Luke Irwin Archive
You may have been told that your organization needs a privacy policy if you’re processing people’s personal data. However, did you know this is only the case if you are subject to specific laws? In this blog, we explain the …
The U.S. government has stepped in to help organizations tackle the wave of state-sponsored cyber attacks that exploit flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server. The tech giant disclosed four zero-day bugs earlier this month, which were being used to steal sensitive …
When the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect in 2018, many organizations – particularly on this side of the Atlantic – considered it a bureaucratic nightmare. For most U.S. businesses, Europeans are a fraction of their customer and …
Organizations in the U.S. spent $8.64 million on average responding to cyberattacks last year, according to a Ponemon Institute report. This figure is more than double the global average, which leads us to ask why things are so bad in …
Flo Health, the developer of a period- and fertility-tracking app, recently settled federal charges alleging that it had misled users about the way it uses their data. The organization’s privacy policy states that it would protect users’ health care data, …
The cybersecurity sector was turned upside down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and although we are still a long way from returning to life as normal, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. That makes it a …
Despite this being a year unlike any other, you can be sure that the cybercrime industry is as thriving as ever. In fact, the threat of cyber scams is even more prevalent in 2020 – and things are only going …
Small businesses are their own worst enemy when it comes to cybersecurity. They tend to believe cyber attackers won’t target them, mistakenly thinking they don’t have anything worth stealing or that they are simply not on criminals’ radars. That probably …
The UK’s transition out of the EU (Brexit) will end on 31 December 2020, bringing with it major changes to the way organizations interact with stakeholders based in the country. It’s not just UK–EU relationships that will be affected; the …
The CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) came into effect on January 1, 2020, changing the data privacy landscape in the U.S. In this blog, we take a look at everything you need to achieve CCPA compliance. What is the CCPA? …
