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Consultants Warn Companies to Be Cautious with WhatsApp

da Thomas Cloer | 03.06.2016 | News, Security

Using WhatsApp as a company poses problems when it comes to the German Data Protection Act, because contacts from the user’s cell phone are transferred to WhatApp’s servers. Corporate users of the service could be held liable (accompanied by significant monetary penalties!), because they are aware of this. Attorneys therefore unanimously recommend not using WhatsApp for professional purposes.

Tags: Compliance // Customer Communication // Data Protection // Enterprise SMS // IT-Security

The Ultimate PCI Checklist: Are you up to-date with changing PCI regulations?

da Stella Alvo | 13.05.2016 | Industry, Security

Did you know, PCI DSS Regulations are changing and are due to be in effect as early as June 30th, 2016? With the deadline quickly approaching, what should organizations do to ensure continuing compliance with PCI and information security?

Tags: Compliance // IT-Security // PCIDSS // Regulations

Department of Health and Human Services Launches Long Awaited HIPAA Audit – Phase 2

da Stella Alvo | 26.04.2016 | Industry, Security

Early last month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officially launched Phase 2 of its HIPAA Audit Program. Phase 2 is an extension of 2011’s Pilot Program to review an entities adherence to HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules. If you are an organization concerned about remaining compliant with HIPAA and HITECH, ensure you are up to date on best practices from existing vendors.

Security Alert: One in six emails contains a virus

da Sabrina Hiller | 12.04.2016 | Business Trends, News, Security

After Locky, here comes KePanger, PowerWare and Petya: Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations. Whilst in February only around 3% of all incoming emails were infected, the number of messages filtered in March due to viruses had already risen to 17%. This corresponds to a fivefold rise in comparison with the previous month and can be explained primarily by the large increase in ransomware.

Tags: Email Security // Locky // Ransomware // Security Alert

How to archive encrypted emails in a legally compliant manner

da Sören Schulte | 30.03.2016 | Cloud, Security

If emails don’t only have to be transmitted in encrypted form but also have to be archived in compliance with legal requirements, IT decision-makers often find themselves faced with a new problem: How can it be guaranteed that despite end-to-end encryption the message will remain readable throughout the archiving period? Even if the recipient concerned has already left the company.

Tags: Email Encryption // Email Security // Enterprise Email Archive // IT-Security

Future of work: Email must reinvent itself

da Sabrina Hiller | 23.03.2016 | Business Trends, Cloud, Security

The modern office is mobile and located in the cloud. To ensure that business partners will still be able to communicate with each other efficiently in the future, the electronic message needs to reinvent itself.

Tags: BITKOM // Cloud // Email // Email Security // Mobility