Cybersecurity expert: One year to comply with EU data law

Irish companies have been warned that they face major financial penalties unless they take action now to shore up data protection.

Business leaders at a briefing in Cork today will hear from cybersecurity expert Pat Moran of PwC on how they must protect their customers and suppliers from security breaches and that they have to get ready for the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in May 2018.

Mr Moran said firms have to concentrate on three key areas of cybersecurity.