People rarely change their passwords after a data breach of their online service and if they do, the new passwords are often no stronger than the old ones, according to research by researchers at two American universities. 33% of the persons thanged their password on a compromised website had an average of thirty accounts with […]
Tips from the Digital Trust Center to avoid vulnerabilities:– run the security updates;– check the internal logging for traces of abuse;– analysis of the logging of the VPN environment;– delete all existing VPN accounts and recreate usernames with strong passwords;– consider implementing two-factor authentication for users. Read more about this here: https://www.digitaltrustcenter.nl/nieuws/wees- alert-for-vpn vulnerabilities
The Consumer Association’s privacy test shows, among other things, that Bunq shares data with an American marketing party and loads cookies without permission. N26 shares with third parties who do something with marketing or “product optimization”. The app also establishes contact with the Twitter advertising system. The British Revolut bank says in its privacy statement […]
Number of steps taken by the NCSC UK to keep social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram private. Start by setting your privacy, understand your data, set two-factor authentication and protect your kids. Find them here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/social-media-how-to-use-it-safely
Research by Nivel shows that three quarters of GP practices since the corona crisis has started to make more use of e-health applications in general and video calling in particular. 47% started with a video consultation. Of the e-health applications that were already used before the corona crisis, the online application for prescriptions and the […]
Europol provides public awareness and prevention by offering a safety guid for the “new normal”after COVID-19.
The NCSC recommends taking precautions if employees at your organization largely start working from home because of COVID-19 (Corona). It is then important to pay attention to the points below and to take additional measures if necessary. Think of a secure connection to your company network, strong authentication, updates, antivirus, incident reporting, etc. Read more […]
What impact does the GDPR have and what benefits does it offer for Defense? The agenda seems to be filled: In June there is Data Deletion Day (cleaning up electronic and paper files), August is all about data leaks and October is the month of awareness about cybersecurity and privacy in the EU. Read more […]
The Digital Government Act has been passed by the Second chamber. The aim of the Digital Government Act is to regulate the safe and reliable login for Dutch citizens and companies with the (semi-) government. Safe and reliable log-in means that citizens receive electronic identification means with a higher degree of reliability than the current […]
Each individual manages, views and corrects his personal data himself, and determines for what purpose he or she shares it for what period with processing parties such as municipalities, doctors and institutions. How beautiful will that be? Read more about this subject at: https://ibestuur.nl/nieuws/wordt-de-burger-eigen-databaas