Posts Tagged ‘GDPR’
Protecting Your Data for Compliance and Ransomware
GDPR and other PII regulations have dramatically changed how companies handle and are held accountable for the data they collect. Consumers have been empowered to ask companies about the PII information they collect on them, and then have it erased. The Right of Access and Right to Erasure regulations means companies need to know more…
Read MoreCompliance Is a Word You Are Going to Keep Hearing
If you are not familiar with the new compliance regulations, it’s time to take note. Europe (GDPR), Japan (APII), Singapore (PDPA), and recently California (CCPA) have announced sweeping regulations governing personally-identifiable information (PII). The acronyms for these compliance regulations are almost as bad as the fines attached to them. Europe’s GDPR has fines starting at…
Read MoreMaking Sense and Dollars of the CCPA and GDPR
If you’re a solution provider, system integrator, reseller, MSP, xSP, et cetera, you already bear great responsibility for helping your customers comply with data protection and security mandates. In fact, you are probably their trusted go-to advisor. Unless your head has been in the sand for the last year, you’re already aware of the GDPR…
Read MoreHow to Solve the Problem of Ransomware in a GDPR World
Lately we have been engaging in a very concerted educational effort in two very important areas: ransomware and GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), of course, covers protection and privacy of personal data of EU citizens. Ransomware, of course, is a nightmare. (Remember early in this season of “Homeland” when Carrie mistakenly downloads ransomware,…
Read MoreAre You (Un)Prepared for the GDPR?
Today we released the results of our latest survey finding out how prepared companies are for the GDPR – it turns out, they aren’t! The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR for short) is legislation that covers the processing, storage, and use of private EU citizens’ data. The catch is, no matter where your company…
Read MoreReady or Not, Here Comes the GDPR
With GDPR legislation coming into effect in just 10 days, companies all over the world are preparing their data and company policies to comply with some of the strictest data privacy and protection regulation to come out in recent years. But with such a daunting task, it can be hard to see a light at…
Read MoreTick-Tock, the GDPR Is Coming
You’ve already been warned: the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is coming into effect May 25. In this blog, our CEO Steven Lamb, will answer a few questions from ioFABRIC customers about what’s happening, why, and what you need to do. Q: I work for a North American company, why would this apply…
Read MoreSolve GDPR Complexity with ioFABRIC’s Hybrid Cloud Solution
With enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to begin on May 25, all companies – regardless of their location – could face stiff fines for non-compliance of how they handle customer data for European citizens. There are already are dozens of articles explaining the rules and impacts that GDPR encompass,…
Read MoreHow Data Governance Addresses the Risks of Data Residency and Sovereignty
Do you have a solid data governance plan in place? Is it up to date? Do you have any way to actually achieve it? If not, you might be at risk of rubbing the wrong way against the current data residency and data sovereignty rules and regulations. With your eye on data management, IT upgrades…
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