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Information Security

Information security is an essential enabler for the protection of privacy and personal data.  Moreover, most organisations must deal with an ever-changing landscape affecting their operations. Uncertainties created by such changes will affect how the organisation needs to react in order to ensure that its information assets are suitably protected. Therefore, there is a need for a specific framework that helps individuals responsible for information security to manage the uncertainties which might affect the security of their organisation's information over time. Such a framework for a specific organisation is referred to as Information Security Risk Management process.

There are three generally accepted elements to properly secure information.

  1. Confidentiality: so that only the right people have access to the information;
  2. Integrity: so that only the right people can update the information in the right way; and
  3. Availability: the information is available when needed.

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20
Feb
2014
Opinions

Rebuilding Trust in EU-US Data Flows

Opinion on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on "Rebuilding Trust in EU-US Data Flows" and on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on "the Functioning of the Safe Harbour from the Perspective of EU Citizens and Companies Established in the EU"    

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Topics
Rights of the Individual
Right of Information
International Agreements
Privacy Shield
Transfers of data
Information Security
Electronic Communications, Information Society
Surveillance
Tracking
Technologies
5
Dec
2013
Opinions

Payment services

Opinion on a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2006/48/EC and 2009/110/EC and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC, and for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions

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Topics
Rights of the Individual
Right of Information
Privacy by Design
Privacy by Default
Information Security
Internal Market
18
Jul
2013
Opinions

Entry/Exit System (EES) and Registered Traveller Programme (RTP)

Opinion on the Proposals for a Regulation establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) and a Regulation establishing a Registered Traveller Programme (RTP)

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Topics
Necessity & Proportionality
Large-Scale IT Systems
EES
Information Security
Borders, Asylum, Migration
Technologies
Biometrics
4
Jul
2013
Opinions

Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing

Opinion on a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, and a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds

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Topics
Rights of the Individual
Right of Information
Transfers of data
Information Security
Finance & Economy
Money laundering