What is IT Security, Data Protection and GDPR?

Security is one of the most important topics in IT and it has attention all the way up to the CEO in international enterprise organisations. In recent years, we have seen companies being paralyzed by cyber attacks costing billions of dollars and, accordingly, the awareness of the importance of IT security is constantly growing.

To have the right level of IT security is always a balance of costs and risks – and this balance is constantly evolving as networks are being more and more integrated and IT attackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Let us start with this overall and very well-produced introduction to IT and Cyber security:

Firewall and Network Security

Network security is a very large part of IT security and the independent security specialist that are delivered by Right People Group are most often experts in IT networks and network architecture.

Therefore, we will dig deeper into the subject of network security, where you will get a thorough introduction to network architecture, firewalls and the OSI reference model:

GDPR – The EU General Data Protection Regulation

The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation, which was enforced in May 2018, generally changed how companies operating in Europe must act to be compliant with regards to how they store and process personal data.

We have seen great value from independent consultants doing intensive projects with our customers to analyse their current situation and create and implement a clear action plan to ensure GDPR compliance. Besides expert knowledge of GDPR, the best suited consultants for these tasks must have both a strong business understanding and a strong technical knowledge.

The video below gives an introduction to EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation and general advice on what needs to be done to be GDPR compliant.

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