Data Protection rights in Mauritius
Did you know that on the 15 January 2018, the new data protection act was enforced in Mauritius? The Act has the objective to strengthen...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
GDPR as we enter 2022
Take a look at where GDPR stands as it reaches its fourth birthday, including enforcement and fine changes, current challenges, how...
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Dec 31, 20213 min read
What is the GDPR consent?
If your organisation process personal data, then this article is for you. According to the GDPR, any organisation that process personal...
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Dec 13, 20212 min read
Do you know what an Incident Response Plan is?
According to a study, more than 77% or organisations do not have an Incident Response Plan. An Incident Response plan is a set of...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
How to assess the level of security of your technological tools?
Did you know that white hat hackers could help you identify loopholes in your cybersecurity system? Opposite to black hat hackers who...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
5 New Challenges for Cybersecurity in 2021/2022
Challenges of the cybersecurity industry are as dynamic as the field itself. The cybersecurity landscape is ever-changing as new...
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Nov 22, 20212 min read
Do you know the difference between physical security and environmental security?
If you do not know the difference between physical and environmental security, don’t worry, this article will help you to understand the...
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Nov 19, 20212 min read
Do all countries have data protection legislation?
Did you know that in 2020, Mauritius was one of the 128 countries that have put in place legislation for data privacy? With the accruing...
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Nov 13, 20212 min read
GDPR for Bloggers: How to Make Your Site Compliant
As the owner of a blog or similarly simple website, you may be wondering if the same rules of commercial sites and apps apply to you. To...
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Nov 8, 20213 min read
What are the consequences of data breach?
Did you know that 93% of data security breaches takes less than one minutes? Yes, it takes less time for a hacker to penetrate a system...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
A guideline to set up an information security policy
The internet, a technology invented in the mid 1950’s, is doubtlessly the technology that had the most impact on all societies. It has...
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Oct 25, 20213 min read
5 noteworthy data breach in history
On the 3rd October 2021, 11.9 million documents (2.9 terabytes of data) were leaked by the International Consortium of Investigative...
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Oct 18, 20212 min read
The 3 principles of Information Security
When we talk about Information Security, we talk about the tools and the processes that an organization uses to protect information. We...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
The 7 biggest GDPR fines since 2018
On the 14th April 2016, the European Parliament adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new directive to replace the...
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Oct 4, 20212 min read
What does Pandora Papers tell us about Data Breach and Information Security?
According to the Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. She was created by the gods and was blessed by all of them....
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Sep 27, 20213 min read
The difference between information security and cyber security.
Did you know that Information security and cyber security are not equivalent? If you thought that the two subjects are the same thing,...
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Sep 20, 20212 min read
7 principles of the GDPR
Did you know that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is based on 7 principles? The GDPR was adopted by the EU parliament in...
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Sep 14, 20214 min read
How to recognise and avoid phishing?
Did you know that the word phishing was first used in 1996? You surely came across the word phishing before and you probably thought that...
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Apr 5, 20211 min read
Personal data of 533 million Facebook users leaks online
Phone numbers, email addresses, and more are included Personal data from 533 million Facebook accounts has reportedly leaked online for...
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Dec 10, 20201 min read
Phishing Attack Hits German Coronavirus Task Force
More than 100 executives at a multinational company that’s part of a German task force for creating coronavirus protective gear, were...
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