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CYBER INSIGHTS: Wednesday 14 August 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Gibraltar: Wednesday 14 August 2024 at 07:00 CET

CYBER INSIGHTS: The Latest SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence …
Written & Curated By Iain Fraser – Cybersecurity Journalist
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Welcome to Today’s Edition of CYBERInsights My Daily Roundup of the Latest European SME Cybersecurity News including: 1). NIS2 Directive 2). Is the UK Cyber Resilient?  3). What is GDPR?

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1). COMPLIANCE: Understanding the NIS2 Directive – While primarily aimed at EU Member States, non-EU companies operating within the EU or providing services to EU registered firms also need to comply with the directive. As we approach the October 2024 deadline for EU Member States to enact the NIS 2 Directive, organizations that do business in Europe must prepare for the significant changes it brings to cybersecurity compliance…

2).  IS THE UK CYBER RESILIENT?: The recent Microsoft IT outage and the subsequent global meltdown of the failed Crowdstrike “updates” underscores the fragility of our systems and software. There were grounded planes, delayed trains, no television stations, no hospital appointments, and no electronic payments. No, it wasn’t the beginning of a gigantic digital assault from Russia, or the background to a Hollywood blockbuster but IT updates that went disastrously wrong…

3). WHAT IS GDPR? – Unlocking GDPR: To assist our readers navigate the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation ) Minefield we have complied  –  GDPR for SMEs – A Comprehensive Guide to Data Protection Regulations. The General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) is a data privacy regulation from Europe that grants rights to individuals in the EU/EEA over how their personal information gets processed, irrespective of whether the processing occurs online or offline…

ABOUT IAIN FRASER – I am a Gibraltar based, Accredited Journalist, (*NUJ, IFJ & ONA) Authority Writer,  Commentator & Publisher of CYBERinsights and cover all aspects of Cybersecurity [Awareness, Threat Management, Best Practice Compliance & Mitigation] and report throughout Europe & the UK

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