In Terms Of Main Threat Actors, Expectation Rarely Matches Reality

Reading Time: 2 minutes Netwrix conducted a study of the major IT risks that are significant for most organizations and assessed respondents’ readiness to withstand cyber threats. The report is based on the feedback of 1,558 organizations of various sizes from many different… Read More

Data Breach Reports See 75% Increase In Last Two Years

Reading Time: 3 minutes Data breaches are up 75% in two years, finds a report from the Information Commissioner (ICO). The study, carried out by Kroll, took into account an array of personal data, including health, financial and employment details. Access to this… Read More

Don’t Undermine Data Security Investments by Dismissing Data Governance

Reading Time: 3 minutes The current state of data privacy is grim and consumers don’t believe that anyone is doing enough to protect their data. The constant deluge of data privacy mishaps from giants like Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and the major Equifax… Read More

New Privacy Laws Require Security Professionals To Up Their Game

Reading Time: 3 minutes Two recent privacy laws — GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (AB-375) – focus more attention on protecting the digital privacy of individuals. Both laws will require security professionals to up their game. In this post I will… Read More

The 5 W’s of Data Identification and Inventory

Reading Time: 2 minutes Eric Vanderburg, Vice President of Cybersecurity at TCDI, highlights the key questions to consider when identifying your organisation’s data, its importance and the level of protection required… I always figured that you would need to know what you have in… Read More