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
734/5000 The risks of IT failure in hospitals must be better identified. For the provision of good care, hospitals are increasingly dependent on the proper functioning of the ICT to prevent unsafe situations for the patient. This is evident from the report “Patient safety in the event of IT failure in hospitals”. The Council provides […]
Backup with hundreds of thousands of customer data Allianz stolen. The stolen data of 260,000 Dutch customers was stored in a safe at an external location. Read more on this topic at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/09/20/back-up-met-gegevens-honderdduizenden-klanten-allianz-gestolen-a3974055
The semi-annual report of the Durch DPA shows that for the year as a whole, approximately 24,000 data breach reports are expected to be received, or an increase of 14 percent compared to 2018. Most reports came from k 31 percent. The financial sector (20 percent) and public administration (19 percent) followed in terms of […]
The UWV benefits agency must pay an employee 250 euros in compensation because it wrongly shared information with the employee’s new employer about her previous burnout. This is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to the Amsterdam court. Read more about this: https://rechtennieuws.nl/59884/uwv-moet-250-euro-schadevergoeding-betalen-na-datalek/
For a long time it was possible to read the previous login details of the password manager LastPass by sending the user to a site with incorrect code. The researcher managed to retrieve the credentials of the previous site that someone had visited. Read more about this: https://www.pcmag.com/news/370778/lastpass-extension-bug-can-leak-passwords-to-malicious-websi
Companies are taking increasingly more measures to defend themselves against external cyber attacks. Medium-sized companies in particular are catching up with the introduction of authentication via software or hardware tokens. In addition, the number of ICT security incidents is decreasing due to an attack from outside. Statistics Netherlands reports this on the basis of the […]
An investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) showed that dozens of hospital employees had unnecessarily inspected the medical file of a well-known Dutch person. The AP imposes a fine of 460,000 euros on the Hagaziekenhuis for insufficient security. In terms of technical and organizational measures, the Hospital has taken insufficient security measures in […]