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• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Strategic cyber criminals likely to capitalise on GDPR

  As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations, a report warns

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK local councils under huge cyber attack pressure

  Investigation underlines importance of security automation and employee awareness training

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling

  Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  A third of Brits plan to exercise right to be forgotten

  After the General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline, a third of Britons polled say they plan to exercise their right to be forgotten, but few fully understand the GDPR and how it will affect them

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  100 days to GDPR compliance deadline

  As the clock ticks down to the deadline to comply with the EU’s new data protection regulations, some surveys indicate there is still some confusion, but the focus has shifted from the sanctions to the benefits

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  FS-ISAC enables safer financial data sharing with API

  The global financial industry's body for cyber and physical threat intelligence analysis and sharing has published an API to facilitate safer sharing of consumer financial information

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Europe in the firing line of evolving DDoS attacks

  The Europe, Middle East and Africa region accounts for more than half the world’s distributed denial of service attacks, a report from F5 Labs reveals

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Malaysian regulator and firm sued over data breach

  The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and a local company have been caught in a civil lawsuit over a massive data breach reported last year

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  DMA Group working to reduce fear around GDPR

  The DMA Group is focused on the GDPR for customer communications and marketing, but says the key aim is to reduce fear in the market

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Swisscom downplays data breach

  Telecommunication provider Swisscom has downplayed a data breach affecting around 800,000 customers, but security experts warn of potential long-term risks

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Data breaches set to affect future sales

  The failure to protect customer data is set to create long-term business problems for organisations in Europe and the US, a survey reveals

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  UK government orders review of online laws

  The UK Law Commission is to review current legislation on offensive online communications to ensure they are up to date with technology

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Many UK firms ill-equipped to deal the cloud security risks

  Many UK firms do not have the security tools, processes and skills required to ensure their cloud implementations are secure, a security researcher and advocate warns

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Lauri Love plans to use ‘internet as a force for good’

  Engineering student Lauri Love says he plans to help businesses fight cyber crime, after the court of appeal ruled that he can be tried in the UK for allegedly hacking US computer systems, rather than face extradition to the US

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Appeals court rules Lauri Love will not be extradited over US hacking charges

  The lord chief justice, Lord Burnett, says 33-year-old engineering student Lauri Love will not be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, in a landmark legal decision, and the Crown Prosecution Service should bring proceedings against Love in ...

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  NHS WannaCry review highlights need for accountability and skills

  Lessons-learned report on ransomware attack calls for local NHS organisations to put cyber security bosses on their boards and consider suspending IT access to staff who have not completed cyber security training

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  GDPR: Don’t panic, but seize the chance to build trust, says ICO

  With the compliance deadline for the EU’s GDPR just 112 days away, the UK’s information commissioner has urged organisations not to panic, but to seize the chance to build trust with customers

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Dutch Filmworks disrupts piracy fight by imposing download fines

  Netherlands’ privacy watchdog grants film production company permission to collect IP addresses as part of its fight against illegal downloading

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Dutch companies not ready for GDPR despite approaching deadline

  Organisations in the Netherlands are racing towards General Data Protection Regulation compliance, but there is still much to be done

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  GDPR requests to take thousands of hours a month, says survey

  A recent survey predicts organisations will potentially face thousands of customer requests about their personal information every month, with many unprepared for GDPR compliance

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Data breach disclosure law will lift Australia’s cyber security game

  New rules underscore Australia’s recent efforts to tackle cyber security challenges on the local and international stage

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Government surveillance regime unlawful, court rules in Tom Watson case

  Appeal court ruled in favour of Labour MP Tom Watson in a legal battle with the government over the UK’s surveillance laws, leading to calls to rethink controversial Investigatory Powers Act

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Data protection a top priority ahead of GDPR

  Data protection continues to be a key focus for IT security investment for European firms in 2018, as does the emphasis on cloud and mobile security as companies move to these technology platforms

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  NGO to fight for GDPR rights set to launch

  A new breed of NGO aimed at helping EU citizens fight for privacy rights under the GDPR is set to launch after achieving the minimum funding required

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Hefty fines confirmed for CNI providers with poor cyber security

  The government has confirmed that critical infrastructure providers with poor cyber security face fines of millions of pounds as the National Cyber Security Centre publishes new guidance for the industry

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  ICO launches data protection excellence award

  UK’s privacy watchdog launches data protection excellence award to mark international Data Protection Day, as security suppliers issue data protection tips and guidelines

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  UK likely to remain strategic EU data protection partner

  Head of European Union’s independent data protection authority says UK is likely to remain a strategic partner in data protection after Brexit

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  IoT security risks need immediate action, says report

  The security failings in today’s internet-connected devices will only become more pervasive unless action is taken immediately, according to industry experts

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Most UK organisations unaware of new data protection laws

  The UK’s digital and culture secretary is urging businesses and charities to prepare for stronger data protection laws in the light of new information

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  GDPR worries hit cloud storage investments, says survey

  NetApp-sponsored survey finds lack of customer confidence in cloud service providers’ retention of GDPR-affected data has led organisations to rethink and scale back cloud investments

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Sweden puts government IT outsourcing under increased scrutiny

  Government introduces rules to tighten security in IT outsourcing deals following a very public data leak last year

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Two-thirds of startups ill-prepared for GDPR

  While most startups collect personal data, a survey reveals that many are not very well prepared for compliance with the EU’s forthcoming data protection regulation

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Interview: Kaspar Korjus, Estonian e-Residency lead

  As the number of people signing up to become Estonian e-residents exceeds the country’s birth rate, Computer Weekly speaks to the man heading up the programme

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Almost a quarter of London businesses unaware of GDPR

  Nearly one in four London businesses unaware of new data protection regulation, a survey has revealed, with just months before the compliance deadline

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Norwegian healthcare breach alert failed GDPR requirements

  Norwegian healthcare authorities failed General Data Protection Regulation requirements for notifying those affected by a personal data breach by waiting a week before disclosing a breach discovered on 8 January 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Privacy International warns of global risk to citizens if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

  Privacy International warns of widespread privacy violations if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Business needs to reduce cyber threat to payment card data

  Cardholder data is a prime target for cyber criminals, and that is only likely to increase in the coming year, according to a cloud-based secure payments firm

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Sweden pilots surveillance technology to combat terrorism and crime

  The Swedish police and security agencies are trialling surveillance equipment to help them respond to terrorism and crime more quickly

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  EC underlines need for data transfer agreement post-Brexit

  The European Commission has emphasised the importance of having a data transfer agreement in place after the UK leaves the European Union

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  ICO fines Carphone Warehouse £400,000

  Mobile retailer hit with one of the highest fines for putting personal data at risk as UK privacy watchdog warns that more stringent data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Max Schrems champions NGO to fight for GDPR rights

  Privacy activist whose legal challenge of Facebook led to the scrapping of the Safe Harbour Agreement says crowdfunding a new type of non-government organisation is essential to deliver privacy rights

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Sweden steps up cyber defence measures

  Sweden is tightening up its cyber security defences as part of a wider national security strategy

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Patch systems against Meltdown and Spectre, urges ICO

  UK’s data protection watchdog is calling for organisations to apply security updates to mitigate against exploits of microprocessor flaws as soon as possible to safeguard personal data

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  2018 could be year of critical infrastructure attacks, says report

  The coming year is likely to see an increase in the number of cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI), according to a report based on experts’ forecasts

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  What the EU’s new data protection regime means for ASEAN

  A large proportion of businesses in the regional economic grouping will be affected by Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, but awareness of the new rules remains low, even in countries with existing data protection laws