On 1 July 2024, Germany has enacted stricter requirements for the processing of health data when using cloud-computing services. The new Section 393 SGB V aims to establish a uniform standard for the use of cloud-computing services in the statutory healthcare system which covers around 90% of the German population. In this blog
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UK Government calls for views in three areas to assess whether action is needed to enhance security of data centres and cloud services
By Mark Young & Paul Maynard on
Posted in Privacy and Data Security, United Kingdom
The UK Government has issued a “call for views” on the current level of physical, technical and organizational security provided by data center operators (i.e. colocation service providers, not businesses that operate their own data centers) and cloud service providers (including providers of infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and managed services).
Continue Reading UK Government calls for views in three areas to assess whether action is needed to enhance security of data centres and cloud servicesThe European Union Agency for Cybersecurity Publishes a Draft Certification Scheme for Cloud Services
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On December 22, 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (“ENISA”) published a draft scheme for cloud services (see press release here and scheme here). Cloud services that meet the security requirements of the scheme will be able to obtain a certification attesting their level of cybersecurity. The draft scheme is available for public consultation until February 7, 2021.
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