Tag: Compliance

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect almost 10 years ago and has since been enforced more strictly across the European Union. Companies need to comply with GDPR to meet regulatory requirements and safeguard user data. With large companies such as Amazon, Meta, and Google all being fined for GDPR noncompliance, failing to protect user data is no longer an option. Till date, more than €2.7 billion in fines have been issued across Europe for GDPR violations. The GDPR is a European law that mandates how organizations should collect, use, and store personal data in the EU. GDPR

With the rise of sophisticated cyber threats, the Network and Information Systems 2 Directive’s (NIS2) purpose is to protect critical services and infrastructure and hold EU corporations to higher standards, as cyber attacks have risen to 46.5% in EU countries. NIS2 aims to strengthen cybersecurity for network and information systems across the European Union and builds on the NIS1 Directive. NIS2 expands the scope of the original directive, covering a wider range of industries and sectors and applying to more than 100,000 entities across the EU. It classifies businesses into Essential and Important entities and imposes stronger security requirements and

More than 93 million healthcare records were exposed or stolen in 2023, according to statistics. This highlights the importance of improving healthcare cyber resilience to prevent the misuse and unauthorized sharing of patient data. This can be done by meeting healthcare regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). HIPAA is a U.S. government mandated healthcare regulation that dictates why and how healthcare organizations need to meet patient privacy and data protection requirements in the U.S. It applies to healthcare providers such as doctors, hospitals, clinics, and healthcare plan providers such as insurance companies, and even