3 min
InsightIDR
Utilize File Integrity Monitoring to Address Critical Compliance Needs
To help organizations address their compliance auditing needs, we are excited to introduce file integrity monitoring (FIM) for InsightIDR.
4 min
Compliance
Lessons from the Philippines’ Specific Approach to Data Privacy
Many parallels can be drawn between the Philippines Data Protection Act and GDPR, but there are some nuances between the two laws—and one massive difference.
6 min
Public Policy
Updating Data Security Laws - A Starting Point
A baseline requirement for commercial data security is often part of discussions on privacy and breach notification regulations. This issue deserves close attention to ensure any security regulation is both effective at protecting users while staying flexible enough to be practicable.
2 min
GDPR
Securing Personal Information in Web Applications for GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/], is just around the corner:
it comes into effect on May 25, 2018. If you feel a refresher on this
far-reaching privacy law is in order, we’ve got a lot of great content
[/tag/gdpr/] to help you and your organization get ready.
Now, how do most organizations collect personal information from users these
days? Web applications, of course! And as we know
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Dzc7_3w-k],
4 min
GDPR
GDPR Preparation March and April: Course Correct
Wow, how did March just happen? Living in a country that just fell apart like a
clown car because of snow, it’s still feeling decidedly wintery here in the UK,
and as a weather obsessed Brit I am fully looking forward to sunnier times. You
know, that single day sometime in August. By that time, we’ll have crossed the
border into the brave new world of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/], and like many of you, I am
curious as to what t
3 min
GDPR
Tonight I'm gonna IR like it's 99 (days until GDPR)…
Sorry Nena, it was going to be you or Prince that was going to get the headline,
and whilst 99 Red Balloons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ1TQYjCwYc] is a
catchy 80’s classic, I had to give credit to His Royal Purpleness
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblt2EtFfC4]. It was that or pay tribute to a
childhood favourite vanilla ‘whippy’ ice cream, adorned with a Cadbury’s Flake,
but I’m not so sure that would resonate so well with a global audience.
“Why 99?”, you may ask. Why not a nice roun
4 min
GDPR
February – Test & Take Note
Well, if there’s one good thing to say about February, especially for those of
us deep in the bowels of winter, it’s that January is finally behind us.
However, it does bring the impending GDPR compliance
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/] date ever closer. February
25th 2018 marks the three month deadline, so there really isn’t much time left
to get your GDPR houses nicely in order. We’ve been posting regular blogs on the
subject for four months now, and if you’ve been followin
4 min
GDPR
GDPR Preparation Checklist: January – Teach and Tidy
New year, new things to think about when it comes to your GDPR compliance
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/] preparations. Hopefully your
GDPR project is in full swing by now. If it’s not, then you do really need to be
getting your skates well and truly on. Do take a look through our November
[/2017/11/14/gdpr-preparation-november-form-storm/] and December
[/2017/12/04/gdpr-compliance-checklist-december-assess-review/] preparation
blogs for ideas on how to get going. As of Janua
3 min
GDPR
MDR and GDPR: More than a lot of letters
With 2018 now well in our sights, the countdown to the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) [https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/]) is most
definitely on. Articles 33 and 34
[https://www.rapid7.com/globalassets/_pdfs/product-and-service-briefs/rapid7-solution-brief-gdpr-article-33-34.pdf]
of the GDPR [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/gdpr/] require organizations to
communicate personal data breaches when there is a high risk of impact to the
people to whom the data pertains
4 min
GDPR
Creating a Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Program for GDPR with InsightVM
The General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR)
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/] deadline in 2018 is rapidly
approaching, and as companies prepare for GDPR compliance
[/2017/02/23/preparing-for-gdpr/], they’re facing a struggle that’s plagued
every security program for years: how to quantify that nebulous, scary thing
called “risk.” GDPR compliance [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/gdpr/]
specifically talks about “risk” several times in its guidelines, particularly in
Arti
4 min
GDPR
GDPR Compliance Checklist: December – Assess & Review
With under six months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
[https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/] comes into force,
organizations that handle the personal data of EU citizens are preparing for
this new compliance regulation. In order to help you through this new
regulation, we’re creating a series of helpful blog posts to see you all the way
to May 25th 2018. This GDPR-focused infographic
[https://www.rapid7.com/resources/infographic-your-month-to-month-guide-to
2 min
GDPR
UNITED Session on GDPR Compliance Now Available in Our GDPR Toolkit
Sunny September days in Boston seem a world away as I type this on a somewhat
chilly November day in England. Billy Joe Armstrong definitely missed out, what
with being asleep and all, not just on some beautiful weather, but also on
attending Rapid7’s customer conference: UNITED
[https://unitedsummit.org/index.php]. And no doubt he’d have been front and
centre for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR compliance)
[https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/gdpr/] or GDP-Argh session. Well, a gir
3 min
GDPR
GDPR Preparation: November – Form & Storm
With just over six months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (
GDPR [https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/compliance/gdpr/]) comes into force,
organizations that handle the personal data of EU citizens are preparing for
this new compliance regulation. If you’ve not gotten started yet, or your plans
are still in their infancy, we’re creating a series of helpful blog posts to see
you through to May 25th 2018. This infographic
[https://www.rapid7.com/resources/infographic-your-month-to-
6 min
GDPR
Preparing for GDPR Compliance: 10 Actionable Recommendations
GDPR is coming…..
If your organisation does business with Europe, or more specifically does
anything with the Personal Data of EU Citizens who aren't dead (i.e. Natural
Persons), then, just like us, you're going to be in the process of living the
dream that is Preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation
[https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/gdpr/] (GDPR compliance). For many
organisations, this is going to be a gigantic exercise, as even if you have
implemented processes and technologies