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DPO deficit must be urgently overcome ahead of implementation of the GDPR

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance

IAPP study estimates 28,000 DPOs will be needed in Europe by May 2018.

Cyber security awareness rises, yet bad habits persist

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance

While 82 percent of respondents believe the IT security industry is making progress against cyber attacks, gains are undercut by failure to enforce best practices in critical areas.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Security + Compliance

Businesses must not forget the importance of culture as the General Data Protection Regulation comes into force.

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Data breaches up 15% and compromised data records up 31%

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Device Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Identity and personal data theft account for 64% of all data breaches.

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Cyber security rises to the top of the boardroom agenda

Cyber security is now considered to be an executive responsibility, with 54% of CEOs in European...

Survey finds security is the top IT priority

Top business priority is improving efficiency.

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Over two-thirds of businesses at risk over new EU data protection laws

43% of businesses put customer privacy at risk by failing to anonymise test data.

One in five businesses don’t test for security vulnerabilities

Osterman Research and Trustwave have released a new report that shows many businesses fail to...

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Switzerland named safest nation for data privacy

International risk map ranks 170 countries on data privacy.

Datapipe extends SOC 2 compliance to its global AWS environments

Completion of SOC 2 audit for both traditional infrastructure and AWS environments adds to the...

Compliance for the mid-market

Industry leader delivers easy-to-use, affordable compliance solution for mid-market.

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Cloud data security still a challenge for many companies

Half of all cloud services and corporate data stored in cloud not controlled by IT departments.

BridgeHead Software strengthens engineering team

BridgeHead Software has appointed Crispin Jewitt as software engineering manager to lead the...

Almost one-third of cyber security professionals admit to compromising ethics to pass audits

Over-stretched IT security pros spend more time fire-fighting than doing meaningful security work.

UK businesses must continue plans for compliance with the GDPR, despite Brexit

Organisations will have to adhere to the GDPR, or equivalent terms, in order to remain competitive...

Metadata emerges as the cornerstone of cyber defence

Mark Jow, Gigamon Technical Evangelist, discusses the company’s recent report, “CISO Insights: Recalibrating Risk in the Age of AI”, which reveals how global CISOs are reshaping 2026 cybersecurity...

Aston University helps tackle the soaring data centre energy use

Dr Aleksandr Donodin, based in the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), has received just one of 12 fellowship grants from The Royal Academy of Engineering to support his work examining fibre-optic...

Collaboration, connection times and capacity the key to delivering future data centre resilience

Pete Aston, Specialist Connections Engineer at Roadnight Taylor, discusses the findings of a new report Powering Great Britain’s Data Centre Ambitions, explaining how data centre developers are facing...

Fibre overlooked in UK infrastructure planning

Lee Myall, CEO of Neos Networks, outlines how, over the past decade, there’s been a huge amount of investment in last-mile fibre builds, but core fibre networks across the country have received much less...