Category: Security

  • How Bunq bank cares about your privacy…

    Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 8 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. However it can and should be done. Preferably by taking the privacy of your customers very serious. (more…)

  • Reinvent the Web for Better Privacy

    Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 9 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. The Internet was not designed with security and privacy in mind. (more…)

  • Efail: The facts and fads

    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. (more…)

  • Don’t trust infrastructure

    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. (more…)

  • Privacy Threat Modeling

    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. (more…)

  • Metadata Anonymisation

    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. (more…)

  • Every Move You Make

    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. (more…)

  • GDPR: Use a Privacy Reference Model

    Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 15 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 using a Privacy Reference Model will help. (more…)

  • Privacy Benchmark your site

    Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 16 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 before you are done it is advised that you perform a view simple privacy tests. Especially on your website(s). (more…)

  • The good and easy way: ‘Privacy by design’ design patterns

    Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 17 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. To be compliant with the GDPR you must apply to article 25 “Data protection by design and by default“. Also known as ‘Privacy by design‘. But applying this approach can be complex and time consuming. (more…)