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How Tech Culture Has Changed Since The GDPR

7th May 2019 by umu

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the GDPR which went into effect on 25 May 2018, we can now review the benefits and pitfalls of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. While many businesses, primarily Google, have been fined a total of €56 million for GDPR breaches out of…

How to get data destruction right under GDPR

3rd May 2019 by umu

When your business last disposed of its computers, were you sure all the data stored on them was safely and securely destroyed? Businesses now collect and store massive quantities of data. This information currently resides on local PCs and servers, mobile devices and increasingly, in the cloud. However, given that…

Reeling us in: How phishing email scams keep getting smarter

26th April 2019 by umu

Open your preferred email client. Now hit “page down” three times. Chances are one of the messages that just scrolled past you is a phishing email, a message that’s intended to fool you into sending money to a stranger, giving up your login credentials or installing malware on your computer.…

The Cybersecurity Threat Of GDPR

17th April 201917th April 2019 by umu

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represented a new phase in data security and EU regulators’ approach to it. Designed to safeguard consumers with greater transparency into how, when and by whom their personal data is collected, GDPR, though based in EU, has a global reach and is likely to…

A quarter of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security

12th April 201912th April 2019 by umu

Cloud-based email is leaving enterprises vulnerable to phishing attacks capable of giving cyber criminals access to a wide range of critical data, warn security researchers A quarter of phishing emails bypass default Office 365 security, an analysis of more than 52 million emails across nine industry sectors by enterprise cloud-native…

GDPR: Do You Know if Your Organization Needs to Comply?

9th April 20199th April 2019 by umu

Many have heard tidbits about the acronym “GDPR,” but do not understand the regulation or feel that it doesn’t apply to their organization since it is a European Union law. Surprisingly, even without locations or affiliations in the EU, companies here in the United States may be subject to hefty…

Security and Privacy are the Biggest Cloud Data Migration Challenges

29th March 2019 by umu

According to new research by data virtualization provider Denodo, security and privacy are the biggest cloud data migration challenges. The Denodo Global Cloud Survey 2019 is the result of feedback from more than 200 business executives and IT professionals. While cloud adoption is on the rise — 36 percent of…

Five Tech Trends Driving Cybersecurity In 2019

27th March 2019 by umu

When industry analyst Gartner listed its top 10 technology trends for 2019, one of the primary themes that stood out was cybersecurity. Things continue to move fast on both sides of the equation, with both black hats and white hats evolving the sophistication of their methods and tools. Here are…

These are the 12 most common phishing email subject lines cyber criminals use to fool you

22nd March 2019 by umu

Analysis of over 360,000 phishing emails reveals some common themes in phoney emails sent to businesses. Don't get caught out by these ones. The most common subject lines used in phishing emails targeting businesses show how cyber criminals are exploiting urgency, personalisation and pressure in order to trick victims into…

Ransomware, the reoccurring revenue model for cybercriminals

13th March 2019 by umu

Ransomware will make even the most experienced IT professional shiver.. Let’s say you woke up feeling refreshed and have a perfect commute into work, Life is good then when you walk through the office door one of your team walks up to you and tells you that one of your…

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