This final installment of the two-part blog on Brexit and GDPR will look at compliance and accountability, what Brexit means for businesses in the UK and where we are now with GDPR. Read the first installment here. GDPR – Delivering Compliance & Accountability Compliance with GDPR requires definitive identification of…
This is the first part of a two-part blog piece on GDPR and Brexit. This first piece focuses on what exactly GDPR is, how it will affect Brexit and what we can expect as part of the new regulation. Read the second installment here. GDPR – What is it? In some…
Cyber security is becoming the latest trend. We’ve all read about the TalkTalk, Dropbox and Yahoo breaches, and this means that they will only be on the rise in the near future. As human beings, we are wired to make mistakes, therefore it is only necessary that you educate your…
GDPR, or officially, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 will come into force on the 25th of May 2018. To rephrase – this means that you now have less than nineteen months to get ready for what is the biggest shakeup in Data Protection in the last decade. Therefore companies, their employees and…
There has been a significant and constant rise in phishing attacks. They are becoming more effective and they are continuing to target more people. that almost 30% of the people targeted by phishing email scams went on to open the email, and a further 13% went on to open the subsequent link, which is high considering…
We at Metacompliance have enjoyed celebrating European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) 2016. For Week One of the campaign, we discussed how users can stay safe online. We then went to the workplace and provided tips on how organisations can enlist their employees’ support in creating a security culture. After that, Week Three led…
October marks National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). A month-long public awareness campaign designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), NCSAM is designed to help users in the United States learn about cyber security. It includes resources and tools that people can use to stay safe on the web.…
We can’t overestimate the importance of education when it comes to improving our awareness of phishing and other digital security threats. That is why I discussed some tips to help users spot a phishing scam in a recent article. We also mention some of the best anti phishing solutions. Knowing…
A recent DataMotion study brought up some shocking statistics regarding attitudes to compliance training in 2015. The study found that 33% of business owners felt that their employees didn’t understand basic safety procedures that ensure the security of data. 33% is an astronomically high number. Criminally high But that’s not all. The…
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