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As the CEO of your business, would you be prepared to take responsibility for any failure of IT security within the company? If the answer is no, you need to be completely sure that every measure that could be put in place has been. According to research carried out...

In general, a business would wish to encourage as much traffic to their website as possible. Because leads result in visitors, and visitors will hopefully result in customers. The majority of the time this is the case, and website traffic is a positive thing. However,...

Considering it’s size, you would presume that Facebook would be subject, and adhere, to European data laws. However, as a result of Facebook’s (seemingly) unnecessarily complicated privacy policies and its continuous tracking of users, even when they are unaware of...

The issue of sufficiently protecting customer data is often talked about in the business world, and the debate over what is enough and what is too much is often difficult to settle on. But are you doing enough to protect your customers’ data? The Information...

Email policies may well be something that your company overlooks in terms of creating rules for employees. However, you might be surprised to know the importance of email policies, especially written policies, and how they can protect you in terms of liability and...

Mobile devices are becoming more and more popular recently, and they make working life a lot more straightforward. However, many mobile device users are blissfully unaware of the potential dangers surrounding them. Of course, a lot of the time this lack of knowledge...

If you have to buy laptops for a number of your employees you may be tempted by the cheaper models. However, these cheaper laptops may come with risks that could make the cost saving a false economy. This is due to a flaw in the bundled software that comes with some...

We are constantly warned about how important it is to protect our data and prevent hackers from accessing it. However, nowadays we are also told to encrypt so much that it might make you question whether you need to encrypt absolutely everything that you store, send...

You might think that cyber insurance is just another way for companies to make money out of businesses. However, according to one of the UK’s leading lawyers, cyber security could play a vital role in data protection policies, even though only one third of companies...

Unfortunately, all hard drives have a shelf life, all of them will die eventually. Even if it isn’t a catastrophic failure that is the issue, a security breach may also lead to data loss. This means that it is vitally important for you to ensure that your data, both...