Last year, the private sector spent more than 75 billion dollars on security software. But have systems and data become any safer?
Tags: Data Leakage Prevention // Email Security // IT security
Using 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 for professional purposes.
Tags: Compliance // Customer Communication // Data Protection // Enterprise SMS // IT security
Did 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?
Tags: Compliance // IT security // PCIDSS // Regulations
What 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 risk those in the legal world are to data security breaches.
Tags: IT security // legal // Panama Papers
If 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 has already left the company.
Tags: Email Encryption // Email Security // Enterprise Email Archive // IT security