Since 1999 Secon Cyber Security have been protecting clients by mitigating and eliminating cyber threats in corporate environments by offering an integrated approach to security services and technology.
With the advent of GDPR, cybersecurity is once again at the forefront of experts’ concerns. David King, Secon Cyber Security’s Technical Director, proffers, “GDPR is all about the data - its processing, visibility, privacy and safeguards.”
Many companies are still unsure of what steps to undertake to ensure they comply with the new regulation. To help organisations, Secon Cyber Security is running a series of conferences with input from selected vendors, the second of which takes place at Old Trafford on 17 May.
At the event David King shall expound on the subject of data classification as a prerequisite to GDPR compliance. Knowing what data you have and where it resides is paramount to deploying data security across both structured and unstructured data.
Data needs to be classified by risk, as some data is by its nature more sensitive than others. You will need to consider what risks are associated to this data and how it is processed. All companies holding and processing EU citizens’ data will need a GDPR Practitioner Certificate.
According to David, “A Data Protection Impact Assessment (Article 35) and proper record keeping (Article 30) are essential to properly assess the risks of business processes and provide visibility. To this end, data must first be audited, mapped and classified.”
The company works with top-flight developers and vendors to bring forward products to empower their clients to put in place good Data Governance systems in order to move their organisations forward to stronger, more secure positions.
Also speaking at the workshop will be Neil Thacker, CISSP, CEH & OPST, Deputy CISO at Forcepoint and a leading industry expert advising on mitigation advice and threat analysis innovation.
Neil will discuss discovery, mitigation and response as being the three keys to unlock GDPR compliance. In addition, he will discuss how technology can be used to discover personal data across multiple systems, thus enabling a catalogue of business processing activities.
He will also focus on the application of automated mitigation through incident risk ranking and how best to respond to the relevant supervisory authority should the organisation suffer a data breach.
Edward Cowen, CEO of Remora, a cybersecurity consultancy providing cybersecurity strategy to organisations, including incident response and breach remediation, will speak on the need for the complete overhaul of data protection regulation with extensive updates of what can be considered personal identifiable information (PII). He will speak about data under scrutiny, what can go wrong, and practical ways to address the new regulation.
As part of their stated aim to help and support their clients towards a clear understanding of their obligations under GDPR, Secon Cyber Security will be holding a number of additional workshops throughout the year.
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Please visit the web site, www.seconcyber.com, for more information and forward dates.