77 Facts About Cyber Crime
A nice infographic by bestvpns.co.uk which simply depicts 77 facts about cyber crime we should all be aware of this year.
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GDPR Preparation: Recent Articles of Note
Company preparations for GDPR compliance are (or should be!) in full swing with the 25th May enforcement date fast looming on the horizon. With that in mind, I found the following set of recent GDPR articles a decent and interesting read. The list was compiled by Brian Pennington of Coalfire , he has kindly allowed me to repost. Eight Ways Board Directors Should Be Preparing for the GDPR Right Now GDPR: Whose problem is it anyway? ISACA has pulled together a list of some of the main tips that can help any enterprise to tackle GDPR Right to be Forgotten: Right Here, Right Now? Get Ready For The EU’s Kafkaesque Data #Privacy Rules It’s time to grow your brokerage through GDPR Data protection compliance costs less than noncompliance Breach-Proofing Your Data in a GDPR World A GDPR Survival Guide For Marketers GDPR And Grassley Clash GDPR Highlights US Cyber Risks Europe's new data rules go much deeper than PCI — and many U.S. companies must com...
Cyber Security Roundup for January 2018
2018 started with a big security alert bang after Google Security Researchers disclosed serious security vulnerabilities in just about every computer processor in use on the planet. Named 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre ’, when exploited by a hacker or malware, these vulnerabilities disclose confidential data. As a result, a whole raft of critical security updates was hastily released for computer and smartphone operating systems, web browsers, and processor drivers. While processor manufacturers have been rather lethargic in reacting and producing patches for the problem, software vendors such as Microsoft, Google and Apple have reacted quickly, releasing security updates to protect their customers from the vulnerable processors, kudos to them. The UK Information Commission's Office (ICO) heavily criticised the Carphone Warehouse for security inadequacies and fined the company £400K following their 2015 data breach , when the personal data, includin...