(Editor’s note: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from the European Union was created to do two major jobs: replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, and to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, officials report. The new legislation, when it takes effect May 25, 2018, is intended to “protect and empower” data privacy and “reshape… Read More >>
2018 Predictions: Hackers Will Hit Harder Than Last Year
(Editor’s Note: Cybersecurity concerns are high on almost every prognosticator’s list and several of them are predicting that things are only going to get worse for the securities industry.) “Unfortunately, we won’t be surprised to see another Equifax-like situation happen in 2018,” says Robert Roley, senior vice president, managing director and general manager for SS&C… Read More >>
Opus Launches GDPR Compliance Solution
Opus Targets GDPR Third-Party Requirements Opus, a vendor of compliance and risk management solutions, has launched the Third Party GDPR Compliance solution, created to “identify and manage General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk in third-party relationships,” officials say. “The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25, 2018, is a… Read More >>
Europe Lags Behind U.S. in Data Protection Readiness
With less than a year before the May 25, 2018 deadline, U.S. financial services firms are ahead of their European counterparts in their preparations for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a survey, commissioned by Compuware Corp. and conducted by independent research company Vanson Bourn. Polling 400 chief investment officers across… Read More >>
Regulators Catch Up to Social Media Usage
(Editor’s note: Digital compliance, archiving, and analytics vendor, Actiance, recently signed a global partnership with Hootsuite, a social media management platform provider. The partnership will combine Hootsuite’s platform with Actiance’s Socialite offering for compliance across public social networks, and Actiance’s Alcatraz, a context-aware, cloud-based archive. A key aspect of the collaboration is the growing list… Read More >>
Actiance & Hootsuite Sign Social Media Compliance Pact
Vendors to Target Global Compliance for Social Media Actiance, a digital compliance, archiving, and analytics vendor, has signed a global partnership with Hootsuite, a social media management platform provider, to offer a comprehensive compliance solution for financial services firms. The partnership will combine Hootsuite’s platform with Actiance’s Socialite offering for compliance across public social… Read More >>
