Cybersecurity
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Consultants Warn Companies to Be Cautious with WhatsApp
Read moreUsing WhatsApp as a company poses problems when it comes to the German Data Protection Act, because contacts from the user’s cell phone are transferred to WhatApp’s servers. Corporate users of the service could be held liable (accompanied by significant monetary penalties!), because they are aware of this. Attorneys therefore unanimously recommend not using WhatsApp…
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The Ultimate PCI Checklist: Are you up to-date with changing PCI regulations?
Read moreDid you know, PCI DSS Regulations are changing and are due to be in effect as early as June 30th, 2016? With the deadline quickly approaching, what should organizations do to ensure continuing compliance with PCI and information security?
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Crypto trojans: waves of attack are on the increase
Read moreAbout one third of all businesses has experienced ransomware attacks in the last six months. No virus protection software can offer 100% protection from such attacks. Nevertheless, security can be boosted substantially with the fourfold virus scan from Retarus E-Mail Security Services.
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Department of Health and Human Services Launches Long Awaited HIPAA Audit – Phase 2
Read moreEarly last month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officially launched Phase 2 of its HIPAA Audit Program. Phase 2 is an extension of 2011’s Pilot Program to review an entities adherence to HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules. If you are an organization concerned about remaining compliant…
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“Panama Papers”: Recent news underscores critical nature of security
Read moreWhat will be the long terms effects of the Panama Papers? While we can’t tell you that, it is clear that data security and protection is a theme which will play out over and over in the coming days, months, and years. Those at the Cloud Security Alliance have dove deeper into just how at…
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Security Alert: One in six emails contains a virus
Read moreAfter Locky, here comes KePanger, PowerWare and Petya: Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations. Whilst in February only around 3% of all incoming emails were infected, the number of messages filtered in March due to viruses had already risen to 17%. This corresponds…
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How to archive encrypted emails in a legally compliant manner
Read moreIf emails don’t only have to be transmitted in encrypted form but also have to be archived in compliance with legal requirements, IT decision-makers often find themselves faced with a new problem: How can it be guaranteed that despite end-to-end encryption the message will remain readable throughout the archiving period? Even if the recipient concerned…
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Future of work: Email must reinvent itself
Read moreThe modern office is mobile and located in the cloud. To ensure that business partners will still be able to communicate with each other efficiently in the future, the electronic message needs to reinvent itself.
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How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74
Read moreHe is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.