The need to protect the data an organisation holds or shares during normal business operations is now well known and understood. There has been a focus on the protection of organisations from threats that originate externally. Mainly due to cyberattacks over the Internet, but also from physical access to data in unsecured offices or on […]
The modern IT infrastructure that delivers the business applications organisations rely on is often complicated, geographically spread, and grows as business needs change over time. As a result of this, there are often networks in multiple offices, components in the cloud, and the need for remote access from mobile workers and branch sites. This makes […]
Moving applications to the Cloud has many advantages. It provides flexible access to resources on-demand and allows hybrid deployments that spread IT services across on-premise, the Public Cloud, and Private Cloud data centres. Most applications use a database to store the data that they need to operate. Either for user data, or other data such […]
Cybersecurity is an ongoing task, as we often say in our blogs and seminars. With the ever-expanding threat surface due to IoT adoptions and other Industry 4.0 technologies, all businesses and other organisations must stay ahead of the security curve. Especially now in the era of GDPR and the ever-increasing sanctions that are being levied […]
A new EU directive related to security is due to go into effect in the UK on the 14th of September 2021. It is called the Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2), and it is focused on the banking and financial technology sectors. As the name suggests PSD2 is the second implementation of EU wide banking […]
The number of endpoints on IT networks is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. User devices have moved beyond the traditional desktop and laptop to include smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices with network connectivity, such as the Apple Watch. The rapid growth seen for mobile devices over the last decade may now have stalled, but the […]
The modern world often grinds to a halt when there is an interruption to any of the services provided by the utility sector of the economy. For example, when the electrical supply fails, or if a city transport system is brought to a halt with no trains or buses in operation. Even something as local […]
In all the publicity leading up to GDPR across the EU last year, you may have missed the introduction of another EU-wide cyber-security initiative that came into force on the 9th of May 2018. It is the EU Network and Information Security directive (NIS), and it is the first EU-wide cyber-security measure designed to enhance […]
Saturday the 25th of May marked a year since the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force in the EU. Most member states have adapted their national data protection laws to be GDPR equivalent (Portugal, Greece, and Slovenia are in the final stages) and the rules governing how data is collected, stored and […]