Lawful basis Part II.

As the entry into force of the GDPR approaches, we continue in our search for the most appropriate lawful basis and assess each requirement. The most discussed kind of legal basis is “legitimate interests”. It is the most flexible one and is designated for various situations, where the others obviously don’t fit. Nevertheless, you cannot Read more about Lawful basis Part II.[…]

How to override administrative status

In my previous post, I wrote how to override full name if you don’t have actual data from HR in all cases. We can have a similar problem with a special property like Administrative status (user is enabled/disabled/archived). In most cases you already have done the mapping from HR. If the employee is active (or Read more about How to override administrative status[…]

Evolveum - GDPR: late is better than never

GDPR: Late is better than never

Time is running out. There are just few months left to the implementation of the European Commission’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25th May 2018. The main question is: are companies truly prepared? Well, maybe you will be surprised what recent studies have to say about that. […]

Evolveum: IT security threats in 2018

IT security threats in 2018: are you ready for them?

2017 was a really great year. For hackers. Many of us heard about WannaCry and NotPetya that took down over 300,000 computers across the world, including the UK’s National Health Service or government agencies in Ukraine. CCleaner, a utility program millions of Windows users rely on to clear potentially unwanted files off their PCs, got hit by a malware. The installer was patched to remove the malware, but only after over 700,000 machines were already infected. […]