Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
Is Switzerland to break away from the EU’s stance on mass surveillance?
At the end of May, the Swiss government abandoned its framework agreement with the EU, after negotiating for ...
Europe’s startup funding breaks all records this year
European startups get record-breaking investments as a precursor to immense growth within the technology sect...
Coursera’s newly discovered flaws may have exposed private user data
It is emerging that online education provider Coursera may have exposed user data. The revelation comes after...
Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity company RiskIQ
A report this week in Bloomberg says the looming deal is worth $500 million Microsoft Corp. has agreed to ...
U.S. takes a firm stand against Google’s Play Store monopoly
Thirty-seven total US district and state attorney generals have sued Alphabet's Google. There are several all...
White hats reported Kaseya VSA flaw in April
One of the vulnerabilities found in Kaseya's IT management software was reported to the vendor earlier this y...
Infor sells their asset management app division to Hexagon AB
Hexagon AB acquires Infor's asset management applications business for $2.75bn to integrate with their digita...
Kaspersky Password Manager has been making passwords that can be easily brute-forced
If you are in the business of generating passwords, you’d probably use an alternative source of entropy, ot...
France will withdraw digital tax when global tax rules are implemented
France is ready to make a binding promise to the US to remove a national tax on digital giants, as soon as a ...
European tech valuations soar amid fears of a bubble bursting
Skyrocketing valuations, "megarounds" and a gold rush mentality may be setting investors up for a fall Eu...