This week, we discuss how the US government shutdown is affecting federal websites’ security, the sentencing of a man who knocked Liberia’s Internet offline with a botnet, and what a no-deal Brexit means for data protection Hello and welcome to …
Earlier this week, Theresa May’s EU Withdrawal Bill was defeated in parliament by a record 230 votes, sparking speculation and fear for the future of the UK’s relationship with the EU. But no matter what the outcome is, businesses can’t …
Since a no-deal Brexit is starting to look more and more likely, the UK government recently released additional guidance to supplement the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) previous description of the future data protection regime. The government has stated that it will …
Information security policies are essential for tackling organisations’ biggest weakness: their employees. Everything an organisation does to stay secure, from implementing state-of-the-art technological defences to sophisticated physical barriers, relies on people using them properly. It only takes one employee opening …
For many, 2018 will go down as the year of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The Regulation overturned organisational procedures, infiltrated our email inboxes with dozens of last-minute policy updates and, for those in the industry, became dinnertime conversation …
Germany’s BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) has come under fire for its alleged mishandling of a security incident in which the personal details of almost a thousand public figures, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, were stolen and published online. The …
It’s widely accepted that people are the weakest part of any organisation’s security defences. You can spend months designing flawless processes and you can invest in state-of-the-art technology to detect threats, but these both only work if the people using …
The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) hasn’t been around for long but we’re already seeing a huge increase in reported data breaches to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office). In the past two years, the number of reported data breaches …
The UK government’s latest amendment to the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) took effect on 17 December 2018, strengthening the regulator’s disciplinary powers. Under the new rules, directors as well as organisations can be held accountable for fines of up to …
This week, we discuss a high-profile German data breach, the top worst passwords of 2018, the resignation of NHS Digital’s CISO, and Microsoft’s latest patches. Hello and welcome to the first IT Governance podcast of 2019 – for Friday, 11 …
