From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)

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Rules and regulations

Rules and regulations

From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)

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Rules and regulations

- [Narrator] Newly emerging cyber security rules and regulations are starting to affect the software industry. General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a good example. GDPR is a European Union, or EU initiative, and started to take effect in 2018. Even if your organization is outside Europe, GDPR becomes relevant as soon as you touch the data belonging to EU residents. GDPR Article 35 requires mitigating risks and enacting a defense strategy, including resolving security vulnerabilities. There are different compliance expectations depending on whether your company is a data controller or data processor. Data controller refers to those who own the data, while processors act on the data to produce desired outputs. The role of data controllers in data protection is more administrative and includes responsibilities for ensuring integrity, confidentiality, storage limitations, lawfulness, fairness, and transparency.…

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