A week in security (May 14 – May 20)

Last week, we looked at the deluge of incoming policies caused by GDPR, tackled Adobe Reader zero days, and ran through some iPhone security tips. We also caught some helpline scammers in the act, explored advergaming, got our Senate Bill game face on, and deep dived into Drupal vulnerabilities...

Facebook, GDPR and the Right to Privacy: Three’s a Crowd?

Back in 2016 the European Union voted to pass the mother of all security laws, aimed at further extending the rights of its citizens to control how their data is used. The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR guards users against having their information shared without their explicit consent,...

Penetration Testing Requirements for GDPR

We get lots of people asking us what it is they need to have tested as a requirement for GDPR Compliance, so I've put this together to provide some clarity. This post is NOT a definitive guide to the General Data Protection Regulations. It is however, helpful, real world advice about what you...

72 Hours: Understanding the GDPR Data Breach Reporting Timeline

We're down to the wire with respect to the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR compliance deadline of May 25, 2018. Organizations that fail to comply could face fines of up to €20M roughly $22M or 4 percent of their annual global turnover from the prior year and we’ll soon see just how EU...

GDPR causes a flood of new policies

The European Union claims that the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, which comes to term on May 25, is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. Many companies have spent months preparing for the changes, working on policy and compliance, and introducing changes to...

GDPR Phishing Scam Targets Apple Accounts, Financial Data

A phishing campaign targeting Apple users is attempting to trick victims into updating their profiles under the guise it’s a part of proactive security hardening prepping for the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation GDPR policies set to go into effect on May 25. The phishing...

This Week in Security News: Exposure and Susceptibility

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, a new report revealed that the Equifax breach had a larger impact than previously thought. In addition, The Senate Intelligence Committee...

The final compliance countdown: Are you ready for GDPR?

On May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR will replace the Data Protection Directive as the new standard on data privacy for all organizations that do business with European Union EU citizens.1When GDPR goes into effect, government agencies and organizations that control, maintain, o...

The Role of Sales & Channel in GDPR Compliance

As a part of our journey to General Data Protection Regulation GDPR compliance, we have looked across our business to ensure that all the different departments, employees and products are aligned with our compliance goals and have a solid understanding of the GDPR. Sales people and channel partne...

This Week in Security News: Zippy’s and Flynn

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Hawaii-based restaurant Zippy’s suffered a POS data breach. In addition, Uber executive John Flynn argued that user expectations on data...

What HIPAA and Other Compliance Teaches Us About the Reality of GDPR

with contributing author, William J. Malik, CISA | VP, Infrastructure Strategies The date for General Data Protection Regulation GDPR compliance is just weeks away, yet many organizations, especially those outside Europe, remain unprepared. It turns out that the experiences from other privacy...

State-of-the-art Security: The role of technology in the journey to GDPR compliance

As we’ve discussed over the last 7 weeks in our video case study series, the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR impacts many different areas of our company, including our employees, customers, and partners. The GDPR also mandates the use of state-of-the-art security, which, as a leader in...

Configuring Imperva SecureSphere for GDPR Compliance: Part One

Time is running out. 23 days until GDPR enforcement The GDPR effective date is less than a month away and, given the significant risk and potential costs associated with a failure to comply, organizational readiness efforts continue to mount. GDPR non-compliance penalties can be severe up to 79...

A week in security (April 23 – April 29)

Last week, we dug into behavioral biometrics, explored a new crossrider variant, and embraced the power of "no." We also launched another CrackMe challenge, took a deep dive into smart toys, and finished up with a look at digital privacy in the age of IoT. Other news LinkedIn does battle with...

RSA 2018 recap: GDPR, Increasing Visibility and Transparency of Cloud Security

RSA 2018 is in the books! The event welcomed 42,000 attendees to San Francisco, including cybersecurity professionals, vendors, media, and analysts. The themes of visibility and transparency repeatedly came up in discussions and presentations as organizations grapple with ever-increasing data flo...

Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law

On two occasions this past year I've published stories here warning about the prospect that new European privacy regulations could result in more spams and scams ending up in your inbox. This post explains in a question and answer format some of the reasoning that went into that prediction, and...

This Week in Security News: Fines and Funding

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the SEC paid $35 million in fines following the 2014 breach, in which Russian hackers obtained the information of 500 million users. In...

The Internet of Everything and digital privacy: what you need to know

If you don’t already own Internet of Things IoT devices, you likely will soon. IoT-enabled devices are physical gadgets with built-in Internet connectivity that allow data transmission; often this happens in the background with no indication to the user that anything is happening. The IoT is more...

When Preparing for GDPR, Don’t Neglect Public Cloud Security

With organizations aggressively moving workloads to public cloud platforms, such as Amazon’s AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft’s Azure, protecting these environments is critical for compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. These public cloud platforms are being used to pow...

Customer data & marketing operations: Keeping your data safe on the journey to GDPR compliance

Emails. Web forms. Events. Oh my! These marketing tactics are all designed to gather, store, and evolve relationships with your prospects, customers, and partners. Often times, they are the first point of contact for your organization from the outside world—and they all feed into your marketing...