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Data Protection Regulation one year on: 73% of Europeans have heard of at least one of their rights
At the occasion of a stock-taking event to mark the first year of application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the European Commission is publishing the results of a special Eurobarometer survey on data protection
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AT&T joins global cyber security alliance formed by Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica
Alliance combines resources and capabilities of telecom operators to help protect all types of businesses from the growing threat of sophisticated cyber-attacks. With the inclusion of AT&T, the Alliance greatly increases its global presence
Ziften expands Board of Directors with appointment of California investment executive and entrepreneur Dave Lin
Investment executives/entrepreneurs Patrick O’Reilly and Jonathan Hung join Ziften as Board Observers moreProducts
Sepior Threshold Signatures interoperate with VMware Blockchain for wallet services
Interoperable wallet facilitates payment between parties using decentralized trust more
BT enhances its cyber capabilities in Europe
New Cyber Security Operations Centre to open in Paris, expansions in Madrid and Frankfurt more
NetEvents 2019 Innovation Awards for start-ups and established innovators in Cloud/Datacenter, IoT and CyberSecurity
Entry for the annual NetEvents Innovation Awards is open til the 22nd August 2019. There are six categories: covering both start-up and established companies in three fields: Cloud/Datacenter, IoT and CyberSecurity
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Questions & answers on the Japan adequacy decision
Directive on Security of Network and Information systems, the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity
9 May was the deadline for the Member States to transpose into national laws the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive) that entered into force in August 2016. The NIS Directive is the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity
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The Mind of the Hacker - Insights from GCHQ, MI6 and Israeli Intelligence
It used to be the trickery of the disinterested joker – bright youngsters pulling the data strings just to see what would happen. Then came criminals, adapting old con-trickery and thieving skills to the new cyber environment. Then it escalated to international gangs and now we are faced with political interest and rival shaping a post-truth world. Where are we heading? What is already happening? Vital questions must be addressed in this opening session before we turn to the technologies, solutions and strategies for securing the Cloud and Internet of Things. Brian Lord, OBE – former GCHQ Deputy Director for Intelligence and Cyber Operations – begins by describing the big picture, how it is evolving and where we could be heading. How is the balance of knowledge and power changing? And how will this affect our industry, business and society?
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C-Suite beware: You are the latest targets of cybercrime, warns Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report
C-level executives increasingly and proactively targeted by social breaches – correlating to a rise of social-engineering attacks with financial motivation more
The cloud journey and it’s profound impact on the future of networking and security
VMware is famous for innovation and regularly gets voted amongst the top four or five most innovative companies in the world. VMware has a global CTO and three regional CTOs. Joe Baguley, CTO and Vice President, EMEA, VMware is one of the three regional CTOs. He spoke at NetEvents EMEA in Barcelona
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Who is responsible for cloud security?
It must be a sign of the times. The world is growing so weary of all those malware massacres in the Internet Wild West, that security is beginning to feel quite sexy. The recent NetEvents EMEA Press Spotlight discussion – Enterprise Security Considerations for the Cloud – Containers, Perimeters, and Access Controls– added greater intelligence to the mix
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