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Government surveying further education providers before Brexit

IT Governance

Among the uncertainty surrounding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance – particularly with Brexit complicating things – the UK government has been a reliable source for advice. The results will be used to help the government understand organisations’ Brexit preparations and where their compliance efforts are falling short.

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News alert: AppDirect poll reveals company leaders losing sleep over cyber risks, compliance

The Last Watchdog

AppDirect’s survey results come at a time when increased security is a growing need for organizations everywhere. The results show that while 92% of IT business leaders believe they’ve made the right security investments and 88% say they meet all compliance requirements, half are kept up at night over their company’s security.

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News alert: Hornetsecurity launches new podcast series all about overcoming cybersecurity risks

The Last Watchdog

The informative and educational series has already looked at topics such as AI and whether ChatGPT could conduct a cyberattack, discussions around Hornetsecurity’s recent compliance survey, as well as a conversation with Microsoft Certified Trainer on how secure Microsoft 365 actually is.

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Government survey reveals GDPR awareness is falling short

IT Governance

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Clearly there is still work to be done to ensure compliance by the 25 May deadline. Key findings.

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Summary – “Retention of Accounting Records:  A Global Survey of Laws and Regulations”

ARMA International

This article summarizes the findings of a global survey of legal retention requirements for accounting records, a category of recorded information that is created and maintained by virtually all companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Generally, accounting laws are the retention drivers. Developing Global Guidance.

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Using Information Governance with a Privacy Compliance Plan as the Fulcrum for Data Privacy and Continuous Compliance

Information Governance Perspectives

In May of 2020 I was honored to speak at the MERv conference with John Frost of Box on the topic of Using Information Governance with a Privacy Compliance Plan as the Fulcrum for Data Privacy and Continuous Compliance. Privacy makes data governance ethical and tangible, and compliance leaders understand that.

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About Half of Surveyed Companies Haven’t Started Preparing for CCPA: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Last week at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference , I talked about the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) as one of the things that organizations need to be prepared to address these days as part of their compliance obligations. Sounds like a lot of organizations haven’t gotten around to that just yet.