With ransomware targeting city governments like a recent attack in Atlanta (Wired, 2018), there is no doubt that many government organizations are asking themselves if their systems are protected from a similar cyber attack. If a city the size of Atlanta took multiple months to recover and has forced to spend $2.6 million to recover their losses – imagine the repercussions and … [Read more...]
With GDPR, a New Global Data Security Regulatory Cycle Begins
It’s no surprise that as the stakes associated with a potential breach rise, legislators respond by proposing new privacy and data security laws. However, in replacing an incredibly outdated data security regulation (EU Directive 95/46/EC), the EU has now adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which sets a new benchmark in data security requirements with far … [Read more...]
