Author: Maikel Mardjan

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 10 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. Currently everyone who protected his email communications using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is fully awake again. Continue reading “Efail: The facts and fads”

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 11 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. A common way to take security and privacy measurements to comply with the GDPR is to use secure services and trusted infrastructure components. Continue reading “Don’t trust infrastructure”

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 12 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. To design systems with a low risk profile for privacy and security risks a good tool is to use thread modeling. Continue reading “Privacy Threat Modeling”

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 13 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. A complicating factor is that in many documents you store and process private data can be hidden without you knowing. Continue reading “Metadata Anonymisation”

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 14 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. But even harder for Internet users is to be invisible using Internet communication when it mattes. Continue reading “Every Move You Make”

Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 19 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.

So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to handle the GDPR is not straightforward. The GDPR introduces a right for individuals to have personal data erased. This right to erasure is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’. Continue reading “The Web never forgets: The right to be forgotten”