DNS SecurityGDPRWhy Businesses Should Fall in Love with GDPRFebruary is the month of love and this year, businesses have the best opportunity to show customers that they care about them. On the back of multiple, large-scale data breaches in 2017 and in the lead-up to GDPR in May 2018, data protection is a growing public concern. Despite the portrayed doom and gloom in the news about GDPR, the new regulation will help organizations gain more respect from their customers by protecting their data from potential breaches, often accomplished...
DDIDNS SecurityInternet of ThingsIPAMVirtualization & Cloud2017: Bad Year for DNS Security, but Network Management Getting HotThe past year saw some of the largest cyber attacks on record such as WannaCry, Petya and Mirai. The emergence of new threats to the corporate network poses a critical issue to current network and DNS Security capabilities. Last year’s cyber attacks, which caused financial and reputational damage to private and public sector organizations, sparked necessary conversations about how employees and the public can be protected from future threats. In 2017 we also saw the enterprise IT environment becoming more...
DNS SecurityGDPRReap the Benefits of GDPR with DNS ProtectionThe deadline to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is getting closer (25th May 2018). This new edict will offer great opportunities for companies to strengthen customer trust by bringing them more personalized solutions, resulting in greater satisfaction. Compliance can save companies from paying hefty fines, as well as bring long-term reputational gains and better understanding of their customers. Data confidentiality will become vital in a post-GDPR world. In order to ensure it, companies will have to pay...
DNS SecurityGDPRPrivacy LawsMay 25th 2018 is imminent: Are you ready for GDPR?Officially on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will protect data related to citizens of the European Union, anywhere in the world. It adds strict rules for breaches and possible penalties of up to four percent of turnover and requires notification to the supervisory authority within 72 hours of breach occurring. The regulation has been framed around the location of the data subject, rather than the data controller or data processor, meaning this EU regulation has global...
DNS SecurityInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork Security– Are universities ready to deal with unexpected issues?Modern higher education needs technology. IT drives research projects, it powers administrative systems, and it’s on every student’s desk and pocket. The result is a complex, almost chaotic network environment that mixes controlled business services with an uncontrolled myriad of different devices of all ages and all capabilities. There’s no way for higher education organizations to mandate hardware and software; students will always bring their own computers and on average three to four mobile devices. Thousands of machines connect to...
DNSDNS SecurityAsia Pacific – a centre of digital innovation and the focus for DNS attacksUndoubtedly, Asia Pacific (APAC) is expanding in its digital landscape. China and India, for example, are the two fastest growing economies in the world. The APAC regions currently own approximately 34% of the world’s economy with China ranking second place, following the US, owning $11 trillion. Some of this fast growth has been driven by technology initiatives. The government of Singapore is looking to fuel tech startups in its quest to transform Singapore into a high-tech hub. If that is...
DNS SecurityEurope’s False Sense of Cyber SecurityOnce upon a time, the scariest IT Security stories concerned the US almost exclusively. Such high-profile debacles as the Target outage, gained worldwide headlines because of large fines and senior executive departures. As the list of corporations affected by the Dyn outage shows however, there is no room for complacency elsewhere. DNS security issues are truly global in scope. Our third annual DNS Threat Survey was also global in scope and pointed out the differences in attitude around the world....
DNS SecurityGDPRPrivacy LawsEnsuring GDPR Compliance by Preventing DNS ExfiltrationThe implementation of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now a bit more than a year away. It’s a wide-reaching set of rules which you must comply with if you’re holding data about European citizens. Compliance doesn’t need to be difficult though, as much of GDPR is focused on how you handle data loss and network breaches. To avoid catastrophic fines after breaches, the easiest way to become compliant is simple: you need to enhance your security....
DDIDNS SecurityIPAM2016 in Review: A Year of Network Security Landscape ChangesNetwork security and data protection remain at the top of many CIOs and CSOs’ agendas, as increasingly powerful privacy regulations threaten significant fines for breaches and information leaks. Getting security right means protecting the user first, with the added incentive of protecting a company’s revenues. Dealing with an ever-evolving and increasingly complicated threat landscape, organizations, more than ever need both the right mechanisms and approaches in place and start treating the problem, not just the symptoms. From millions of records...
DNSDNS SecurityGDPRIT Teams – Beware of Accidental Fame Thanks to GDPRFame is something most IT practitioners never experience, nor desire. However, this IT instinct to stay ‘below the radar’ is about to be challenged in a way many did not foresee, due to formidable EU data regulations. For those who do not exercise care, the outcome may make some IT infrastructure experts accidentally famous – in a bad way. While the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation may seem a world away from IT infrastructure and IP provisioning, it...
