Data security is gaining ever-increasing interest among information systems users, especially when it comes to classified or sensitive information.

The lately uncovered cyber-attacks on the U.S. government and the crashes of Google’s services certainly do not diminish concerns for your own security. Data leaks in Finland and Sweden are also fresh in memory.

In this post, I will highlight some basic things worth sorting out. There are several things you can do yourself or together with your IT support. In addition to the basics, I'll mention some features of the CSI softwares that can help you further improve your security.

The first time creates an indelible memory. This autumn the CSI Cloud service, well known for its reliability, got to be a collateral target of a Denial-of-Service attack.

The GDPR project in CSI Helsinki started in spring 2018 when a global software company told in a webinar about the forthcoming changes in the EU legislation. The speakers got everyone’s attention by stating that infringement of the new regulation would cost them several billions of euros.

The threat of sanctions is something I’m sure everyone working with GDPR projects remembers as the first incentive to learn more about the regulation and to take action.

”GDPR is coming – are you ready?”

With the above search Google finds 1 960 000 hits in less than a second. However, knowing that we are not alone does not make the pain go away.