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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

The stakes are even higher for businesses, government and other organizations, as successful attacks can be devastating to operations and sensitive data. Exercise Caution with Emails The first two items on this list could be lumped together with a single warning: Don’t click.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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GDPR compliance checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Schools, hospitals and government agencies all fall under GDPR authority. Returning to a previous example, a company collecting phone numbers for marketing purposes would be a controller.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. For example, a business that collects user health data needs stronger protections than one that collects only email addresses.

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CNIL Publishes Six Step Methodology and Tools to Prepare for GDPR

Hunton Privacy

On March 15, 2017, the French data protection authority (the “CNIL”) published a six step methodology and tools for businesses to prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that will become applicable on May 25, 2018. verifying the data security measures implemented. The six steps are summarized below.

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New SEC Cybersecurity Rules Could Affect Private Companies Too

eSecurity Planet

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strongly advised public companies to improve their cybersecurity. While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now.