All Feature articles – Page 16
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Battling the rise of the deepfakes
Deepfake videos are becoming commonplace. So much so that you may have come across one without realising. Today, over 15,000 deepfakes are reportedly lurking online.
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Why anonymisation does not work for big data
Recently, well-publicised research by data scientists at Imperial College in London and Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium as well as a ruling by Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen of the Tel Aviv District Court have highlighted the shortcomings of outdated data protection techniques like “Anonymisation” in today’s big data world.
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Why employees are a threat to cyber security
The most common cyber attacks reported by UK companies in 2018 were all incidents that take advantage of employees and pose significant risks to businesses.
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Interview: Behind The Great Hack, with David Carroll
Released this summer on Netflix, The Great Hack is a documentary that explores the murky data-sharing relationship between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
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Can artificial intelligence beat a human hacker?
At some point, we have all completed a captcha to prove we are human when online. So, when a robot successfully completed the test, we were left asking, are our computers secure?
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The importance of consent and privacy when deploying voice biometrics
In a recent discussion with an acquaintance the following question was posed; would it bother you if a biometric template of yourself, any biometric at all, was stored by a third-party, be that a bank, healthcare provider, government agency or any other responsible entity?
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The importance of securing customer data over the phone
Ensuring the safety of customers’ financial data is a priority in an era of ever-tighter regulations and increasing pressure. Breaches of credit card details, passwords or bank account information have sadly been a common occurrence in recent years – 2018 alone saw several major airline companies suffer cyber-attacks leading to thousands of customers falling victim to the theft of their financial details.
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BYOD and GDPR: Managing the compliance conundrum
Today’s employees want the freedom to work from any location and any device at any time of day. These individuals are increasingly using their personal ‘smart’ mobile devices to conduct business.
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The risks and rewards of making CCTV comply with the GDPR
The UK is one of the most watched nations in the world. Our research suggests there are up to eight million CCTV cameras installed, while others suggesting that there is least one camera for every ten people. Together they collect many petabytes (a petabyte is equal to 1,000,000 gigabytes) of data every single hour, all of which is subject to the GDPR.
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What does ERP have to do with GDPR?
Getting company and customer data in order can seem like a daunting task, especially for those leaving it to the last minute. Up until last May, data protection laws haven’t changed much since the 90s, which is surprising given how much has changed with regard to our digital identities. From social media, to mailing lists, to the Internet of Things, many of us are leaving trails of our digital identity wherever we go.
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Personal data protection in Turkey: The impact on business
The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) finally came into force in May – as every business in Europe knows. Turkey has similar legislation, although some differences exist.
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Data Quality Management: the key to successfully implementing GDPR
Data has a tremendous impact on the trajectory of an organisation as it relates to predicting customer behaviours and buying patterns, assisting with effective product management, providing organisations with competitor information and more.
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The EU GDPR data encryption and decryption
Secure Chorus Chairman Elisabetta Zaccaria discusses the enhanced data privacy rights introduced by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and their impact on encryption methods for secure communication in enterprise.
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The data ethics of GDPR are changing
Data presents us with many opportunities, whether commercial or in simply making our daily lives more efficient. But because these opportunities generally rely on various forms of personal data, there is of course an unavoidable question of data ethics.
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GDPR & Israeli privacy law: key differences
Due to recent changes in global privacy and data protection laws, certain entities may be subject to both Israeli data protection laws and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
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GDPR: what does it mean for direct mail?
The dust is beginning to settle and we are slowly exiting the grey GDPR cloud.
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Secure data sharing: How to reduce compliance risks
Making consumer and sensitive data more secure has been top of the agenda for business leaders and managers in a wide range of sectors since GDPR was announced.
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How GDPR is shaping global data protection
At the end of last year, the EU accounted for around 15% of the world’s trade in goods. Under GDPR, any organisation that processes data relating to any individual, not only in the EU but in the economic area, must adhere to the rules that make up GDPR.
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GDPR: What it means for customer payments data
There’s been a lot of buzz around the recently introduced General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and many businesses are unsure of the steps to take in relation to their payment data.