Data protection regulations and compliance
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Utility supplier People’s Energy has entire customer list stolen
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Top cloud compliance standards and how to use them
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News : Data protection regulations and compliance
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December 18, 2020
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Dec'20
Utility supplier People’s Energy has entire customer list stolen
All 270,000 customers of People’s Energy, a renewable energy startup, have had their details compromised in a major data breach incident
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December 07, 2020
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Dec'20
HMRC referred 11 data security incidents to ICO in 2019-20
HM Revenue & Customs shares details of a number of data security incidents that occurred during the 2019-20 financial year in its annual report
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November 17, 2020
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Nov'20
Kaspersky shuts down data-processing activities in Russia
Cyber security provider’s data storage and processing activities for customers in Europe, the US and Canada, have now been fully relocated to Switzerland
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November 10, 2020
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Nov'20
Leaky AWS S3 bucket once again at centre of data breach
Prestige Software exposed millions of records after failing to pay attention to the security of its cloud instances
In Depth : Data protection regulations and compliance
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Need to know: Five key things about backup testing
We look at five key things to consider when it comes to backup testing – what to test, how often, making sure backups work, whether recovery is effective and ensuring processes are consistent Continue Reading
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Backup audit: What is a backup audit and why do we need them?
Backup and recovery are vital components to protect against data loss, whether technical or causes such as ransomware. So how can a backup audit help protect our key assets? Continue Reading
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Erasure coding vs RAID: Data protection in the cloud era
Erasure coding has come to prominence with its use in object storage and, by extension, in the cloud. We run the rule over its pros and cons vs RAID data protection Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Data protection regulations and compliance
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Consent and GDPR: at least get the basics right!
Why do companies find it so hard to get their heads around even the basics of GDPR compliance? I’m not even thinking here of techie stuff like not getting hacked, and not losing a laptop full of ... Continue Reading
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European Parliament heads for showdown with US over Privacy Shield
By Kevin Cahill The Justice Committee of the European Parliament has set the scene for a major showdown with the US over data transfers between the EU and the US by setting a Sept 1st deadline for ... Continue Reading
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GDPR compliance is about risk management and governance, not technology
From 25 May this year, organisations across the ASEAN region will have to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will apply to any company that collects the personal data ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data protection regulations and compliance
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Brexit and risks to data privacy and governance
EY privacy specialists assess the risks to data privacy, protection and governance on the table for businesses, with less than two months until Brexit Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Adapting defences to evolving ransomware and cyber crime
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cyber crime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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Lapsing ISO certifications: Myth versus risk
Allowing ISO certifications to lapse presents businesses with serious risks when workarounds are possible Continue Reading
Videos : Data protection regulations and compliance
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CW500: Gavin Cole, Oracle UK
Making sense of storage in a big data world
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CW500: Sean Sadler, Kings College London
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage.
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CW500: Robert White, Morgan Stanley
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage.