Tag Archives: General Data Protection Regulation

Cyber Insurance Applications and Claims on the Rise in the UK

Cyber insurance applications and claims have soared in view of attacks and fears about fines under the General Data Protection Regulation, with Lloyds offering over 15 different types of cyber insurance policies. A 78 percent increase in claims on cyber policies between 2015 and 2016 means there is a growing amount of exposure for cyber threats […]

A Call for Clients To Get Educated on GDPR

A new Dell One Identity Solutions study reveals more than 80 percent of businesses outside of the European Union say they know close to nothing about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in May of 2018. Only three percent of IT and business professionals actually have a working plan of action in […]

In Spite of the “Privacy Shield” U.S. Businesses Will Still Seek Data Protection Guidance

You will probably be seeing reports that the European Union (EU) & the United States (US) agreed on a new mechanism to replace the old Safe Harbor, effectively titled the “Privacy Shield.” The details are hazy and a formal written policy has not been released, but as far as I can glean, the new mechanism […]