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Insights and opinions on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity contributed by thought leaders from around the world.

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Cyber Security Insights

Amid Surge in Ransomware Attacks, More Organizations Are Being Rejected for Cyber Insurance — What Can Leaders Do?

November 28, 2022

Surge in ransomware attacks and the complex cybersecurity landscape – complicated by the growing adoption of remote work – are giving cyber insurance companies leverage to hike premiums at alarming rates. Here are three strategies to help you find keep costs affordable and get approved for coverage you need.

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Cyber Security Insights

How We Will Win the Cyber-Physical Battle for OT Security

November 25, 2022

When industrial environments integrated connected systems into their assets, attack surfaces are expanded, opening once-closed critical infrastructure sites and the companies that manage them to attacks from threat actors.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Privacy-Growth Trade-Off

November 24, 2022

Privacy-enhancing technologies, like homomorphic encryption, AI-generated synthetic data, and federated learning support privacy enhancing processes and can help meet data protection challenges.

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Data Protection Insights

Exempt No More: What Does the CPRA Mean for HR Department?

November 24, 2022

When the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) takes effect and replaces the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on January 1, 2023, businesses will have new privacy obligations with respect to personal information of employees, applicants for employment, independent contractors, owners, directors, officers, and their beneficiaries and emergency contacts who are California residents.

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Cyber Security Insights

Building a Security Culture With Behavior Design

November 23, 2022

Human error accounts for the vast majority of security breaches largely due to successful phishing campaigns. Here are tips on fortifying the human firewall via the Fogg model of behavior design.

Data Privacy Insights

Respecting People’s Data Dignity: Why CMOs Should Care About How They Use Data

November 22, 2022

With consumer awareness of privacy at an all time high, there is not only regulatory risk, but also reputational and brand risk for those CMOs who drop the ball – an increasingly likely occurrence as the changes to the familiar status quo mount.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Top 3 Goals to Ensure Cybersecurity Success

November 22, 2022

Three common problems regularly hold back cybersecurity strategies – not testing enough, not resolving or disclosing known vulnerabilities, and not having proper security programs in place to measure testing effectiveness.

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Cyber Security Insights

CFIUS Compliance: Your Organization’s Growth and Investment Strategy May Be a Matter of National Security

November 21, 2022

The CFIUS has broad authority to suspend, modify, or prohibit a transaction from closing in order to address national security concerns. CFIUS filings have risen in the wake of FIRRMA which widened the scope of CFIUS compliance to include certain minority investments, specifically in the field of emerging and critical technologies.

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Cyber Security Insights

What Your Architecture Needs To Ride the SASE Wave

November 18, 2022

Implementing SASE is unlike rolling out any other technology. It requires dedicated coordination between security and networking teams, a streamlined security and networking architecture, and a fundamental understanding of the business goals and current processes.

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Cyber Security Insights

Security Through Obscurity – How Code Obfuscation Works

November 17, 2022

Code obfuscation prevents the reverse-engineering of programs and is used to protect sensitive intellectual property (IP) such as algorithms that a company doesn’t want bad actors or competitors to see; the foremost example of this being security code.

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Insights

Amid Surge in Ransomware Attacks, More Organizations Are Being Rejected for Cyber Insurance — What Can Leaders Do?

How We Will Win the Cyber-Physical Battle for OT Security

The Privacy-Growth Trade-Off

Exempt No More: What Does the CPRA Mean for HR Department?

Building a Security Culture With Behavior Design

Respecting People’s Data Dignity: Why CMOs Should Care About How They Use Data

The Top 3 Goals to Ensure Cybersecurity Success

CFIUS Compliance: Your Organization’s Growth and Investment Strategy May Be a Matter of National Security

What Your Architecture Needs To Ride the SASE Wave

Security Through Obscurity – How Code Obfuscation Works

Amid Surge in Ransomware Attacks, More Organizations Are Being Rejected for Cyber Insurance — What Can Leaders Do?

Iranian Hackers Installed Crypto Miner in Federal Agency After Exploiting Unpatched Log4Shell Vulnerability

Leaked EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulations Indicate Bloc Plans to Ban Privacy Coins

How We Will Win the Cyber-Physical Battle for OT Security