2017 was a big year for data breaches – What will 2018 be like as GDPR finally kicks in?

Last year many companies had to deal with data breaches and cyber threats. Hardly a week passed without an organisation like Uber, Xbox and Yahoo suffering a major data breach and many more businesses became victims as well. Sometimes it takes publicit… Continue reading 2017 was a big year for data breaches – What will 2018 be like as GDPR finally kicks in?

Back to Basics: Let’s Forget About the GDPR… For A Moment

At this point it’s fairly safe to assume that most everyone in the business of “data” has heard of the European Union (EU)-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was signed into law in late April 2016; with the compliance… Continue reading Back to Basics: Let’s Forget About the GDPR… For A Moment

Monitoring Data & Data Access to Support Ongoing GDPR Compliance – Part III: Tools

The new European Union (EU)-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was signed into law in late April 2016, and the compliance deadline came into effect on May 25, 2018. The Regulation is expansive and covers a variety of subject areas, provisio… Continue reading Monitoring Data & Data Access to Support Ongoing GDPR Compliance – Part III: Tools

Leveraging Imperva Solutions for GDPR Compliance Part II: Pseudonymization

Down to the wire- the GDPR compliance deadline is here. It’s May 25 and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is live. As you know by now, the risk and potential costs associated with a failure to comply with the EU’s Gen… Continue reading Leveraging Imperva Solutions for GDPR Compliance Part II: Pseudonymization

See If You’re GDPR-Ready With Our Last-Minute Checklist

Time’s just about run out to get all your ducks in a row for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect on May 25, and we’ve put together a little refresher toolkit to help you dot your Is and cross your Ts. … Continue reading See If You’re GDPR-Ready With Our Last-Minute Checklist

GDPR: What Compliance Says vs. What DevOps Hears

The deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is fast approaching, with May 25 marking the official day of reckoning. The updates to the data protection directive of 1995 (Directive 95/46/EC) are designed to harmonize data privacy laws… Continue reading GDPR: What Compliance Says vs. What DevOps Hears

Facebook, GDPR and the Right to Privacy: Three’s a Crowd?

Back in 2016 the European Union voted to pass the mother of all security laws, aimed at further extending the rights of its citizens to control how their data is used. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guards users against having their info… Continue reading Facebook, GDPR and the Right to Privacy: Three’s a Crowd?