Posts Tagged ‘European Union’

Information Security Awareness in Europe…The Issues Are the Same Worldwide

Friday, August 24th, 2007

on 8/22/2007 a very interesting and useful report was released by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), “Information security awareness initiatives: Current practice and the measurement of success.”

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EU Data Protection Audits Active and Anticipated

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

As a follow-up to my blog posting yesterday, I wanted to point out that the European Union (EU) Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) have been very active in pursuing data protection law compliance.

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EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC: Member Countries

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Multi-national organizations doing business in Europe must know and understand not only their obligations to protect personally identifiable information (PII) under the European Union (EU) Data Protection Directive 95/45/EC, but they must also know and understand the data protection laws within each of the EU member countries.

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New Information Security and Cybercrime Initiatives Planned in the EU

Monday, June 4th, 2007

As cybercrime continues to occur in more varied ways, as more incidents are reported every day, as new threats emerge, as more vulnerabilities are found within software and systems, often within those products that companies buy to improve security, the more bills, plans, initiatives and laws that emerge worldwide to address these issues.

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