Most businesses to invest in artificial intelligence by 2020
Eighty-five per cent of senior executives plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, according to a new survey of UK digital …
German government bans children’s smartwatches, tells parents to destroy them
The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), Germany’s regulatory agency for public utility companies, has categorized children’s smartwatches as spying …
A third of US businesses do not feel prepared for GDPR deadline
New research by Censuswide captures the preparedness levels of organizations in Europe and the United States for the May 2018 GDPR compliance deadline, as well as their …
Mobile devices present a significant risk for GDPR noncompliance
Accessing data from mobile devices presents a significant risk for GDPR noncompliance, according to Lookout. 84 percent of U.S. security and IT executives agree that personal …
Is the healthcare industry prepared to combat evolving cyber threats?
One in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, according to Infoblox. Technology is …
Review: EU GDPR Documentation Toolkit
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aims to strengthen data protection for all individuals within the EU (citizens and residents). It was adopted in April 2016, and …
Is your CCTV system GDPR compliant?
Organisations are putting themselves at risk of breaching the GDPR because they’re failing to realise that the new regulation covers their CCTV systems and the visual data …
Top GDPR compliance risks: Breach notification, data mapping, managing consent
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conducted a survey that gauges the perceived risks among privacy professionals of not complying with various …
Top digital transformation challenges? Cybercrime and espionage
In Frost & Sullivan’s recent survey covering end-user perspectives on navigating digital transformation, 54 per cent of IT professionals cited cybercrime and …
How GDPR affects your organization
The countdown is on and global businesses now have just six months until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is enforced. A recent study from Trend Micro has found …
GDPR to have limited impact on M&A activity
Dealmakers believe that the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will likely only have a modest impact on M&A activity in the EU, according to a recent survey …
Estonia blocks certificates on 760,000 ID cards due to identity theft risk
On 3 November 2017 at midnight, Estonia will block the certificates of 760,000 ID cards. The decision is the result of the discovery of a security vulnerability in the …