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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. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

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ICO issue fine of £4.4 to Interserve for security failings

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The ICO found that Interserve had failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure personal data (in contravention of Articles 5(1)(f) and 32 GDPR) for a period of ~20 months. The attacker then compromised four HR databases containing data of 113k employees and former employees. The Incident.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk.