Only 5% of charities are ready for GDPR, survey shows

A survey shows relatively few charities are prepared for new data protection regulations, highlighting several areas for improvement. With just under a month to go until the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation coming into force, a recent survey appears to indicate that only around 1 in 20 charity organisations are prepared. A report by the […]

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Microsoft readies Windows Server 2019

As it pushes Azure for the cloud and Azure Stack as an on-premise bridge, Microsoft still believes there is life in Windows Server. Hybrid Cloud has been set as the key focus by Microsoft with the new version of its Windows Server operating systems. Erin Chapple, director of program management, Windows Server, said on the […]

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Microsoft patches two nasty Outlook bugs in latest Patch Tuesday release

FEBRUARY’S PATCH TUESDAY is here, Microsoft are forwarding out fixes for over 50 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Edge and, of course, Adobe Flash Player. In total there are around 55 fixes, however Adobe are at the top for vulnerabilities in Flash, this is according to the SANS Internet Storm Center. “According to Adobe […]

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Why GDPR is great for SMEs

SME’s are going to face potential fines for non-compliance post-GDPR. With regards to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) there are many businesses who are already on the case but some are still lagging behind. This could simply be because of the lack of understanding of the legislation but also there could be the mind set […]

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STATEMENT REGARDING “SPECTRE” AND “MELTDOWN” VULNERABILITIES

On 3/1/2018 (last week) news broke in the media of two security vulnerabilities which will impact almost every computing device in active use today. Named “Spectre” and “Meltdown”, the vulnerabilities arise because of design flaws in CPUs from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm and ARM which have existed for decades – and they’re important because they allow […]

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Only one-in-five major organisations confident they will be ready for GDPR

Data sprawl is a significant challenge for multi-nationals. It has been reported recently that around 38% of companies do not think they will be ready for the GDPR by Mary 2018. Technology Law Alliance are a law firm, there research shows that less that one in five large enterprises are “highly confident” they will achieve […]

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Password solutions provider LastPass warns about poor passwords and password fatigue

LastPass are a password management service, recently it has produced a report with stats on poor passwords and warned that poor passwords are a problem along with the people associated with them. “Our new report, The Password Exposé, takes a deep-dive into the everyday reality of workplace passwords. Through aggregated, anonymized data from companies using […]

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More than 80% of firms to move more workloads to public cloud in the next two years

OpsRamp a hybrid cloud company has done some research, it is showing that the most organisations are looking to commit more IT workloads to the cloud over the next 2 years. OpsRamp study assess 137 IT executives, these executives are from mid to large sized organisations who already use some form of cloud in their […]

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Most businesses misguided on responsibility for cloud data protection

A survey is showing that more than 80% of organisations mistakenly believe that their cloud service provider is accountable for data protection. Research has found that around eight of 10 businesses incorrectly think their data protection is the responsibility of their cloud service provider. Veritas Technologies undertook a survey of around 1,200 global organisations, from […]

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What does GDPR mean to security?

GDPR can make cybercrime seem even more terrifying, but can actually be a tool to keep predators at bay. Being affected by Cybercrime is not good news for businesses. The effects to businesses is huge when you look at the disruption, reputation and looing company sensitive data along with regulatory fines which can run can […]

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