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The latest News and Information on CyberSecurity for Applications, Services and Infrastructure, and related technologies.

Status.io and GDPR

We’re just a few months away from mandatory compliance with GDPR. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the EU National Data Protection legislation and is due to take effect in May 2018. The GDPR is a new regulation to protect personal data of EU citizens. It affects all organizations (even outside of the EU) that process data of EU citizens. In our previous article “Preparing for the GDPR”, we shared some resources for learning more about the GDPR.

Tackling insider threat detection with user behavior analytics

While costly data breaches continue at organizations of all sizes and across all industries, no one wants to be the next headline. Instead of focusing on external attackers, organizations must accept the fact that many intrusions come from inside their systems. In fact, according to the 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, insider threats represent 60 percent of all attacks. Fortunately, there are tools and technologies that can help.

Vulnerability Scanning with RapidSpike

The latest addition to the ever growing Security Monitoring tools from RapidSpike is the ability to perform Vulnerability Scans of your external facing servers and web applications. Cyber Security is a massive area of concern for every website or web application owner and ensuring that your applications and servers are free from vulnerabilities is critical in ensuring the ongoing availability of your service.