CyberSecurity World

2016 has been an interesting year for Cyber Crime with companies like Yahoo, LinkedIn, Lynda.com, TalkTalk (again), Ashley Maddison (being fined $1.6 million for 2015 data breach), KFC, Wells Fargo, MailChimp, AdultFriendFinder, MichaelPage; to name a few.  It's Christmas time and I don't want to be the bearer of bad news however it will get worse as the months/years go on and as companies we can only be prepared and react at our best ability. But a word to the wise; learn from others mistakes. Communication is the key here with customers and suppliers; that is internally and externally. Many bury their head in the sand but making sure you have a robust and up-to-date Incident response plan, Governance Risk and Compliance, Runbooks, Security awareness training, Solutions are being used, or needed etc.  EU GDPR will come into force by 2018 which gives another year to get the ducks in a row . Which could lead to fines of up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover fo