Secure your backups, not just your data!
We are witnessing new ransomware attacks targeting businesses around the world every single day, demonstrating how easy it is for hackers to extort money by taking advantage of outdated technology. …
Why IoT security should keep you up at night
The number of IoT-based attacks has been growing and companies spend more and more money to protect their valuable data from the different threats. Save your business thousands of dollars…
A real life GDPR case study in the Philippines
GDPR is already knocking on your door and from what we are seeing a lot of companies are not ready to meet the new data protection requirements, especially the small…
Cloud Act 4: The CLOUD Act: a danger to journalists worldwide
As we have been writing about in the last several series the Cloud act is a massive shift in the way access to cloud data will be granted by governments…
Cloud Act 3: The Cloud Act Is a Dangerous Piece of Legislation
“Over 20 ... privacy and human rights organizations ...oppose the (CLOUD Act) bill” as it removes “protections and replaces them with vague assurances, weak standards, and largely unenforceable restrictions.” As…
Cloud Act 2: As the CLOUD Act sneaks into the omnibus, privacy advocates warn
As the CLOUD Act opens the door to enable “international law enforcement groups obtain personal data stored by U.S.-based tech platforms,” data privacy and having control of your and your…
Cloud Act 1: President Trump signs omnibus spending bill, putting the CLOUD Act on the books in big shift for cloud data
The CLOUD Act became law with little debate. This new law “removes a layer of judicial review” for accessing personal and private data and gives power to the US’ executive…
Why having a cybersecurity incident response plan is important for your organization?
Personal data and data analytics on online transactions provide companies with insights that can benefit their business, but requires those organizations to manipulate and store personal and sensitive information. This…
The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack on the city of Atlanta
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that threatens to perpetually block access to the victim’s data or publish it. The attack leaves the victim with very few options for…
March 31st is the World Backup Day
March 31st is World Backup Day, and as the organizers recommend, no one should be a fool the next day (April 1) by not backing up and protecting their data.…
