Posts Tagged ‘Security’
Do I need to Appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) under GDPR?
Data Protection – responsibilities and compliance The requirements of the GDPR are significant, and even if you currently comply with existing regulations, you may need to update your current policies, develop new ones, and ensure that these are properly documented. This will necessitate, time, effort, and costs. “But do I need to appoint a Data…
Read MoreCyber essentials, what are they – Part II?
The Essential measures In considering how your business currently meets the required standards, you should ask yourself the following questions. Do you understand the scope of your business technology that requires basic protection?Does this include all desktop PC’s, laptops, smartphones, tablets, homeworking PC’s, email and web application servers, boundary firewalls and routers? Have you changed…
Read MoreCyber essentials, what are they – Part I?
Cyber security is recognised as one of the greatest threats to business around the world. The World Economic Forum’s 2016 Global Risk Report estimated that the annual cost of crime in cyberspace is more than £350 billion annually. The 2016 Government Cyber Health Check and Cyber Security Breaches Survey found that 65% of large organisations…
Read MoreNew TLS email encryption service
Assure UK now offers TLS email encryption. Why? In a nutshell, your private email may not be so private. Unprotected messages and file attachments (documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, etc) may as well be printed on a postcard as they traverse the internet. The news is full of bad press where voicemails have been wrongfully intercepted. However,…
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