Posts by Stephen Midgley :

The recent iCloud hack and subsequent leak of intimate photos of Hollywood celebrities has made it clear that even the rich and famous aren’t immune to data loss. The fatal mistake these stars made was to forget that data, be it an email or photo, isn’t static. More often than not it goes straight to the cloud, where in theory it can be accessed from anywhere. All it took...

In today’s modern age there are many threats to a company’s data security. These threats can not only cause financial damage, but can seriously harm the reputation of the business in question. I just wrote an article for HR Zone about the “Human Factor” that contributes to many data breaches and how to mitigate these risks. Gartner estimates that “by 2016, 20% of CIOs in regulated industries will lose...

Security threats come in more shapes and sizes than ever before. Keeping tabs on all the ways your corporate data could be compromised can feel overwhelming, so I put together a list of the Five Top Tips for Buidling Your Security Strategy, which was published on TechRadar. Manage your mobile workforce – it doesn’t matter if you have BYOD, CYOD or COPE, if the device is lost or stolen,...

I recently contributed to IDG Connect, talking about how “There’s More to IT Security Than a Cyber-Attack,” which tries to balance out the whole risk landscape affecting organizations. Given the number of high profile data breaches in the past year, and the obvious increase in organized and planned out attacks, many organizations have shifted too much emphasis to preventing cybercrime, leaving other areas at risk. In the recently released...

It’s been a busy decade for data privacy. I recently wrote an article for Finextra that de-mystifies the regulation roadblocks of data privacy. Worldwide more than 575 million data records were lost or stolen in 2013, so it comes as no surprise that regulations have sprung up to combat data loss, but there’s little understanding out there of what’s in place, what the rules are for non-compliance and what...