Wi-Fi Security? It’s time. Wi-Fi Alliance launched WPA3. It will certainly ensure a higher CyberSecurity level and, as a consequence, it will benefit users both in terms of privacy and GDPR Compliance. However, WPA3 does not make wireless networks hacker proof. First of alla, let’s have a look together at the features and benefits of WPA3.
GDPR Compliance Nowadays, GDPR Compliance is a really hot topic. As a matter of fact, there is a lot of data supporting this idea. The market related to GDPR services is estimated around 750 million dollars in 2017. Looking ahead, this amount is going to grow and grow and in 5 years it should get to 2.6 billion dollars. The
DDOS: introduction DDoS: Distributed Denial of Service. Whenver connections overload a server, there’s no more the chance to start new connections. This situation takes place when a lot of compromised systems send at the same time data traffic to the target system, causing its crash. Such an overload could make a server, a website or an online
DOS: introduction DoS stands for “Denial of Service” and this term, in the CyberSecurity field, specifies a failure due to an illegal attack. The resources of an IT system run out because of the just mentioned attack, this leads to the impossibility from the system side to erogate the service to the clients who require it. The
Digital4Her Swascan attended the “Startup worth growing” pitching session as part of the #Digital4Her event last 19th of June. As you already know, it has been a great pleasure an honour for us. This opportunity allowed us to pitch Swascan in front of a super-qualified jury, other 9 great start-ups and the European Commission! Digital4Her:
IP address: introduction You can visualize the IP address or “internet protocol address” in the graphic interface as a numerical label. It allows to univocally identify a host (which is a physical device such as a computer, a printer, a router or a smartphone). The host is connected to a network that uses the internet
Digital4Her – Bruxelles Swascan is pleased to announce its attendance to the pitching session “Startup worth growing” as part of the Digital Single Market Digital4Her event. We are glad to attend such a prestigious event that will take place in Bruxelles. This invitatation to the women-only Digital4Her event testifies how hard Swascan is focusing its efforts on the right
Cybersecurity for SMBs CyberSecurity for SMBs is a growing and growing need because enterprises are no longer the only target of hackers. However, hackers succeed in their attacks both because of: their skills; the lack of knowledge of the employees. As we briefly mentioned before SMBs need to implement their CyberSecurity measures because companies are one of the
Data processing: definition The fourth article of the new European legislation ( GDPR ) describes data processing as follows: “any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation,
Data Controller According to what the new Data Protection European Regulation ( GDPR ) states, the data controller – described in article 4 – is: “the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the
Top 5 CyberSecurity trends for 2018 CyberSecurity trends: 2018 will surely be an interesting year as far as Cybersecurity is concerned. We already witnessed some big incidents, including data breaches and tumultuous developments regarding cryptocurrencies that led Governments of a lot of countries to issue official directives and implement actions in these directions. CyberSecurity trends: IoT & CyberSecurity threats We should
OWASP Top 10 The Open Web Application Security Project or OWASP , as we said in a previous article, is a not-for-profit organisation that aims at providing ‘best-in-class’ application security solutions. Their advices and tools are free, vendor neutral, unbiased yet practical. The organisation also lists the OWASP Top 10 web application security risks to help developers and system
