Why customers don’t trust your organisation with their personal data
An ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) report has found that 45% of customers don’t trust organisations with their personal data. This is hardly surprising, given the constant news stories about cyber attacks and organisations mishandling personal data. In the past few days alone, Facebook has been embroiled in another security incident, ... Read More
Organisations’ 5 biggest information security concerns
When implementing defences to keep data secure, organisations should put a lot of effort into preventing external actors penetrating them. However, as the 2018 BCI Horizon Scan Report reminds us, there are many other things to prepare for. The report asked more than 650 respondents about the most significant threats ... Read More
Are organisations learning from cyber attacks?
Tesco Bank has just been fined £16.4m following a cyber-attack in 2016 in which customer accounts were compromised, leaving them vulnerable to theft. The attack originally came to light when the supermarket giant spotted ‘suspicious transactions’ on 40,000 accounts. It was later estimated that money was stolen from just 20,000 ... Read More
Vigilant Streamlines ISO 27001 Risk Assessments with vsRisk Cloud
New cloud-based information security tool will enable enterprises to deliver fast, accurate and hassle-free ISO 27001 security risk assessments 1st October 2018 – Information security and compliance specialist, Vigilant Software, has announced the launch of a cloud-based solution for conducting information security risk assessments aligned with ISO 27001. vsRisk Cloud ... Read More
US Treasury wants national data breach notification standard
A US Treasury report has identified improvements that support non-bank financial institutions, innovation, and financial technology, with the main talking point being the creation of a national data breach notification standard. The US Treasury is asking financial technology organizations to efficiently and responsibly manage consumers’ financial data and competitive technologies, ... Read More
Vigilant Software adds personal data records to its data protection platform
Ely, United Kingdom, 6 September 2018 – Cyber security expert Vigilant Software has updated its CyberComply platform, introducing personal data records, which allow you to create one or more records at an input point. With the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in force, data protection should be at ... Read More
Understand how to simplify your compliance projects with our free demonstrations
With the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in effect, many organisations need to understand what personal data they process. To help them, Vigilant Software offers free demonstrations of its software tools: vsRisk™, Compliance Manager and the Data Flow Mapping Tool. vsRisk is an information security risk assessment tool ... Read More
39% of UK CEOs admit that cyber attacks are unavoidable
A new study from KPMG has found that 39% of UK CEOs believe a cyber attack on their organisation is inevitable. This figure is likely a reaction to the upsurge in cyber attacks over the past few years and the increased media attention on data breaches. Cyber security professionals have ... Read More
Life’s a breach – the harsh cost of a data breach for professional services firms
Data breaches are an unavoidable fact of life for all organisations, including professional services firms. It’s not a matter of ‘if’ a firm might be breached, but ‘when’. The cyber threat to the global professional services sector is significant and the number of reported incidents has increased significantly over recent ... Read More
Take a risk-based approach to managing cybersecurity with NIST
Many companies have had to deal with data breaches and cyber threats. This year hardly a week has passed without an organization reporting a breach. In the past two years, the cost of a ransomware attack has multiplied by 15, and surpassed $5 billion in 2017. The Cisco 2017 Annual ... Read More
