Security

On 25 May 2018 the new European privacy regulation GDPR came into effect. Of course we have also been working hard internally to ensure full compliance with GDPR at 1A First Alternative.

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On 25 May 2018 the new European privacy regulation GDPR will be implemented. Much has been published on this subject. Then why publish an article again? Many people are worried about the feasibility within their organization, especially now that the deadline is approaching. In practice, a Dutch adage applies: the soup is never consumed as hot as it is served. But you must be able to prove that you are working on compliance.

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The internet is a marvelous medium and open to everyone and everything. Wonderful, but also for parties with malicious intentions. If the data traffic is sent over the internet unencrypted, they can easily intercept it and obtain login credentials. Then these parties can gain direct access to the data. That is why it is very important to see to tightening the security.

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Last week there was a lot of news coverage on two major vulnerabilities which were discovered in today’s processors by Google’s Project Zero. These have been given the names Meltdown and Spectre. The first mainly affects Intel processors, the second also affects AMD and ARM (mainly used in mobile phones, tablets and IoT devices).

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Recent research by Deloitte, published in the FD (Dutch) on September 26, 2017, has shown that SMEs can not afford to mitigate the current cyber security issues in an affordable way. The market is said to be overheated, the solutions are too expensive and SMEs would only address the most urgent issues.

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Open source continues to increase in popularity. As a result, it is targeted by cybercriminals more often. Nevertheless, open source is safe and reliable because of the multitude of auditors and the continuous flow of developments.

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