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IT administration: too little data security in medium-sized companies
IT administration: too little data security in medium-sized companies

In many medium-sized companies, not only the IT administrator has unrestricted access to all operational data, but also the IT-savvy trainee. If he later leaves the company, he often retains his access rights because nobody thinks about it, explains data security specialist Detlef Schmuck. The granular IT authorization systems that are common in large companies are often saved in medium-sized companies for cost reasons. In essence, each user is only granted those access rights to databases that are absolutely necessary for the respective workplace. "However, the management of individual access authorizations requires a lot of effort, especially since there is always a tendency on the user side to have more...

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Teamdrive with new version
Teamdrive with new version

The new version 5 of the cloud application TeamDrive is available for download. According to the manufacturer, TeamDrive 5 has over 50 new and improved functions. The most important innovations are: Introduction of a new group management for large teams, numerous functions to increase productivity, simplification of workflows in the company, a modernized user interface and a security concept that has been reinforced again. User feedback Most of the new and expanded functions are based on user feedback, emphasizes TeamDrive Managing Director Detlef Schmuck. He says: "Our product, technical and sales teams have listened carefully to our customers in order to improve the overall experience when using TeamDrive...

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Digital safe for the boss
Digital safe for the boss

In the digital age, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bosses of medium-sized companies to keep confidential files under lock and key without making themselves dependent on the IT specialists in the company. A digital boss safe can help. The boss safe that was common in the old days is of no use today because the documents are all digital and therefore cannot simply be locked away. Many bosses, especially in medium-sized companies, find it very difficult to blindly trust the IT administrator, a trainee or an external service company who can view all data on the company server without limitation. TeamDrive solves this dilemma...

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TeamDrive: Encryption and cloud in Germany
TeamDrive: Encryption and cloud in Germany

The German data service provider TeamDrive offers its cloud service of the same name as an alternative to Boxcryptor. After Boxcryptor, until recently in German hands, was taken over by the US cloud service Dropbox, many users are looking for a way to keep their data encryption in Germany. With Boxcryptor, files can be encrypted before uploading to a cloud, whereby the software works with common US cloud providers such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Private Boxcryptor users who were previously able to use this service free of charge will lose their account at the end of January 2023. Companies are faced with the question of whether they can use encryption...

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More data protection vs. less data bureaucracy
More data protection vs. less data bureaucracy

The level of data protection in Germany is far too low, according to 37 percent of Germans. On the contrary, according to 35 percent, who rate it as far too high. These contrary results were brought to light by the "Data Protection Report 2022/23", which is based on a current survey by the Hamburg high-security data service provider TeamDrive GmbH. Study director Detlef Schmuck explains what appears to be a paradoxical range of opinions at first glance: “Most people want their personal data to be protected. But they don't think that the current legislation is suitable for this." The data security expert gives an example: "It seems like a joke that you on...

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Political agreement on EU-US data protection seems worthless
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Data security expert Detlef Schmuck from TeamDrive: “Political agreement on EU-US data protection is worthless. It is hard to imagine that the USA will submit to the data protection dictates of the EU.” As early as June 2020, the ECJ declared the transatlantic data protection agreement Privacy Shield invalid. "The so-called political agreement on data protection between the European Union and the USA is currently not worth a damn," says data security expert Detlef Schmuck. The President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden recently surprised with such an announcement. "The decision of the European...

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Free data service as Ukraine help
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The data service provider TeamDrive provides its data service free of charge to help Ukraine. Anyone with a Ukrainian passport as well as aid organizations can use the cloud service for secure data exchange. The Hamburg data service provider TeamDrive is now making its cloud service for data exchange available free of charge to all people with a Ukrainian passport, all privately organized Ukraine aid and all aid organizations committed to Ukraine. An informal request is sufficient for this [email protected]. A secure data platform as Ukraine aid "A protected and tap-proof IT infrastructure is the backbone of any well-organized aid," says TeamDrive Managing Director Detlef Schmuck. As…

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Data protection: New digital obligations for companies

Since the beginning of 2022, companies have had to request and submit numerous documents digitally. This poses new challenges for operational data protection, since the GDPR must also be observed. Since this year, companies have had to request numerous documents from their employees as digital documents, for which paper form was previously sufficient. The Hamburg-based data service provider TeamDrive points out that this is all personal information that must be stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On the one hand, this includes employee documents such as membership certificates, notifications or other notifications from the health insurance company or...

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Privacy advocates will have a hard time in 2022
Privacy advocates will have a hard time in 2022

The widespread use of Microsoft in German companies poses a challenge for data protection officers. According to Detlef Schmuck: "Data protection is on fire in many German companies." Especially since the EU-US Privacy Shield was declared invalid two years ago. "The role of data protection officers in companies will become more difficult in the new year," says data security expert Detlef Schmuck, managing director of the German data service TeamDrive GmbH. Above all, the widespread use of software from the US provider Microsoft in the German economy is an increasing problem because it poses the risk that personal…

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Care services: Manage the personal data of persons in need of care and staff in a legally secure manner
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Nursing services have been subject to the strict provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since 2018. But many providers have been taking the associated data protection requirements "quite loosely" for years. TeamDrive helps care services to manage the personal data of people in need of care, relatives and staff in a legally secure manner. Often personal data, medical information and accounting files are sent unencrypted by email. If the violations are exposed, severe penalties are imminent. In addition, owners or managing directors are usually held personally accountable in the event of data protection violations. Data management service creates legal certainty The Hamburg-based TeamDrive GmbH wants to provide a remedy with its data management service of the same name. TeamDrive ensures ...

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