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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. 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-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Location Matters.

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What are you doing for Data Privacy Week?

IT Governance

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. We’re asked to hand over our personal data for seemingly everything that we do – from browsing the web to high-street shopping. Although many of us are broadly aware of the risks involved when sharing our personal data, it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

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How to Keep Your Information Safe for Data Privacy Day 2020

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023). Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. Breached organisation: City of Philadelphia, US. Records breached: Unknown.

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Connecticut Makes Five: The Constitution State Enacts Broad Data Privacy Law Effective July 2023

Data Matters

Connecticut has passed a new state data privacy law slated to go into effect on July 1, 2023. Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 million customers’ data compromised Cyber criminals known as dawnofdevil have claimed responsibility for a data breach at Hathaway Cable & Datacom Ltd, one of India’s largest Internet service providers, in December 2023.

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Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Network Access Control (NAC) helps enterprises implement policies for controlling devices and user access to their networks. NAC can set policies for resource, role, device and location-based access and enforce security compliance with security and patch management policies, among other controls. Extreme Networks ExtremeControl.

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