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Securit experts want national law prohibiting private privacy lawsuits

The Business Roundtable (comprised of CEOs of top US companies such as Apple, BestBuy, BNY Mellon, major retailers such as Home Depot) is asking Congress for a national privacy law that preempts state privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act. They have proposed a framework and want the national law to prohibit private privacy lawsuits, but to allow consumers to be able to exert "reasonable" control over the collection, use and sharing of their personal data.

: SECURITY EXPERTS; Talking Point; Posted On Monday, 16 September 2019 13:48

Free online counter terrorism training now available for the security industry

SIA licence-holders can now get free online counter terrorism training from the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO).

NaCTSO has created special password-protected access for the security industry to their ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) Awareness training.

ACT Awareness e-learning is a new counter terrorism awareness product designed for all UK based companies and organisations. It provides nationally accredited corporate counter terrorism guidance to help industry better understand and mitigate against current terrorist methodology.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Monday, 16 September 2019 13:41

Heading towards the perfect storm

...More than half of UK businesses are still not fully GDPR compliant according to Egress survey

Findings reveal that 37% of respondents have reported an incident to the ICO in the past 12 months, with double the amount being reported from mid-sized organisations versus larger enterprises.

London, UK: A survey of UK GDPR decision-makers conducted on behalf of Egress, the leading provider of people-centric data security solutions, has revealed that 52% of businesses are not fully compliant with the regulation, more than a year after its implementation.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:35

A New Cyber Dawn – Introduction of Paratus

Sequrest Ltd has announced that it has established its dedicated cooperation with Sequrest Paratus OÜ (‘Paratus’) within the European Union. Paratus will manage all cyber security matters on behalf of Sequrest, including its Cyber Security as a Service (CSaaS) on-line cyber security management system, Paratus. This includes all work for key partnerships across the commercial and public sector.