GDPR stories - Page 3

Half a year on from the introduction of Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme (February 2018), many Australian SMBs are still not adequately prepared. >>

With contrasting advice coming from all angles, the line between GDPR fact and fiction has become blurred. >>

Much of the information accessed in the Facebook breach is perfect for cyber criminals planning their next phishing attack.>>

The law was enforced in May but is still confusing to some colocation providers as to which requirements they must comply with.>>

What does the role entail, and does your organisation need one? >>

With the implementation of GDPR organisations are under tremendous pressure to establish and maintain compliance.>>

Google’s management was aware of the bug but chose not to share it with the public to avoid scrutiny by regulators. >>

"With GDPR now in full effect, it is vital that businesses of all sizes protect the sensitive information they hold.">>

Without visibility into the behaviours occurring within a network, it’s almost impossible to detect if what’s happening is out of the ordinary.>>

Earlier this year, Gemalto appointed Tech Data as a distributor for its portfolio of SafeNet identity and data protection solutions in New Zealand.>>

"The cyber world is falling apart and the united internet we're used to is ceasing to exist.">>

Barracuda Networks, Sophos, RedLock, and Darktrace offer their views on the data leak that affected close to 50 million accounts. >>

Almost 50 million accounts have been compromised through a daisy-chained vulnerability in the View As feature, which allowed an unknown party to snatch authentication tokens of 50 million users. >>

Law enforcement officials are challenged by compliance policies and procedures such as evidence disclosure rules. >>

in recent years, the cyber regulatory market has evolved into a well-defined, addressable market with metrics showing its impact in relation to other associated sectors>>

70% of companies couldn’t fulfil data access and portability requests within the GDPR-specified one-month time limit.>>

The expansion includes a new office, local data centres and updated product offerings to meet new and amended Australia and New Zealand privacy laws.>>

About 81% of mass breaches are caused by stolen or weak passwords, and just over half of data breaches involve some form of credential harvesting.>>

Phishing for and using the stolen credentials to access systems or services stands out as a particularly popular attack method.>>

The penalties for non-compliance can be upward of four percent of a company’s global turnover.>>

Many organisations are fearful of becoming the first to experience a data breach and be burdened with the heavy costs for non-compliance.>>

At its very heart, GDPR is all about protecting customer and employee data.>>

If New Zealand and the UK collaborated on fintech projects, what kinds of challenges would we face and how could regulations shape our activities?>>

"Whether it’s selling it on the dark web, manipulating it for financial gain or to damage reputations, unsecured data is a goldmine for hackers.">>