SUSE study: ‘Data integrity is critical factor in cloud adoption’
Cloud adoption is held back by failing or insufficient security solutions for data in the cloud. SUSE's research therefore states that data integrity plays a crucial role in promoting cloud adoption.
For 88 percent of companies in Europe and the Americas, it's crystal clear: if data were guaran... Read more
IBM and Cohesity introduce Storage Defender for data protection
IBM and Cohesity together launch Storage Defender for data protection. The new solution combines features from three IBM storage solutions with Cohesity DataProtect.
Storage Defender is the first in a series of solutions through which IBM is combining its storage, backup and data protection solu... Read more
Veeam introduces Veeam Data Platform for greater protection and recovery
Veeam has introduced the Veeam Data Platform. This platform should provide businesses with more protection, recovery and hybrid cloud functionality with single robust platform. Veeam believes in its own ability so much that even with the Premium version, it offers a guarantee that covers the cost o... Read more
Microsoft makes changes to EU data controller configurations
The company is aiming to keep in line with latest EU regulations on data handling and storage.
This week Microsoft announced that it is making changes to how diagnostic data from Windows devices is processed and controlled.
Currently, to enroll devices in the Windows diagnostic data processo... Read more
EU court rules that companies must reveal with whom they share data
An Austrian case could have a wide-ranging impact on how the GDPR is enforced.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a decision that forces personal data collectors to identify the entities they sold data to when requested under the EU GDPR.
The decision is in response to a c... Read more
Facebook data-scraping breach attracts GDPR lawsuit
Facebook parent Meta is facing a legal challenge from digital rights group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) over a significant data-scraping breach that resulted in a €265 million penalty for Facebook under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last year.
DRI is challengin... Read more
EU-US privacy shield draws nearer
The European Union is moving in on the final stages of a data transfer pact with the United States. Brussels issued a draft decision asserting that US safeguards against intelligence-gathering activities are robust enough to address concerns previously raised by the EU.
Both sides managed to sea... Read more
Synology ramps up data management and protection in 2023
Synology unveiled its plans for the coming year at its 2023 AND BEYOND event. The NAS vendor will mainly roll out data management, data protection and infrastructure security features in the coming months.
Prior to 2023 AND BEYOND, we got a presentation from Victor Wang, director of Synology in ... Read more
Interserve fined £4.4 million for lack of data protection
Interserve was fined £4.4 million by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after a breach of personal employee data.
In 2019, UK-based outsourcing firm Interverse was faced with several cyberattacks that compromised the personal information of 113,000 employees. From March 18th to D... Read more
UK pauses its data reform bill to focus on replacing the GDPR
The UK government has confirmed that the recently introduced data reform bill is on hold. The pause allows regulators to reconsider the bill. The news comes after prime minister Liz Truss' budget announcement caused the pound to fall compared to the dollar.
The paused draft legislation contains ... Read more