cyber security

What are the main challenges facing conference centres in 2026? The IACC (International Association of Conference Centres) has compiled some answers in the new edition of the Meeting Room of the Future study. With a panel of 425 centres in 19 countries, the association was able to leverage a wide range...

The Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be held from 6 to 22 February. And as with every major event, business travellers will have to deal with specific constraints. Riskline has therefore looked into the matter and compiled some advice in a Safety Guide. In particular, the travel security specialist warns that - in the event of...

An investigation recently published by NordVPN, a VPN service provider, and Saily, a travel eSIM application, reveals massive trafficking of loyalty data on the dark web. Airline loyalty accounts hacked, hotel histories divulged, passport numbers on sale over the counter: all this data that millions of travellers enter on the Internet is...

How have cybersecurity threats evolved in recent years? Diane Rambaldini - The threats remain the same. There's always the cybercriminal who's going to be nearby, trying to swindle the user and steal their information. And, of course, there's always the potential thief of the...

The relationship between American Express Global Business Travel and the Expedia group began with a transaction. The sale of Egencia to TMC in 2021. Three years later, it has taken a completely different turn, based on a mutually beneficial cooperation that also and above all benefits business travellers. "We are...

If we were to draw up a sketch of the ideal prey for cybercriminals, it would closely resemble that of a business traveller. Not least because, while on the move, they hold sensitive data that is no longer protected by their company's firewall. For David Grout, Technical Director for Europe at FireEye, the mobile executive is...

This small NFC USB key makes perfect sense for business travellers, who are likely to use different workstations on the move. The Yubikey 5C NFC is a security key that can be connected using USB-C and NFC, two technologies that are now widespread...

A terabyte of secure data available in just a few seconds on your computer... In this age of heavy work documents and voluminous digital content libraries, Western Digital is expanding and perfecting its range of mobile storage systems. The American company has just presented its new...

Theft, loss, viruses, even ransom demands... The box developed by Californian start-up ResQ Project covers all disaster scenarios, blocking a stolen computer and instantly recovering all the data and loading it onto a new computer. Security and peace of mind...

From trade fairs to conferences, white papers to press articles, the notion of duty of care has been the focus of attention for several years now. However, the transition from theory to practice is proving laborious... According to a study published by International SOS, travel policies are still neglecting the duty of care...

Since 25 May and the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe has put some order into the processing of information, establishing a sort of code of conduct to regulate ever denser traffic. Does this mean that the data of business travellers is now safe from...

Everyone remembers the image of Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, being summoned to explain himself to the US Congress following the scandal surrounding the data collected by the company Cambridge Analytica. The hashtags #Delete Facebook - "delete Facebook" - flourished on the web at the time, but the social network was never called to account.

When travelling, new vectors of intrusion emerge How are business travellers' data more exposed? Fabien Soulis - Outside their company, employees are more exposed to cybersecurity risks. On the one hand, because they are no longer protected by their company's firewalls, their defences are reduced,...

Away from their loved ones, business travellers can rely on the Internet to maintain a link with their day-to-day reality and share their own experiences. At a time when almost half the world's population (43 %) is said to be referenced on social networks, how can you not post a selfie on Red Square, Instagram Times...

The personal and financial information of 380,000 British Airways accounts has been hacked. The information was made official in a press release issued by the British airline on 6 September. According to officials, passport numbers and flight details have been spared. British Airways has sought to reassure, stating that only the bank card...

Is company data at risk when it travels with business travellers on their business trips? Nothing could be further from the truth, according to a study published on 13 August by CWT on the subject of cybersecurity. According to the business travel agency, only 27% of European professionals say they are sure they will not be...

The 'cyber' issue had already been on Niva Sintès' agenda for several months. Last November, the Director of Parnasse said: "Orange already has the Orange Cyberdéfense entity, with cutting-edge expertise in everything to do with securing data, terminals and networks. We are going to expand our services and...

Last May, a computer attack caused panic in over 150 countries. The aptly named "Wanna Cry" "ransomware" took hostage the data on infected computers and demanded payment in exchange for their return. Unprecedented in terms of its scale, this hacking is far from isolated...

Cyber security issues are more than ever at the heart of the debate, as large-scale attacks multiply. A few weeks ago, the WannaCry ransomware had already underlined the urgency of the situation, striking on a global scale. This time, three of the biggest names in the business travel and tourism...