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Massive Amount of Data as being a highly-ranked threat. Instead, Advanced Persistent Threats
emerged as a priority-level concern.

Despite the amount of security tools and educational materials that have flourished over the last
year, Human Error continued to grow as a threat.

4. European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) Preparation

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulation will fully take
effect on May 25, 2018, forcing organizations around the world to comply with the broad range
of stringent security, privacy and data location/protection mandates, or incur onerous penalties.

When asked, “Is your organization preparing for the EU GDPR?” a full 67% of respondents said
that their organizations were busy preparing.

For more information on GDPR requirements and preparation, see “Preparing for the GDPR
Time Bomb.”

STEALTHbits Technologies is a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting an
organization's credentials and data. By removing inappropriate data access, enforcing security
policy, and detecting advanced threats, we reduce security risk, fulfill compliance requirements,
and decrease operations expense. Identify threats. Secure data. Reduce risk.
http://www.stealthbits.com.

The STEALTHbits logo and all other STEALTHbits product or service names and slogans are
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and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Jeff Steuart is an IT professional in a commercial real estate analysis practice.

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