Since the approach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), protecting privacy data has been a popular topic. Not that anything too significant has since been done about it, such as all companies complying, governments cracking the whip at poor managers, or even outrage from hapless victims.…
I had to chuckle the other day. Most people don’t like migrations because of their reputation for being over budget and behind schedule. Not so any more. It now seems that some executive-level staff no longer want to migrate data to the cloud because they fear it could cause a security breach.…
Hmmn, cybersecurity and those rogue cybercriminals. Who’s in charge of keeping the fortress locked down at your organization? The average cost of a breach is in the millions – close to $5 million.…
I am all for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It has brought the protection of privacy information to the attention of CIOs all over the world. News reports about organizations struggling to comply are disturbing.…
Supposedly, more than 90 percent of cyberattacks start with email. Using my somewhat faulty logic, if you could protect privacy and sensitive information, prevent compliance violations from being created and shared within emails and attachments, guard the information in real time, and train your users to question what they are opening, then cyberattacks should be reduced and you have an extra layer of protection for your data.…
The date of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance is now very near. Add to that the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), which will apply to all South African institutions or legally recognized organizations.…
According to Skyhigh Networks, OneDrive for Business is leading the Microsoft pack and has displaced Exchange Online as the most used Office 365 application. But data vulnerabilities and potential data breaches in OneDrive for Business are detracting from its success.…
