID Tracker can: alert you if you have been in close contact with someone who has …
After almost four months of lockdown, organisations are preparing to welcome employees back to the office. You will have taken the necessary steps to protect people’s health, with the likes of social distancing rules and hand sanitiser stations, but have …
