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Articles by Jean-Frederic Karcher
Insider threat: Employees at the heart of companies' data security
The business impact of data breaches is spiralling. The average cost of a UK company's information loss reached a record high of Â?2.53 million last year. What's more, for the first time a report has claimed to be able to measure the impact cyber-breaches have on companies' share prices: on average, a company's value permanently drops by 1.8 percent following a major breach (*).
UK consumers have concerns about personal data in the hands of brands
New research from Gigya found that with only one year left to address data privacy concerns and avoid consumer “opt-out” when GDPR goes into effect in May 2018, brands must take note of the extensive new rights for consumers regarding data protection and control over how their personal data is used. The 2017 State of Consumer Privacy and Trust report surveyed 4,000 adults, half from the UK and half from the US.
Brexit Bust Bamboozles GDPR preparation for British Business
Nearly a quarter of UK businesses have stopped all preparation for incoming European regulation because of Brexit. This haze of confusion was shown off in the results of a survey carried out by Crown Records Management (CRM). CRM polled 408 IT decision makers working in companies with 100 to 1000 employees in a variety of sectors from legal and retail to banking and pharmaceuticals, and unearthed some eyebrow-raising results in the process.
Are you aware of the impact that GDPR will have on your organisation?
If you answered “no?”, you're not alone. The European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on 25th of May 2018. GDPR requires organisations to put in place an appropriate governance framework when they collect and process personal information and empowers individuals to take control of their data. To put it simply, the new regulation is the biggest change to data protection law in 20 years.
What Lies Ahead? Top Security Trends For 2017
Cybercrime is typically driven by three main factors: Criminal profit incentives ($, £, €, bounty, rewards, fame, etc.) Malice or political incentives Geopolitics or espionage opportunities. And to achieve these aims, cybercriminals undertake a range of different scams and attacks on UK enterprises. So what are the typical attacks that form the threat landscape for UK businesses?
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