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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. Let’s look at some of the challenges faced by SMBs in today’s data privacy landscape.

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Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance

Security Affairs

Computer security and data privacy are often poorly considered issues, experts urge more awareness of cyber threats. An injection of digital culture is needed to increase awareness of the cyber threat in all its forms. The Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Take Action on Data Privacy Day

AIIM

Data Privacy Day takes place annually on January 28th in recognition of the January 28, 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty concerning privacy and data protection. In fact, we've put together some FREE resources to share some of our best Data Privacy tips with you.

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S. Given its broader availability combined with the right exploit, wiper malware could cause massive destruction in a short period of time, said Derek Manky, chief security strategist and VP of global threat intelligence at FortiGuard Labs. Trade Cyberthreats.

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Key Developments in IoT Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Key Developments in IoT Security. The rush to market for consumers to enjoy the modern conveniences offered by these devices shocked the security community. Security experts were concerned that these devices were built with no security in mind. Has the security of these devices gotten better, or remained the same?

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Your biggest cyber security threat is inside your organisation

IT Governance

Organisations usually spend most of their security budget on technologies intended to keep cyber criminals out of their systems, but this overlooks their biggest vulnerability: human error. More often than not, data breaches are caused by – or directly linked to – an organisation’s employees. Barriers to training.

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Data Governance Makes Data Security Less Scary

erwin

Add to the mix the potential for a data breach followed by non-compliance, reputational damage and financial penalties and a real horror story could unfold. s Information Commissioner’s Office had levied against both Facebook and Equifax for their data breaches. Don’t Scream; You Can Protect Your Sensitive Data.