Only 25% of mainframe customers confident their security is GDPR compliant, new survey suggests

Improve mainframe security, say users – because data privacy rules are getting tougher, cyber criminals are getting smarter and mainframes are more connected to the outside world

Only one in four IBM mainframe customers questioned in a new UK survey are confident that their system security complies with the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 31 per cent think they are not compliant, while 40 per cent do not know. Around four per cent are unsure what the GDPR is.

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Resilient plc and Business Systems Ltd partner to address market demand for GDPR and MiFID II compliance solutions

Resilient plc and Business Systems Ltd partner to address market demand for GDPR and MiFID II compliance solutions

London, 28th September 2017 – Resilient plc and Business Systems (UK) Ltd today announced a strategic partnership to address the growing market demand for call recording solutions enabling compliance to both MiFID II and GDPR. These forthcoming regulations, due to come into UK law in January 2018 and May 2018 respectively, place great demands on organisations that need to record their business telephone calls, with significant penalties for firms that are non-compliant.

Trend Micro Research Reveals C-level Executives Are Not Prepared for GDPR Implementation

Trend Micro Research Reveals C-level Executives Are Not Prepared for GDPR Implementation

HONG KONG, CHINA — (Marketwired) — 09/06/17 — With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect May 25, 2018, businesses around the globe should be preparing accordingly. However, through a recent survey, (TYO: 4704) (TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, found that C-suite executives are not approaching the regulation with the seriousness required, resulting in overconfidence when it comes to compliance.The company–s research reveals a robust awareness of

FTSE 30 Companies Risk Violating Key GDPR Principle, According to New RiskIQ Research

LONDON – June 1, 2017 – With one year remaining until the commencement of EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), new research by RiskIQ reveals that more than one-third of all public web pages of FTSE 30 companies capturing personally identifiable information (PII) are in danger of violating the regulation by doing so insecurely.

When assessing the public websites of FTSE 30 organisations, RiskIQ found that more controls on external facing web assets, known as an organisation’s digital f