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GDPR: Enabling Digital Transformation in the EU

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There is a growing amount of personal information and data available on the internet that is accessible to an infinite number of businesses and organizations. In regard to this, there is something we must keep in mind: GDPR.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects all businesses in the European Union. It also affects businesses that offer services to EU citizens, monitor their behavior, or obligate them to give information extracted from data processors.

But, what will happen to the IT security sector once the BREXIT is in full swing?

The GDPR and Cybersecurity Post-Brexit

Two facts influenced the title of this article:

  • Businesses are currently immersed in a technological revolution. Cybersecurity has opened the door for Digital Transformation. In fact, 43% of company heads consider that security should be the first priority when implementing Digital Transformation. IT security is a true business value because businesses cannot be digital without first protecting themselves.
  • The Brexit: It is impossible to ignore the strong influence that the UK has had on the EU, especially in the cybersecurity sector. We cannot disregard the level of paternity that the UK has had in regards to cybersecurity laws, which mostly come from the European Convention on Human Rights (a humorous example of this can be seen in this Monty Python remake).

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When summarizing the GDPR, there are three main points to keep in mind:

1- The baseline scenario for most organizations and companies larger than 250 employees in the EU: institutions who have successfully empowered employees with business silo information, who have implemented Big Data tools, and generated trillions of data files from productivity tools.

2- To fix the IT problem we need to take back control of the distributed information silo and comply with rules 12-21 of the GDPR (clear ownership, custodian and new specific accesses like the right to be forgotten, serious and proactive reporting of all data leakage and manipulation incidents, etc.) while satisfying the growing demand for digital transformation. This suggests that there is a greater distribution of business data that is both quick and automatic.

3- Lastly, we must place some importance on some of the technologies that have been implemented and personalized in different companies (Spain) over the last two years. The results have been positive with a different operational impact deriving from the GDPR based on intelligent threat platforms like Panda Adaptive Defense 360.pandasecurity-brexit-table

The future of GDPR after the BREXIT

These changes should be in full swing by mid-2018. It is uncertain how to anticipate the GDPR changes, especially when it comes to implementing operational changes related to cross-border data transfer. We hope this information is useful for people in IT roles who are up against similar situations. We will continue to look over the current regulations and wait for GDPR updates following the BREXIT. Stay tuned!

Author: Salvador Sánchez Taboada https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvadorsanchez/es

 

 

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Cybersecurity: An Opportunity For Digital Transformation

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Although it is not a buzzword quite yet, the reality is, digital transformation is already impacting our professional and personal lives. Not a day passes without the media telling us what “it” is, why “it” is necessary, while bombarding us with examples of companies that are immersed in “it”.

It’s a fact that our lives are becoming more digital. We buy, we work, we store information, and we even communicate with other people through media and digital platforms. Just as we protect our analogue lives, we must protect our online lives.

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Security plays a key role as a facilitator for Digital Transformation. 64% of managers recognize that cybersecurity is one of the pillars of this transformation, and not without reason.

There are two ways we can see this challenge: as a threat or as an opportunity. To approach Digital Transformation as if it is a threat is exaggerated….apocalyptic. We don’t want to downplay these threats… of course they are real, they really are! But fortunately, everyday there are more and better tools to protect businesses and their digital lives.

The cyber-security industry offers a plethora of services and products that are cheap, accessible and effective, and as a result, users are going to be better protected during their Digital Transformation. The cloud has been a great facilitator by implementing this change, protecting all kinds of businesses, regardless of size and sector.

And the same happens with cyber-security in the framework of digital transformation. 43% of executives consider security as the first challenge to address when implementing digital transformation. After all, we cannot really be digital without being protected. Knowing how to take on these changes in a positive way is, without a doubt, a competitive advantage for any organization.

And how do we protect ourselves?

While the technology that positively impacts us grows, so does malware and cyber-threats. These developing threats have a high human component and adapt to the various changes and stoppers that the cyber-security industry has put into action to fight them.

Therefore, in order to fight these threats, human response is absolutely necessary. As humans, we have a great ability: we are adaptable (yes, although we are talking about digital transformation we must remember that we are people). Fortunately there are cyber-security solutions for your business that support last generation technology and are capable of combining adaptability and human component, while allowing you to achieve an extremely high level of security.

Whether we like it or not, digital transformation is creating a new era… changing how we do things, how we live … and we are already fully immersed into it. We have a great opportunity to be more effective, efficient, fast and agile. The technology is there. Let’s take the bull by the horns and learn to protect ourselves like we already do in our analogue life. We will not regret it.

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