GDPR Is Here! Are You Ready?

25 May 2018 was the date the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. As of April, a Crowd Research report found that 60% of companies expected to miss the deadline. And nearly half said they were not knowledgeable enough about GDPR specifics. What about your company? These key messages were included in […]

Ransomware: The Most Serious Threat to Your Data

While overall malware attacks are on the decline, ransomware is increasing and has become the largest malware threat. What is ransomware? It’s a type of malicious software (malware) intended to block access to your computers and data until a ransom is paid to release it. It first appeared in 2013, and now makes up almost […]

Security Regulation Compliance: Can You Prove It?

With ever-increasing security requirements, including Australia’s recent NDB (Notification of Data Breach) and the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), ensuring compliance is a business-critical function of your IT department. But compliance alone is not enough – you must be able to PROVE your company’s compliance, and that means consistent, clear reporting and competent data […]

Is your company NDB compliant?

NDB (Notifiable Data Breach) legislation went into effect on 22 February. Yet at the end of 2017, according to CSO.com.au, just 13% of companies had an NDB strategy in place – 60% had not even read the amendment! So, what is NDB? Way back in 1988, Australia created the Privacy Act to ensure safe handling […]