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Blogs Cyber Security Security Demystified

I Want to Have the ‘Cloud’ and the ‘Cake’ Too! – Part I

December 27, 2017

I was at the #Structure2017 conference and the term hybrid cloud (at last count a day and a half into a two-day conference) has been used 131 times. However – I hazard that between the panelists, interviewers or the audience members who used this term - all have different definitions interpretations of this catchphrase.

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Blogs Data Privacy Privacy Intelligence

Your View of “Personal Information” is Probably Not Wide Enough

May 17, 2018

In the past few months the amount of talk, advice, debates, and claims about the EU GDPR which goes into effect May 25, has escalated to a fever pitch. And there is the rub. Most organizations do not know really know or understand what “personal data,” the GDPR term, is as it applies to their organization.

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Blogs Data Privacy Privacy Intelligence

Not Providing Training? You Will Fail Privacy & Data Security!

June 21, 2018

Why is there always some information security or privacy pros who insist on proclaiming that user awareness and training is a waste of time and money?

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Blogs Data Privacy Privacy Intelligence

Are You Protecting the Privacy of the Deceased?

March 22, 2018

Do we need to protect the privacy of the deceased? Let’s look at the two kingpins of privacy regulation mentioned earlier – HIPAA and GDPR. We then take a brief view at a few of the literally hundreds of other personal information protection laws with regard to if and how they relate to the protection of the deceased.

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Blogs Data Privacy Future of Privacy

Your Privacy Might Not Be Dead, but How Can You Get It Back?

April 24, 2018

Corporations and governments have access to more of your personal information than ever. Just existing in the digital world leaves a footprint that can be used to track and market to you with, and more commonly, without your permission. But all is not lost in the fight for personal privacy.

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Blogs Cyber Security Security Demystified

I Want to Have the ‘Cloud’ and the ‘Cake’ Too! – Part II

January 4, 2018

In Part I, I left you with a teaser about how a home moving dilemma is the state of the enterprise today for cloud migration. Let’s now dig into the challenges that CIOs and CSOs are facing today in their journey to the Hybrid Cloud.

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Blogs Data Protection Security Demystified

From GDPR to GIPR to GPPR to GAPR

March 1, 2018

Every business that collects data will have the Insights, Prediction, Action dilemma it confronts. And for that we need a regulatory framework to set boundaries. Am I allowed to dream on? Let’s not wait for regulations. An industry sponsored consortium putting consumer rights and privacy front and center.

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Not Providing Training? You Will Fail Privacy & Data Security!

Your Privacy Might Not Be Dead, but How Can You Get It Back?

CISA: A Coordinated Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Affected Over 100 Water Systems

Iranian-Linked Cyber Attack Shuts Down a UK Power Plant

FBI, CISA, and HHS Warn about Medusa Ransomware Targeting Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations