Normativas vs. Regulaciones de ciberseguridad: Lo que necesitas saber para expandir tu startup

Una rápida introducción a normativas y regulaciones de seguridad de la información y ciberseguridad

[~6 minutos de lectura]

El vocabulario emprendedor maneja términos muy sexys como crecimiento, expansión o internacionalización. Sin embargo, las regulaciones y normativas de ciberseguridad son esas pequeñas cláusulas en el contrato de las que nadie te habla cuando se trata de ir a nuevos mercados. 

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Prepara tu startup para cumplir con regulaciones de ciberseguridad

Cómo afrontar el cumplimiento normativo y crear tu programa de seguridad de la información de forma sencilla

Tiempo de lectura: 5 minutos.

El gran desafío con el que se encuentran las startups en crecimiento cumplir con normativas y regulaciones de seguridad. Y suele serlo por tres sencillas razones: falta de tiempo, poco conocimiento y escasez de recursos para hacerlo.

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GDPR Compliance: How Continuous Vulnerability Scanning is Key

Even months after interest in GDPR compliance peaked, some companies are struggling to make sure they comply with this new set of regulations aimed at protecting the privacy and security of European citizens. The regulation applies to businesses anywhere as long as their users are in the EU, and with the highest penalties potentially reaching the millions of euros, they’re right to worry.

Take the case of British Airways for example. On September 6th, 2018 the airline announced that it had suffered a breach that affected around 380,000 users, and that part of the stolen data included personal and payment information.

Now, although we don’t know the fine that will be levied on British Airways, under GDPR a violation such as this one may lead to a fine of 20 million or up to 4% of a company’s annual turnover in the previous year (whichever is higher), which for BA could reach about £489 million (US$633 million) based on 2017 figures.

A similar case is that of Marriott. In November 2018 they announced that they had been a victim of an attack that compromised the data of 500 million users. Marriott’s annual turnover in 2017 was US$22.9 billion.

More recently, Google has been the target of a 50 million fine in France for failing to provide enough information to users about its data consent policies and not giving them enough control over how their information is used.

Often when we read about GDPR, it may sound like it’s all about notifications (letting users know what kind of data the company is using and how it will be used and notifying them of security breaches in a timely fashion), but if these cases show us anything it’s that companies will be under scrutiny not only for how they use their customer’s data but also how they protect it. This is where early detection and prevention of security vulnerabilities is key.

Article 32 of the GDPR provides that businesses must

“implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including […] as appropriate: […] a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.”

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