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Regulatory compliance and standard requirements

• Security Think Tank: Monitoring key to outcomes-based security

  What is the first step towards moving from a tick-box approach to security to one that is outcomes-based, and how can an organisation test if its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?  Continue Reading

• Customers need to be at the centre of GDPR plans

  Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Use Cyber Essentials to kick-start outcomes-based security

  What is the first step towards moving from a tick-box approach to security to one that is outcomes-based and how can an organisation test whether its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?  Continue Reading

• Better the data you know – how GDPR is affecting UK tech companies

  As the dust settles from the General Data Protection Regulation, the implications for technology firms in the UK are becoming clearer  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Outsource responsibility, not accountability

  What critical security controls can be outsourced and how do organisations, SMEs in particular, maintain confidence that they are being managed effectively and appropriately?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Risk tolerance key to security outsourcing policy

  What critical security controls can be outsourced, and how do organisations – SMEs in particular – maintain confidence that they are being managed effectively and appropriately?  Continue Reading

• Beyond GDPR: ePrivacy could have an even greater impact on mobile

  From how we monitor air pollution and manage our public transport systems, to how we enable connected cars and the next generation of 5G mobile services, the forthcoming ePR could have a lasting impact on European society  Continue Reading

• What the ICO's Facebook fine teaches us

  Legal expert Alexander Egerton considers whether the ICO’s planned £500,000 fine for Facebook is the precursor of a spate of increased fines across the board, or if it shows the ICO’s stance has not changed and will continue to target certain ...  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Understand data for risk-based protection

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it is shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Data controllers are essential in modern business environment

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this?  Continue Reading

• GDPR may not be perfect, but it’s an important milestone in data protection

  It's GDPR day, and TechUK's CEO Julian David writes about what is an important milestone in data protection in the digital world  Continue Reading

• It’s not too late to get GDPR ready

  With the GDPR compliance deadline on 25 May 2018, there is little time to get ready, but it is not too late, according to the IAPP, which provides a checklist to help organisations ensure they are in the best position possible for the deadline  Continue Reading

• Hacking the internet of things just got easier – it’s time to look at your security

  Are you taking security for internet-connected devices seriously enough?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Reducing dwell has never been more important

  Why is reducing cyber attacker dwell time important, and how should this be tackled?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: GDPR compliance one good reason to cut attacker dwell time

  Why is reducing cyber attacker dwell time important, and how should this be tackled?  Continue Reading