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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.

NEWS

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...

DCS talks to Steve Hone, DCA about their DCT 2024 event!

News and views from the recent DCA-organised Data Centre Transformation 2024 event.

Integrated AI cloud platform promises sustainable compute

Alex Sharp, Chief Projects Officer, Data Centres at Nscale, outlines the scale of the AI data centre challenge – with average rack consuming 130 kilowatts of power, and as chips become more sophisticated, so...