In today’s digital privacy landscape, healthcare providers need to select an endpoint management solution that will allow their end-users to safely work with proprietary patient information without the risk of a data leak.
Most technology start-up companies lack the experience and resources needed to manage the plethora of security, privacy, and compliance issues inherent in a growing technology business. Nevertheless, the legal and business implications of poorly managed privacy and data security practices are too important to ignore. A single error can undermine the trust of investors and customers, attract unwanted regulatory attention or litigation, and ultimately, derail a start-up’s success.
In this first instalment of a two part article Francoise Gilbert from Greenberg Traurig LLP talks about the first 5 common privacy and data security mistakes that start-ups must avoid.
Most technology start-up companies lack the experience and resources needed to manage the plethora of security, privacy, and compliance issues inherent in a growing technology business. Nevertheless, the legal and business implications of poorly managed privacy and data security practices are too important to ignore. A single error can undermine the trust of investors and customers, attract unwanted regulatory attention or litigation, and ultimately, derail a start-up’s success.
With the recent major GDPR cases on Facebook and Google, DPOs at smaller companies are getting worried and challenged in ensuring terms and conditions and privacy notices are not mixed up.
With less than a year until the new implementation date, how can organizations successfully prepare for Thailand’s PDPA enforcement come May 31, 2021?
With more and more organizations providing healthcare data through patient portals, how can they protect themselves from unauthorized access and theft of medical records?
Are individuals more likely to allow use of their data when it’s ‘for the greater good’ – even if permission is not sought? It may be that they don’t have a choice. Even as data protection measures increase and regulatory bodies increase their ability to punish bad behaviour by data custodians, there are still some thorny issues when it comes to the moral and legal obligations governing the sharing of Big Data and personal information.
Security teams need to be vigilant - both on what SaaS services employees are connecting to, and whether those platforms are safe and remains safe for use in the organization.
Alternative data can provide powerful insights when properly aggregated. Businesses are increasingly using it to improve their decision-making and to gain a competitive advantage.
Next year, cybersecurity becomes an AI-driven battleground where trust erodes, deception scales, and the speed of intelligent machines determines who stays secure and who gets left behind.
