'GDPR is one of the best things to happen for data security,' says CIO roundtable
A CIO roundtable states that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has helped focus board minds on security
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is one of the best things to happen for data security in recent year. That's the consensus of a recent roundtable of UK-based CIOs, which took place at Computing's...
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