With EU laws on data control looming on the horizon, make sure you're compliant. Protecting data has never been more important.

What is the EU Legislation?

The European Parliament and Council have reached agreement on the data protection reform proposed by the Commission. The reform is an essential step to strengthen citizens' fundamental rights in the digital age and facilitate business by simplifying rules for companies in the Digital Single Market.

The data protection reform package includes the General Data Protection Regulation ("Regulation") and the Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector.

What will change under the Regulation?

The Regulation updates and modernises the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive to guarantee privacy rights. It focuses on: reinforcing individuals' rights, strengthening the EU internal market, ensuring stronger enforcement of the rules, streamlining international transfers of personal data and setting global data protection standards.

The changes will give people more control over their personal data and make it easier to access it. They are designed to make sure that people's personal information is protected - no matter where it is sent, processed or stored - even outside the EU, as may often be the case on the internet.

The Solution

All of our recommended security products have the ability to control USB and Plug & Play devices. We've found when speaking to end users these capabilities are not enabled or they didn't realise the functionality was already there.

What to do now

We offer professional services to advise, implement and train end users on these solutions and how to put policies in place.

Speaking with one of our technical support staff could unlock Device Control at no extra charge. Arrange a FREE Remote Health check with one of our advisers today.

There are of course many more features that can be added to your existing suite such as Full Disk Encryption and USB Encryption please ask our consultants for details.

EU Legislations
Information Links

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council. April 27, 2016

• Q&A on EU Data Protection Reform. European Commission, December 21, 2015.

• Q&A: new EU rules on data protection put the citizen back in the driving seat. European Parliament. June 1, 2016.

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