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Third-party suppliers are a common concern for organisations getting their GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance in order. When the Regulation was first introduced, the issue of third-party suppliers and their relation to organisations&#… Continue reading A third-party supplier has breached the GDPR – am I liable?
Are you part of an in-house finance team? Or do you work for a finance provider – an accountancy firm, perhaps, or a financial advisory company? Like professionals in any other sector, you are subject to the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protecti… Continue reading 3 things finance professionals need to know about the GDPR
According to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), more than 14,000 data breaches were logged in the first year since the introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which is almost four times the number reported in 2017… Continue reading Vigilant Software’s most wanted: Data Breach Bulletin (May 2019)
Last November, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told NHS chiefs: “If you haven’t got your CIO on board then you need to be asking serious questions of yourself.” Hancock argued that CIOs were vital to developing the necessary systems an… Continue reading Why are so many CIOs leaving the NHS?
Have you ever wondered whether your organisation should become certified to ISO 27001? ISO 27001 provides the specification for an effective ISMS (information security management system) – a framework that offers a structured, comprehensive appro… Continue reading Is ISO 27001 accreditation worth it?
Data breaches are one of the biggest threat to organisations today. They can bring operations to a grinding halt, drastically damage your reputation and your relationship with customers, and cause severe financial losses from lost sales, remediation an… Continue reading Five warning signs you are at risk of a data breach
Digital disruption has long made its presence felt in the retail banking sector. A series of challenger brands have launched in recent years, building innovative and intuitive digital interfaces from the ground up and in some cases forgoing physical pr… Continue reading Banking – Building trust in an age of disruption
We’re kicking off a new series of blogs tackling some of the biggest misconceptions around risk assessments, information security, data protection, regulatory compliance, and other issues that our customers are grappling with. Today’s… Continue reading Myth-busting: Why risk assessments shouldn’t be a one-time thing
For many organisations, information is their most important asset, so protecting it is crucial. Information security is “the practice of preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destructi… Continue reading The importance of information security
It’s an announcement few information security specialists want to make: the organisation has suffered a data breach. The breach itself is bad enough, but now everyone in the office is panicking. Some will grumble about how they’re going to … Continue reading So you’ve suffered a data breach? Here’s what you do next