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GDPR checklist for small businesses
So, you’re a small business or start-up. You know that you need to comply with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), because you process EU residents’ personal data, but the trouble ...
3 things finance professionals need to know about the GDPR
Are you part of an in-house finance team? Or do you work for a finance provider – an accountancy firm, perhaps, or a financial advisory company? Like professionals in any other sector, ...
Vigilant Software’s most wanted: Data Breach Bulletin (May 2019)
According to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), more than 14,000 data breaches were logged in the first year since the introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which is almost four ...
Banking – Building trust in an age of disruption
Digital disruption has long made its presence felt in the retail banking sector. A series of challenger brands have launched in recent years, building innovative and intuitive digital interfaces from the ground ...
Every organisation is affected by cyber risk!
Organisations that believe they can ignore cyber risk management and the benefits it offers will probably lose out as others adopt more efficient, more economical, less human-resource-intensive solutions. For effective cyber risk ...
Myth-busting: Why risk assessments shouldn’t be a one-time thing
We’re kicking off a new series of blogs tackling some of the biggest misconceptions around risk assessments, information security, data protection, regulatory compliance, and other issues that our customers are grappling with ...
GDPR: What will happen after a no-deal Brexit?
Since a no-deal Brexit is starting to look more and more likely, the government recently released additional guidance to supplement the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) previous description of the future data protection ...
Why should you subscribe for a free trial?
At the beginning of January, Vigilant Software launched a free seven-day trial of its software tools: vsRisk Cloud, the Data Flow Mapping Tool, Compliance Manager, the DPIA Tool and GDPR Manager. A ...
DPIAs and why every organisation needs to conduct them
Do you know what a DPIA is? Do you need to conduct one? This blog will give you an introduction to DPIAs and why and when you should conduct one. What is ...
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 ...
