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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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Data Privacy Insights

Invasion of Privacy: Tracking Your Online Behavior Across the Web

December 6, 2017

The new “Tracking the Trackers” report showed that 79% of all websites globally are secretly tracking your online behavior. Moreover, many are, in turn, forwarding your personal information to other companies. For many, the message is clear: it’s time to take back the web and end this widespread invasion of privacy.

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Cyber Security Insights

Why Cyber Insurance Will Revive Cyber Business Intelligence

January 16, 2023

Things have been tough recently in the cyber insurance industry. Businesses have a difficult time finding affordable policies while underwriters struggle to return loss ratios to profitable levels. These challenging times, however, are forging a resurgence in cyber business intelligence.

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Data Privacy Insights

Your Customers Want To Know Their Information Is Safe; Here’s How To Put Their Mind at Ease

February 9, 2022

Rather than businesses having to expose users’ personal data, and have data brokers collect that data into centralized storehouses, Privacy Enhancing Technology means that companies can work together directly, helping one another to vouch for and validate trustworthy users.

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Data Privacy Insights

Avoiding Dark Patterns: Critical Tools for Privacy Legal Counsel

September 17, 2021

How can well-intentioned companies avoid employing dark patterns by mistake? And how can privacy professionals, particularly attorneys, effectively counsel their clients away from this common, yet all too prevalent, practice?

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Cyber Security Insights

New Report Shows Just How Profitable Cyber Extortion Can Be

April 4, 2019

In just a few years, cyber extortion has gone from a fringe hacking activity to something that is now very much mainstream. In fact, it’s now possible for hackers to make upwards of $360,000 per year by joining a cyber extortion team.

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Data Privacy Insights

The American Data Privacy Protection Act’s Potential Flaws and Implications

July 25, 2022

Decision-makers have much work to do in order to make the federal privacy law a success. Enforcement will be the most important factor. The stricter the enforcement the higher likelihood of compliance and will dictate implementation willingness across the board.

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Data Protection Insights

Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act – Standards Tightened

April 19, 2016

Following the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), the Personal Data Protection Standards 2015 sets out the "minimum" standards to be observed.

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Cyber Security Insights

Safeguarding the B2B Sharing Economy

November 3, 2021

Vendor relationships with B2B sharing economy companies are more transactional and often the workforce is also less meticulously vetted. The biggest risk most vendors face today (and one that CIOs are increasingly wary of) when leveraging B2B sharing services is cybersecurity.

Cyber Security Insights

Overcoming Key Challenges in an AI-Centric Future

January 15, 2025

It’s not enough to understand how to leverage AI to improve productivity—it’s also important to understand the dangers that come along with it. Cybercriminals are already finding ways to use the technology to their own advantage, while lax AI policies are allowing data leakage to occur with worrying regulations.

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Cyber Security Insights

The “Ghost SaaS” Threat and Why Security Teams Should Take It Seriously

June 1, 2022

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.

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Invasion of Privacy: Tracking Your Online Behavior Across the Web

Why Cyber Insurance Will Revive Cyber Business Intelligence

Your Customers Want To Know Their Information Is Safe; Here’s How To Put Their Mind at Ease

Avoiding Dark Patterns: Critical Tools for Privacy Legal Counsel

New Report Shows Just How Profitable Cyber Extortion Can Be

The American Data Privacy Protection Act’s Potential Flaws and Implications

Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act – Standards Tightened

Overcoming Key Challenges in an AI-Centric Future

The “Ghost SaaS” Threat and Why Security Teams Should Take It Seriously

Data Breach Hits Lab Giant Quest Diagnostics, Exposing Personal Information and Patient Records

U.S. Banks are Blocking AI Agents from Accessing Customer Accounts Amid Safety Concerns

OpenAI: AI Agents Turned Off Safety Monitoring Guardrails, Even Lied About It

SafePay Ransomware Breached Over 600 Critical Infrastructure Organizations, CISA Warns