More changes are coming to EU privacy laws – how is your organisation going to prepare? What is the ePrivacy Regulation? The ePrivacy regulation governs the use of electronic communications within the EU – and will ultimately replace The Privacy…
One year after the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force the UK regulator, has issued two multi-million pound fines. GDPR updated the 20-year-old Data Protection Act for today’s data environment and increased the maximum fines…
Although many computing activities are now handled in the cloud by a service provider, the Physical Security of information is still an important part of ISO 27001, the international standard for information security. The Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of data…
A difficult to detect phishing attack is catching Outlook users off guard, as it uses the built in Rules feature to forward emails to an attackers third party mailbox. In most cases the rules are configured to detect keywords related…
With the GDPR deadline been and gone (25th May 2018), Assent Risk Management released a FREE online course to help break down the requirements of GDPR and give you a breakdown of some actions that will help you to prepare.…
GDPR – GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION MYTH 1: “GDPR IS NEW LEGISLATION” No, it is not! It’s an extension of the current Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK – it takes some elements that are “best practice” currently and…
The ICO has published a blog post to ‘clarify how the fees that data controllers have to pay to the ICO are changing’; however the post provided no actual figures for the new fees. Currently organisations who process personal data ‘notify’…
As the Digital Minister, Matt Hancock announces the expected Data Protection Bill which sets out the UK’s approach to the European General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), a separate consultation is published on plans to force organisations to demonstrate they have…
All organisations generate information about their Customers, Staff, Suppliers, Finances and so on. It can become confusing when trying to decide what would be an ‘appropriate’ length of time to retain the information kept within an organisation. Of course, such…
