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Free download: GDPR & ISO 27001 Gap Analysis Tools

IT Governance

Data breaches are on the up, and information security and GDPR compliance remain business-critical issues. That’s why – for a limited time – we’re giving away our EU GDPR Compliance Gap Assessment Tool and ISO 27001 Gap Analysis Tool for free*. Understanding best-practice information security.

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GDPR: Data transfers outside the EU – what are the rules?

IT Governance

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) restricts transfers of personal data to countries outside the EEA. So how do you make a restricted transfer in accordance with the GDPR? A transfer is defined as restricted if: 1) The GDPR applies to your processing of the personal data you are transferring. Exception 2.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Using Customer Data Without Consent

IT Governance

Twitter’s deceptive practices began in May 2013, according to a complaint filed by the US Justice Department. Is this a GDPR victory? Although the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) dominates most discussions of data protection and data privacy, it was not involved in this investigation. A long time coming.

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Weekly podcast: Yahoo hacker sentenced, acoustic DoS attack and GDPR compliance fails

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the sentencing of one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Yahoo breach, a new type of denial-of-service attack that can crash computers just using sound and how not to email your customers. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 1 June 2018. Here are this week’s stories.

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Millions of Expedia and Booking.com customers at risk after data breach

IT Governance

Security experts working for Website Planet discovered that the Spanish software firm failed to password-protect an AWS S3 bucket that held the personal details of hotel guests dating back to 2013. The post Millions of Expedia and Booking.com customers at risk after data breach appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Automated Security and Compliance Attracts Venture Investors

eSecurity Planet

In 2013, Adam Markowitz founded Portfolium, an edtech startup that matched college students and graduates with employers. “I The vision was to automate security and compliance across 14 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR. First of all, cybersecurity is becoming a “must have” for businesses and governments.