UK MPs have questioned the
government’s ability to protect the UK from cyber attacks - due to a “
skills shortage” and “
chaotic handling of personal data breaches”.
Cyber attacks are one of the biggest risks to national security. ⚔ The weakest link is
people and how they manage sensitive information - such as copying confidential files on to laptops. ⛔
Data D-day is looming. Eve Maler, VP of Innovation and Technology of ForgetRock Inc, stresses “
companies that do not get more transparent about data-sharing risk big losses in the near future”. Customers across the globe will begin asking “
What is it you’re sharing about me?” and companies
need to be prepared to answer - especially when GDPR comes into action next year. The legislation is going to effect pretty
much every multinational enterprise “
that monitors or sells to EU citizens”. 😳
Watch the full interview here.
New European projects are looking at
how to protect critical data transfers - including healthcare data. Sharing our personal heath data can have
numerous benefits: from making treatments “
more personalised, rapid and therefore more effective”, to doctors abroad having access to our medical history if you “
unexpectedly need medical treatment”, to detecting “
the very early stages of epidemics before they spread”. But - sharing this sensitive data needs to be through a
security and privacy compliant system.