41% of employees believe that company does not own data!
9th March 2020 Egress Data Breach Survey 2020 A recently published survey commissioned by egress and conducted by Opinion Matters shows that during the last 12 months IT leaders have become more concerned about risks of insider breaches. In fact, the…
Read moreWarning: Protect your WhatsApp Account
4th March, 2020 Recently we have come across Facebook statuses warning friends that a WhatsApp account has been hacked and not to open messages coming from them. We looked further into these claims to see what is actually happening. BE…
Read moreGDPR nets €114 million in fines with more to come
22nd January, 2020 Data protection authorities across the European Union have issued €114 million in fines under the GDPR since the new privacy rules came into force approximately 20 months ago, according to a new survey from DLA Piper. A…
Read moreEmail Use Policy – Why it is a must have.
6th January, 2020 Email is undoubtedly an important and necessary part of your business. It provides an economical and instant source of communicating with employees, clients and vendors. This powerful tool of communication requires careful management. Otherwise, the same effective…
Read moreBusting the GDPR Christmas Myths
3rd December, 2019 Many argue that Santa Claus is in contravention of Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 when it is said that he’s making a list, checking it twice, to find out who’s naughty or…
Read moreImpact of the Brexit deal on data transfer to the UK
18th October 2019 In the last Brexit deal, which still has to be approved by the Commons, the EU and the UK have agreed that “the European Commission will start the assessments with respect to the United Kingdom as soon…
Read moreUnaware Employees Can Cost Your Business Thousands
“Maltese companies are also falling victims to phishing emails” Phishing is one of the most ferocious and dangerous threats to your businesses – regardless of whether you are a large organization, a small business, or something in-between. Hackers use email,…
Read moreECJ rules that active consent is required for cookie storage
1st October 2019 This morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a judgment concluding that pre-ticked check-boxes indicating one’s consent to the downloading of cookies, or access to them, were unlawful. In case C‑673/17, the Court observed how Planet49…
Read moreIn-house Training: what’s in it for you?
“Do not take it for granted that all your employees have the same awareness and understanding.” We are noting that discrimination matters are on the increase (in particular in relation to comments/jokes being made at the workplace) however this does…
Read moreAn array of workshops and courses by 21 Academy
It is going to be a very busy post summer till end of year period for 21 Academy. So far the Academy has launched 3 courses, starting in October, and 8 workshops, starting from September. More courses and workshops are…
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