Security trends for 2024 and beyond

Welcome to this week’s Security Spotlight, where we shine a light on:?

• Expert insight into security trends for 2024 and beyond?

• Looking back on 6 years of the GDPR?

• When to seek consent under the GDPR?

• 6 practical tips for making cyber security everyone’s responsibility?

• The book of the month: Well-being in the Workplace?

• Free green papers on the GDPR and ISO 27001?

• Tomorrow’s webinar on Europrivacy?

Security trends for 2024 and beyond?

Our head of security testing, James Pickard, shared his expert insight into security trends for 2024 and beyond. We looked at:?

• Ransomware trends?

• AI and social engineering?

• Data leaks becoming more common and bigger?

• Recommendations for protecting your organisation?

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Looking back on 6 years of the GDPR?

On 25 May 2024, the GDPR turned six.?

Since its enforcement, the GDPR has become the core global standard for protecting personal data.?

We talked to GRCI Law’s managing consultant, Dr Loredana Tassone, about:?

• Key GDPR achievements?

• The Regulation’s shortcomings?

• How those shortcomings are being addressed?

• How organisations can maintain GDPR compliance?

• What organisations should know about the EU–US Data Privacy Framework?

• How the EU GDPR and data protection and privacy will likely evolve?

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Consent under the GDPR: when to seek it??

Many organisations think they must get consent to process personal data under the GDPR.?

In fact, consent is just one of six lawful grounds for processing data, and you should only seek it if none of the other grounds apply.?

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6 practical tips for making cyber security everyone’s responsibility?

One of the unfortunate side effects of the term ‘cyber security’ is that it sounds very technical.?

This can lead people to conclude that it isn’t their problem, but something to be addressed by a group of people somewhere in the organization who are cyber experts.?

In fact, cyber security is everyone’s responsibility.?

This blog outlines 6 practical tips to help ensure this.?

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Sarah Cook on well-being in the workplace?

ITGP’s author of the month for July is Sarah Cook with Well-being in the Workplace – A guide to resilience for individuals and teams.?

With home, flexible and remote working increasingly becoming the norm, how can managers manage a remote team? And how can employees look after their mental health??

Sarah talked us through some practical tips and advice.?

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Free green paper: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – A compliance guide for the UK??

Want to learn more about the GDPR? This free green paper helps you understand:?

• The core elements of the Regulation that are subject to the higher-tier fines?

• What you need to do to comply with them?

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Free green paper: Implementing an ISMS – The nine-step approach?

Good information security isn’t simply about using the latest technology or allocating resources so that your IT team can sort it out. It’s about addressing the risks specific to your organisation without compromising your business objectives.?

Your overall approach to security should therefore be strategic as well as operational.?

An ISMS (information security management system) takes a systematic approach to managing confidential or sensitive information so that it remains secure.?

Learn our 9-step implementation approach, which we’ve used to help over 800 organisations around the world achieve ISO 27001 compliance, in this free green paper.?

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Free webinar: Europrivacy Certification: Integrating the GDPR with National Privacy Laws??

Tomorrow, 11:00 am (BST)?

In today’s globalised economy, organisations operating across European borders face the intricate challenge of complying with the GDPR alongside a mosaic of national data privacy laws.?

The Europrivacy?/? certification emerges as a pivotal solution, designed to harmonise GDPR requirements with the diverse legal privacy frameworks of individual European countries.?

This webinar, delivered by Alan Calder and Dr Sébastien Ziegler, will cover:?

• An introduction to Europrivacy and its significance in the current privacy framework?

• Understanding the intersection of the GDPR with national and local privacy legislation?

• The challenges and advantages for organisations operating in multiple European countries?

• Strategies for using Europrivacy to address diverse regulatory demands?

• How Europrivacy certification helps unify compliance efforts across borders?

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Speak to a cyber security expert?

With over 20 years’ experience in cyber security, we understand risk management.?

Our experts have implemented cyber security programmes for hundreds of organisations across a multitude of industries in both the private and public sectors.?

New to the world of cyber security and need advice on how to get started??

Or updating an existing cyber security programme??

Our cyber security experts are here to help.?

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