Data protection
Data Protection has become a vital issue for companies in just a few years. Data, well known as being the oil of the 21st century, is a major source of growth and must be safeguarded. The Information System (IS) is thus at the core of the organisations’ economic activity.
Persisting threats, the increase of cyber attacks and the need to comply with regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), make IT security a major issue for all organizations.
Data security
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Data security
Digital Product Passport: How to Turn It into a Real Competitive Advantage?
The emergence of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) is part of a broader move toward increased traceability and transparency across the value chain. Closely linked to digital identity, this mechanism could transform the way products are tracked, certified, and authenticated throughout their lifecycle. This topic echoes the news of early October 2025, which highlighted the…
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Data security
Data Space, Gaia-X, Digital Identity: Do You Really Know What Connects Them?
In the face of challenges related to data protection, digital sovereignty, and information sharing, the European Union has launched a series of initiatives. Among them are the creation of sectoral data spaces in 15 key areas—such as TEMS for media or CEADS for agriculture—the establishment of norms and standards with Gaia-X, as well as the…
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Data security
Digital Identities: Understanding Key Concepts and Management Systems
In today’s interconnected world, digital identity forms the backbone of our online interactions—shaping everything from e-commerce and administrative procedures to the protection of personal data. It encompasses not only how individuals, organizations, and objects are identified online but also how these identities are managed and secured. 1. From “Physical” Identity to Digital Identities Identity consists…
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Data & AI culture
Sovereign AI: The smart hybrid approach for speed & control
As Artificial Intelligence continues to transform industries, European organisations face a crucial question: how can they fully leverage AI’s potential while maintaining control over their data, infrastructure, and compliance? In this CIONET Tech Webinar, experts from Orange Business unpack what Sovereign AI means—and how it can act not as a constraint, but as a catalyst…
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Technological solutions
How to Optimize AWS Cloud with the Well-Architected Framework
As organizations spend more time in the cloud, they begin to understand how their cloud usage seemingly evolves endlessly over time. How can you continuously work on security, reliability, and efficiency in your cloud infrastructure while remaining cost-effective? A general answer to this question is the Well-Architected Framework, often abbreviated as WAF. Well-Architected Framework When…
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Data security
Security Governance: How to Manage It Effectively on Google Cloud Platform
Security and authentication questions are crucial for any platform — Google Cloud Platform is no exception. How can you manage security governance well and access Google resources from external environments such as GitLab via CI/CD, without having to handle long-term credentials? We answer these questions in this article… JSON Key Generation Is Not Enough The…
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Data & AI culture
Understanding Splunk: A Powerful Tool for Data Analysis and Security
In this blog, we’ll provide a clear introduction to Splunk: What it is, how it works, its most common use cases, and why it’s so popular. By keeping things straightforward, our aim is to offer value to both technical and non-technical readers. What is Splunk? This question has been asked many times and it’s impressive…
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Technological solutions
Sovereign Cloud: how the geopolitical situation leads to an increased need for data sovereignty
Data sovereignty and compliance have had a major impact on IT decisions, and organisations need an adaptable data infrastructure to meet new privacy laws. Understanding data sovereignty is essential for strategic IT planning. That’s why we’ve written an ebook explaining the concept of “Sovereign Cloud” and what it means within the EU. This is what…
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Technological solutions
Creating a sustainable cloud strategy for the future
The cloud helps you innovate, but there are many pitfalls. Thinking about how to use and evolve cloud solutions in a secure and responsible manner is complex and requires a plan. Cloud Strategy for the future
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Data security
Green IT: a key benefit for the environment & your data security
Green IT is becoming a key issue for companies. Business processes digitization is leading to an increase in the volume of data bringing the environmental impact on the picture, which is mainly generated through the energy consumption of data centers or data management. Taking this concern into account by companies can also become a serious…
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GDPR
Data Protection and Law Enforcement Directive
The Law Enforcement Directive (LED) is a piece of EU legislation. It deals with the processing of personal data by data controllers for ‘law enforcement purposes’. In our monthly podcast we will deep dive into the subject of Data Protection and strive to share more insights & explanations on the Law Enforcement Directive with Juraj…
GDPR
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GDPR
Data Protection and Law Enforcement Directive
The Law Enforcement Directive (LED) is a piece of EU legislation. It deals with the processing of personal data by data controllers for ‘law enforcement purposes’. In our monthly podcast we will deep dive into the subject of Data Protection and strive to share more insights & explanations on the Law Enforcement Directive with Juraj…
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Business Marketing
Digital marketing: from consent management to zero-party data
How to differentiate yourself from your competitors? The issue is now more critical than ever. In a previous blog article, we talked about Responsive Customer Experience, a new marketing paradigm that should help brands stand out amongst competitors. Nowadays, brands have no choice but to go the extra mile: they must know how to customise,…
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GDPR
The GDPR and right to be forgotten: why do business have everything to gain?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly increases the rights of individuals over their data. As from 25 May 2018, the effective date of the Regulation, any person living in the European Union whose personal information is held by an organisation may invoke the various articles of chapter 3 of the Regulation, such as article…
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GDPR
BCBS 239, GDPR: why must banks focus on data governance?
The banking sector is currently passing through a period of transition due to new regulations. Today, new technologies are playing a key role in helping the industry to address the main problems that face it in achieving compliance with this mass of legislation. A sign of the times: these technologies have been nicknamed “Regtech” The…
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GDPR
The basics of data mapping in the age of the GDPR
Now organisations are preparing for the entry into force of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in 2018, the first stage for many of them will be to acquire an overview of their whole information chain.
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GDPR
GDPR : what obligations for data controllers?
After our article GDPR: what new rights for your personal information?, we go further into what the general regulation brings to data protection. As well as extending the rights of people whose personal data is processed, the General Data Protection Regulation puts a wide range of obligations onto the bodies that process the data. To…
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GDPR
GDPR: what new rights for your personal information?
The GDPR strengthens and clarifies the rights of physical persons whose personal information is processed, and the obligations of entities that handle the processing of such data.
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GDPR
GDPR: 1 minute to understand and take action
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an hot topic for 2017. Here is a video to find out the answers with images. Watch here!
