The imminent GDPR is a timely reminder that all organisations should be proactive in their management of their data – both hardcopy and electronic. However, new storage proposition, the explosion of cloud services and creeping growth of shadow IT has meant that organisations are collecting and processing ever larger electronic data sets. At the same […]
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The deadline for the GDPR is less than 2 months away. On the 25 May 2018 compliance for the new regulations will be expected from all businesses. The ICO is providing regular updates on its website to help businesses. However, whilst many companies are preparing for this, there are still some common concerns that we are
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The recent report from Fortinet on the security threat landscape in the last quarter of 2017, confirmed that cryptojacking attacks have risen sharply in the last 6 months. What is Cryptojacking? Cryptojacking is a tool used to mine digital coinage such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on computers, using CPU resources. Criminals load the
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Preparing for GDPR compliance Webinar date: Thursday 12th April 2018 Webinar time: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM The 2-sec data protection and privacy team is hosting a webinar on the GDPR to brief on the steps organisations can take with only two months to go. We’ll be covering the latest advice from the ICO
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It’s that time of year again, when we ask the great and the good in the 2-sec office for their security predictions for 2018. Here are our six top cyber security forecasts for the next 12 months. PREDICTION 1 – Little tolerance for non GDPR compliant companies Those who have taken the EU General Data
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GDPR surgery: Briefing on the latest guidelines from the ICO 7.30 am to 10.00 am: Thursday 8th February 2018: FREE What’s new, what’s clarified… and what’s changed? AGENDA 7.30 Registration and Breakfast served 8.00 Welcome 8.10 Paul Gribbon, Practice Leader, Data Protection 9 – 9.30 Q&A Session 9.30 – 10.00 Networking To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gdpr-surgery-tickets-42420789724
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You may have read reports online of two major flaws in a large number of microprocessors: Spectre and Meltdown. Spectre and Meltdown relate to an apparent vulnerability in chips which may allow the breaking of isolation between programs and operating systems. Whilst programs typically cannot read data from other programs, a malicious program may be
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2-sec is pleased to announce that as of January 1st 2018, all of our penetration tests will be carried out against the new “OWASP Top Ten Standard for Web Applications, 2017”. Luke Vile, Cyber Security Director for 2-sec says; “This new standard means that each penetration test carried out by 2-sec will provide much greater
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Luke Vile – our Cyber Security Operations Director has been featured in The Telegraph. He was speaking to Oliver Pickup, Telegraph journalist. The article content is included below. Do staff have too much data access and what should a company do if a breach has been detected? How securely are today’s businesses treating all
