It has been years since the first phishing scams were used to snag the unsuspecting victim, yet still, these scams remain common and very effective even though people are more aware of them. Unlike phishing scams that send out emails in the millions (in the hope that someone bites), spear-phishing scams (as the name […]
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Carphone Warehouse with a £400000 fine- one of the largest fines to date. In 2015 Carphone Warehouse had their computer systems hacked: enabling unauthorised access to the personal data of over three million customers and 1000 employees. Using valid login credentials, intruders were able to access their system […]
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The GDPR focusses on upholding the privacy rights of EU citizens-it aims to protect their data. Organisations must follow technical and organisational processes to ensure that the personal information that they process, collect and store (of their employees, customers, clients and users) is properly protected. There is often confusion surrounding the definition of personal information […]
Uber has done it again! In 2014 Uber failed to declare a data breach for which they were fined. That lesser breach pales in comparison with the recent one that ‘once again’ they had failed to disclose at the time. Uber concealed the October 2016 breach that has affected 57 million customers and drivers and […]
It’s in the news and in our boardrooms. Everyone needs to be compliant and as of yesterday. The impending GDPR D-Day is not far off, 25th May 2018, and this is causing panic for many. There is confusion as to where to start, and panic with regards to the numerous tasks that must be tackled […]
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Every day both you and I expand our digital footprint in a multitude of ways. Big Data business continues to grow and our data is collected and analysed in mass. Moreover, enterprises have the increasing need to work across sites and geographical locations, migrating data between clouds. Our data is potentially scattered throughout the internet- […]
Thousands of Welsh NHS employees have had their personal data stolen. The data is processed by a private contractor, Landauer, who’s system has been hacked. The breach is said to have transpired in October last year however, those staff affected have only been informed this month- March 2017. Darren Millar, politician for the Clywd West […]
Customer Success: Bradford MDC The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (MDC) has selected Galaxkey to enhance their data protection and replace their incumbent encryption solution. Bradford MDC is a public sector organisation responsible for numerous services that benefit residents of the Bradford District within the United Kingdom. Bradford realised that their existing solution needed […]
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President Barack Obama will soon be succeeded by President Elect Mr Donald Trump. One of the many glaring contrasts existing between the two American leaders is their differences in opinion regarding technology and how and when it should be used. Mr Obama has supported the use of technology, within his government, during his presidency. He […]
We have such a misguided perspective of email and email function. We send emails, expecting them to be instantaneous-to arrive with immediate effect. Many of us have experienced email behaving in this way and because of this we know no different. This is not how email was designed to function. Looking back, over a decade, […]
Here are some insights … Only 6% of cloud services currently comply with incoming data protection laws, a survey has found. The overwhelming majority of 20,000 cloud services evaluated by cloud security firm Skyhigh Networks do not meet the stricter requirements to protect data set out under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).[1] […]
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28% of organisations using public cloud are not encrypting data stored there, according to a survey released by the US IT company HyTrust.[1] The cloud adoption survey interviewed more than 400 executives across different industries attending the VMworld conference, a global cloud computing conference. The most staggering finding was that while 46% listed their greatest […]
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