EU puts pressure on businesses to erase data
Phil Bridge · Network Security · 2014
The impact of the Edward Snowden scandal has only added to the need for the EU to increase the minimum security expectations for companies' networks and personal data protection. The big problem is finding a way to manage information in a responsible and effective way. From high-level government information to the credit card details of an Amazon shopper, the digital network is crammed full of confidential data, and its volume and size is growing rapidly each day. The impact of the Edward Snowden scandal has only added to the need for the EU to increase the minimum security expectations for companies' networks. New EU regulations are adding to the pressure on companies to ensure that unwanted data should be securely erased. But this isn't always as easy as it might seem, and it's an area that requires the benefit of expert knowledge explains Phil Bridge of Kroll Ontrack Data Storage Technologies.