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FeaturedAs of late 2025, cumulative penalties under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation have exceeded €6.7 billion across more than 2,600 enforcement actions, with violations ranging from insufficient legal bases for processing to weak security measures and inadequate transparency. Spain, Italy, and Ireland stand out as enforcement leaders, with Ireland issuing the largest financial penalties due to its jurisdiction over many global technology firms. These enforcement figures make it clear: GDPR
Babar Khan
Dec 30, 2025

In the context of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), simply knowing the regulation exists is not enough. A DORA gap analysis methodology provides a structured way to map internal controls and practices against regulatory expectations, identify shortfalls, and establish a clear path from current state to regulatory alignment. This explains how gap analysis works under DORA, outlines the step-by-step methodology, highlights the SecurityWall DORA GAP Analyzer, and shows how assessment
Babar Khan
Dec 30, 2025

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a landmark EU regulation that fundamentally changes how financial entities must demonstrate digital operational resilience, including robust systems for managing ICT risks, major incident reporting, resilience testing, and third-party oversight. The regulation entered into force on 17 January 2025, and its requirements are being actively supervised across EU member states. Firms still seeks for what is DORA compliance in actionable terms, highlig
Babar Khan
Dec 30, 2025
A familiar situation is playing out across the Dutch SaaS ecosystem. A growing company closes a major enterprise deal in the US, starts conversations with international investors, or enters a procurement cycle with a regulated customer. Then the question comes up: “Can you share your SOC 2 Type II report?” At that moment, many leadership teams realise something uncomfortable. They have security controls, cloud hardening, access management, maybe even regular vulnerability scans. But they are no
Babar Khan
Dec 29, 2025

Penetration testing remains a cornerstone of enterprise cybersecurity strategy but many organisations still make avoidable mistakes that waste budget and leave critical gaps open to attackers. Despite sophisticated security stacks, 51% of enterprises reported a breach in the last 24 months, many involving vulnerabilities pentesting failed to identify or address. (Help Net Security) This article breaks down the top 10 mistakes we see today, explains the financial and operational risks, and guide
Babar Khan
Dec 22, 2025

In the fast-paced world of startups, every decision can make or break growth. While founders often concentrate on product development, fundraising, and scaling operations, one critical area is frequently overlooked: cybersecurity. A red team engagement is a simulated, real-world attack designed to identify vulnerabilities across your systems, processes, and people before malicious actors can exploit them. The stakes are enormous. Cybercrime is projected to cost the world over $10 trillion by 20
Babar Khan
Dec 21, 2025

In an increasingly digital world, safeguarding sensitive information and protecting against cyber threats have become critical for businesses and organizations. To ensure comprehensive cybersecurity, it is vital to partner with an approved and well-certified firm. SecurityWall – is an esteemed name in the cybersecurity industry and one of the approved security audit firms by the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA). Recognizing this, the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) took a proactive step by iss
Hisham Mir
Dec 3, 2025

Whether you work in corporate government or private security it’s vital to stay one step ahead and identify hidden recording devices before they can compromise you. Detecting, locating, and identifying surreptitious surveillance devices has become more complex. Before the proliferation of active transmitters for information gathering purposes, the passive listening device was predominant. Such devices are not easily detected by conventional means due to their small size and low power consumptio
Hisham Mir
Dec 3, 2025