Changing attitudes, new and evolving regulations and the demise of third-party cookies have shifted traditional marketing practices towards zero party data as the favored solution.
There are significant gaps in virtual appliance security, and many products are distributed with known, exploitable, and fixable vulnerabilities and on outdated or unsupported operating systems.
Data privacy and technology are still missing political attention despite the petabytes of personal information collected by organizations every day and the rapid change in information technology.
Internet of Things devices may be more numerous than ever before but that does not mean they are safer. This World Password Day, remember that device security starts with you.
Apparent trend toward heavy government regulation of personal data collection has tech industry titans discussing support for a federal privacy law so that the industry-supported legislation contains terms that are as friendly to them as possible.
The increasing prevalence of AI is creating a more dangerous phishing environment for companies of all sizes. A single hacker can now generate as much as 100 times more malicious content than they could previously.
The exit of the United Kingdom from the EU has caused turmoil in world markets and has far reaching consequences for those companies in the European Union doing business with the country – and vice versa. There has also been some uncertainty about how the authorities based in London will be treating data security and privacy issues. The consensus seems to be that companies doing business with the second largest economy in Europe (after Germany) should be adopting a ‘business as usual’ approach. However, will this necessarily be the case in the future? Will global companies with a British connection (including those in Asia) be forced to revisit how they treat data security and privacy issues when dealing with the United Kingdom – and will British companies move away from the rules that have been set in place by Brussels? We take a closer look.
During a M&A process, the scope of the organization’s attack surface is stretched to new limits. Every company, from Fortune 500s to smaller enterprises, has digital baggage that can dramatically increase potential security risks, from multiple generations of technologies, various IT stacks, and new and unknown risks in their environments.
When an organisation is attempting to contain a security breach, there is no such thing as too many cooks – but instead, too many siloed cooks. Cutting through the silos will allow for more robust security and enable agility across areas of a business that are, in fact, complementary to each other.
With GDPR making headway in regulating data privacy at an international level, many U.S. states are following suit to pass their own laws and bills to protect consumer’s personal data.
