Cybersecurity Prevention for Small Budgets: Holistic Strategies
Cybersecurity measures are expensive, right!? No, not necessarily. There is a common misconception that cybersecurity measures and solutions are complex and costly, only reserved to large corporations with their big IT budgets. This is wrong. Even micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with small IT budgets can implement effective cybersecurity measures and strategies that defend […]
e-Vaccination Certificates: Could Blockchain be the cure?
All around the world, massive vaccination campaigns have started and are being rolled out. As more and more people are getting vaccinated, a wide spectrum of options are being explored to return to “normality”. One of many scenarios is to distinguish between vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons in the services offered by private companies. The means […]
Anonymity does not equal privacy
Derived from Ancient Greek for „without name“, according to the Cambridge dictionary, the term anonymity describes a situation where “someone’s name is not given or known“. In the digital age, anonymity is important in two facets: online users should be able to surf the internet anonymously, likewise user data gathered by online service providers must be […]
The Definition of Privacy
79 % of EU citizens access the internet every day. Using their computer or mobile device to surf the web, users generate vast amounts of data that could give outsiders a peak into their most personal preferences, habits, political views and more. We live in the information age fueled by data. While harnessing this data can […]
Foreword Bernhard Koch: The value of privacy and the lack thereof in modern times
Privacy is the cornerstone of freedom and liberty. In business, as in our personal lives, there are things we want to keep confidential by all means. Yet, privacy is a disappearing treasure in the digital age of data in which we live. Internet giants like Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet (Google, YouTube) have built billion dollar […]
