Rob Price

In this data-driven world, culpability and legislation are crucial. More crucial, and not to be overlooked, however, is that they fulfill their purpose – improving overall data privacy and security. As of May 2021, three years have passed since the inception of GDPR, Europe’s data privacy, and security law. Despite the flurry of activity that preceded its launch, which left IT professionals clambering to ensure their organisations were compliant with the new regulations, millions of pounds’ worth of fines have been levied against businesses of all sizes. In fact, according to DLA Piper’s latest GDPR Data Breach Survey, there have been more…

One of the most concerning issues for IT leaders and organisations in 2021 is the impact of technology blind spots. Snow Software’s 2021 IT Priorities Report found that an awareness gap still exists between IT leaders and employees when it comes to unmanaged and unaccounted for technology. For example, while both groups agree that security is the primary problem caused by technology blind spots, there is a 20-point difference between IT leaders (72%) and employees (52%) who believe it is an issue. And concerningly, 16% of workers don’t believe unmanaged or unaccounted for technology causes any business issues at all. Any business…