General Data Protection Regulation

Cloud Security

Issued by: CSO

GDPR and the Cloud

New protections for consumers, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)— which is celebrating its first anniversary, and the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), provide consumers with added protections to ensure their privacy and prevent issues related to data theft or misuse. They do this by defining what is meant by personally…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

GDPR Drives Changes, but Privacy by Design Proves Elusive

In the year since it went into effect, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has heightened awareness of data privacy issues and driven some important changes in how US companies handle consumer data. However, most organizations appear to be a long way off from implementing GDPR’s core requirement for a privacy-by-design model for…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

Is blockchain compatible with privacy?

Coming up on the tenth anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper, do we really need yet another take on Bitcoin? Well, I think so. Today, I am going to focus on an aspect of this technology that needs more discussion — privacy. The bedrock of blockchain — that every transaction is added into the history and…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

The GDPR Ripple Effect

The race to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the May 25 deadline is over, but data security and privacy is a marathon, not a sprint. If the ever-evolving regulatory compliance landscape is any indication, GDPR is just the first of many mandates to come. Although it certainly has been…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

Get serious about consumer data protection

The idea that organizations should be doing more to protect the personal data they hold about individuals has been gaining ground in recent years. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sparked a scramble to operationalize data management and security. If you thought that it was a one-off, then the incoming California Consumer Privacy…

Network Security

Issued by: CSO

GDPR: Where are we now?

By now, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is in full effect. Users see its impact each time a website asks for permission to collect cookies and in each notification email about updated privacy policies. Companies are being inundated with inquiries about personal information as users are getting smarter about protecting their data in…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

One in 10 C-level execs say GDPR will cost them over $1 million

Companies are taking the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) much more seriously than HIPAA and PCI: 99 percent are actively involved in the process to become GDPR-compliant, despite the cost and internal reorganization involved, a new survey that polled 300 C-level security executives has shown. About half (49 percent) are 75 percent of the…