GDPR explained for small businesses and their advisors
An excellent and succinct text from makers of beautiful accounting software XERO. What does GDPR mean? Although GDPR might seem scary at first, many see it as a positive step forward for data protection. Some of the key areas GDPR covers are: personal data about EU-based people (absolutely all of it) This includes your customers, […]
WTF is GDPR?
European Union lawmakers proposed a comprehensive update to the bloc’s data protection and privacy rules in 2012. WTF is GDPR? This text has been taken from The Tech Crunch here. This is yet another condensed explanation on the key point of GDPR. The aim of this comment is to clarify (once more) the key points important […]
Office 365 Home
Measure twice, cut once — this wise adage explains the value of pausing and making sure you know the potential results of your decisions. With Office 365, there are so many different plans and options that it’s important to know what you gain (or lose) before you choose one.
Office 365: Encryption and control
[Note: this is partially an advertisement, but very informative text on general Office365, encryption and control. It shows the kind of a compliance required by high risk environments, achievable by using third party products and Office365 as a platform]
The best password policy? A simple sentence.
20 years of wrong effort.
Encryption: Best Practices
Encryption Everywhere: Best Practices
Data Protection Guide
Update: This text was compiled almost a year before GDPR was signed. But it cpontains teminology relevant in the GDPR. Overview Data protection laws exist to strike a balance between the rights of individuals to privacy and the ability of organisations to use data for the purposes of their business. The (UK) Data Protection Act […]
Enterprise Content Management is not Information Governance
Enterprise Content Management is not Information Governance Quite a lot is written these days about information management and information governance. Analysts are predicting that effective information management and governance can be a game changer for enterprises. BUt. Doesn’t this sound a lot like Enterprise Content Management, or ECM? Aren’t there already plenty of successful vendors, ECM installations, […]