Hackers breach psychotherapy center, use stolen health data to blackmail patients
News of an unusual data breach at a psychotherapy center in Finland broke over the weekend, after affected patients began receiving emails telling them to pay up or risk their …
Data protection predictions for 2021
2020 presented us with many surprises, but the world of data privacy somewhat bucked the trend. Many industry verticals suffered losses, uncertainty and closures, but the …
Europol analyzes latest trends, cybercrime impact within the EU and beyond
The global COVID-19 pandemic that hit every corner of the world forced us to reimagine our societies and reinvent the way we work and live. The Europol IOCTA 2020 cybercrime …
GAIA-X to strenghten European digital infrastructure sovereignity
The GAIA-X Initiative announced that it is one step closer to its goal of a trustworthy, sovereign digital infrastructure for Europe, with the official signing of …
Does analyzing employee emails run afoul of the GDPR?
A desire to remain compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy laws has made HR leaders wary of any new technology that …
EU Commission: The GDPR has been an overall success
The European Commission has published an evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), two years after the regulation became enforceable. Two years of …
GDPR enforcement over the past two years
Two years after the GDPR went into effect, official data show that Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), crippled by a lack of resources, tight budgets, and administrative …
Reality bites: Data privacy edition
May 25th is the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data around compliance with the regulation shows a significant disconnect between …
GDPR, CCPA and beyond: How synthetic data can reduce the scope of stringent regulations
As many organizations are still discovering, compliance is complicated. Stringent regulations, like the GDPR and the CCPA, require multiple steps from numerous departments …
Researchers develop data exchange approach with blockchain-based security features
An IT startup has developed a novel blockchain-based approach for secure linking of databases, called ChainifyDB. “Our software resembles keyhole surgery. With a barely …
What the government infosec landscape will look this year
The information security landscape seems to evolve at a faster clip each year. The deluge of ever-changing threats, attack techniques and new breaches making headlines can be …
The current landscape for supporting innovation in cybersecurity in the EU
Innovation in cybersecurity is a key enabler to facilitate progress in the NIS industry, boost employment in the cybersecurity sector and growth of EU GDP. ENISA published a …