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Last time, we talked about how spammers gather email addresses and then make money from them. This time we’re looking at a few more things you may not know about spam. How to prevent your promo emails being marked as spam You have a web shop with a lot of customers who would benefit from […]
Some weeks ago we informed you of the EU-US Privacy Shield, announced by the European Commission on February 2, 2016 meaning a new arrangement for transatlantic data flows between the EU and US. In this blog you can read recent developments of the EU-US Privacy Shield and alternative solutions offered by Leaseweb. EU US Privacy […]
Where does spam come from? Why do people send it? And what can we do to stop it clogging up our inboxes? This two-part article explores these issues and comes up with practical ideas for keeping us safe, secure and spam-free. Clickbait articles It’s almost impossible to open your e-mail inbox and to not see […]
Leaseweb set up the Community Outreach program in 2010, aiming to bring together non-profit organizations who combat online abuse of all shapes and sizes. Whenever a new organization joins our Community Outreach program, we’ll introduce them to inform people about what they do – and why they do it. The latest party joining our program […]
Organizations are increasingly dependent on their digital infrastructure. At the same time, these organizations seem to be more vulnerable than ever as cyber criminals’ techniques become more and more sophisticated. So how can you handle this situation? In other words: how do you become a secure online organization? This was one of the topics discussed […]
“Should we keep IT security in-house or is it better to outsource?” This has long been a thorny issue for organizations. Recently, it was one of the most important topics during a Leaseweb Security Round Table with customers and I’d like to share some of the things I learned. The discussion immediately took off following […]
After my previous blog last month we were still looking out for any news about solutions for the Safe Harbor invalidation. Since the press release of the EU US Privacy Shield, announced by the European Commission on February 2, 2016, we have seen many press articles and numerous links. So here is our update and recap […]
On January 1, 2016, the new Dutch Law on Data Breach Notifications came into effect. Organizations – both companies and government agencies – are now required to immediately report any serious data breach to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Authoriteit Persoonsgegevens). And, if it is likely that the data breach will have an adverse effect […]
In October last year, the US Safe Harbor regime was invalidated by Europe’s Court of Justice, meaning that personal data of Europeans could no longer be transferred by a company to US companies solely on the basis of such companies being Safe Harbor-certified. Alternative Solutions At the time of the ruling, no replacement for the Safe Harbor […]
A security bug affecting Linux versions 3.8 and higher was recently identified. Although this bug (CVE-2016-0728) was first introduced into the Linux Kernel in 2012, it was only discovered and made public a few days ago. When we learned of the bug’s existence, we immediately patched all internal Leaseweb servers. We advise everyone to patch their […]