Data Privacy

Mitigating Risk to Enhance Data Security In this article, Jason Allaway, RES Area VP for the U.K. and Ireland, reveals what the true cost of a ransomware attack like WannaCry will be in the GDPR era. As many organizations struggle...

Risk Profiles for Key Employee Groups It’s becoming an all-too-familiar scenario: a hacker steals an organization’s customer and employee data, creating substantial remediation costs, slowing down the business and generating negative publicity. That said, there is a far more common...

Enterprises’ move to the cloud brings the potential for improved security and reliability, but it also can cause unease for some IT professionals who are accustomed to operating servers. Effective workload security can provide the foundation for successful cloud transformation.

How Organizations Can Work to Close the Gap Cybersecurity is now a top business concern, as major business disruptions, compromised customer data, bank heists and even state-sponsored hacks have prompted boards and CEOs to action. A recent report has revealed...

Companies can no longer assume that consumer-initiated data breach lawsuits will be dismissed where no customer information has yet been misused. This is the takeaway from an ongoing lawsuit against Kimpton Hotel. Businesses must prepare for legal attacks from all...

5 Key Investments to Make Now The May 2018 deadline for GDPR compliance is really just around the corner. The EU's behemoth of a data privacy regulation will affect all organizations doing business in the EU or collecting data on...

Network security breaches are never far from the headlines, making cybersecurity a priority for many organizations. In order to protect information from theft, damage and disruptions, organizations must keep their network security up to date, using the best practices and...

The Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) influences the data privacy obligations imposed on companies to protect the unauthorized dissemination data and promote privacy. The GDPR is a step toward one single digital market and has significant momentum notwithstanding geopolitical developments.

Regulators don’t expect perfection in your compliance systems, but they will require a clear set of policies governing all communications channels, documented evidence of employee training, and safeguards for remediation of any violations. In this piece, Smarsh Chief Evangelist Mike...

You don’t have to look far for examples of cognitive hacking. Unfortunately, the evidence is virtually everywhere. Many believe cognitive hacking led to Donald Trump winning the presidential election. James Bone cautions that security professionals should become intimately familiar with...

The risk associated with violating privacy laws and regulations is higher than ever, so it is imperative for companies to implement and maintain an effective information governance program. Any data affected by privacy laws and regulations should only be kept...

Data breaches can be PR nightmares for sure. But are they really open-and-shut cases for plaintiffs? In one high-profile case, the defense team focused on some smart questions, including whether plaintiffs were trying to hold the company to realistic standards...