No doubt you’ve heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act introduced by the European Union by now. Some companies – such as Facebook and Google – have already been accused of breathing the legislation; which protects EU citizens from having their personal data misused. It also gives...
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As organizations struggle to fill cybersecurity vacancies, they aren’t finding many candidates among millennial jobseekers. A new study shows millennials are only marginally interested in cybersecurity careers, with 9 percent showing...
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now implemented in the European Union, companies now find themselves in the midst of an unprecedented and challenging data landscape. The affect...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – New European privacy regulations went into effect on Friday that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data. The ramifications were...
In 2015, 2.5 million data security breaches occurred in the UK, 74 percent of which affected small businesses. This 14 percent increase over the number of incidents in...
New reforms under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) started as an attempt to standardize data protection regulations in 2012. The European Union intends to make Europe “fit for...
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5 Lessons Companies Can Learn From Facebook’s Data Privacy Scandal
When news broke that Cambridge Analytica illegally harvested the data of millions of Facebook users who interacted with the former company’s third-party app, the backlash was fierce. The aftermath...
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Facebook’s betrayal of data privacy is a discussion that was long overdue
In what has been termed the biggest data theft to have ever occurred, nearly 70 million people from the United States alone have had user data leaked from...
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Less Than Half of Enterprises Use Encryption Technology Consistently: Is Your Company One of Them?
Big data security practices take many forms. It’s up to you to choose encryption strategies that protect not only your corporation but your consumers as well. Unfortunately, even...
You want to create an attention-grabbing app. Armed with strong core concepts and a functional sense of purpose, you set out to capture user attention, win market share...