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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 Protection Insights

Will New U.S. Privacy Regulations Be Too Expensive for Small Businesses?

March 26, 2019

Recent study shows that 72% of U.S. small businesses support improvements to privacy regulations yet 52% also believe that there will be a negative impact to their business. And only 15% believe that policy makers will pass regulations that do not adversely affect small businesses.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Nexus of Information Security and Data Privacy: Why Focusing on Both Can Keep Us Safer

March 22, 2019

What kind of future can be achieved by focusing on the nexus of information security and data privacy? Better compliance, stronger alignment and greater accountability, just to name a few benefits.

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Cyber Security Insights

6 Top Information Security Risks to Know in 2019

March 20, 2019

The 2019 Information Security Forum (ISF) Threat Horizon report contains information security risks that illustrate the importance, if not urgency, of updating cybersecurity measures fit for Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.

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Cyber Security Insights

Phishing Attacks: Now More Common Than Malware

March 19, 2019

The most recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report indicates that phishing attacks are now by far the most frequent threat to the cyber landscape, increasing a massive 250% since the previous report.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Biometric Threat

March 15, 2019

When it comes to proving our identity, there’s no doubt that biometrics are more convenient, but are they truly more secure? Only if we take comprehensive steps to mitigate hacking while the tech is in its infancy.

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Data Protection Insights

Blockchain Privacy Poisoning a New Concern in Post-GDPR Era

March 14, 2019

The features that make blockchain so attractive to enterprises are also the very features that could lead to headaches like “blockchain privacy poisoning", which Gartner has named as one of the biggest risks facing organizations over the next few years.

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Cyber Security Insights

Getting Educated on Cyber Security in an Education Environment

March 13, 2019

The education sector is an extremely underserved cybersecurity market. It is past time to draw attention to an ongoing and very serious problem facing the US education system: our schools are ill-equipped to face the mounting threats posed by hackers.

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Data Protection Insights

From Paper Compliance to Operational Compliance

March 9, 2019

While proposed amendments to narrow the scope of the CCPA might tempt financial services organizations to put CCPA compliance on the backburner, that instinct might prove to be flawed for quite a few reasons.

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Data Protection Insights

The Ohio Data Protection Act and the Quiet Revolution

March 8, 2019

The Ohio law represented a novel approach to data protection by providing safe harbor if the entity’s cyber security program conforms to industry recognized cybersecurity frameworks or federal regulations cited in the Act.

Hacker in front of his computer performing a formjacking attack

Cyber Security Insights

Invisible Prying Eyes: Formjacking Goes Mainstream

March 8, 2019

With successful defenses against ransomware, and since cryptojacking has become less profitable with cryptocurrencies’ fall in value, formjacking has become the new avenue for online criminal activity. It’s easy to do, it’s scalable, and it’s hard to stop.

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Insights

Will New U.S. Privacy Regulations Be Too Expensive for Small Businesses?

The Nexus of Information Security and Data Privacy: Why Focusing on Both Can Keep Us Safer

6 Top Information Security Risks to Know in 2019

Phishing Attacks: Now More Common Than Malware

The Biometric Threat

Getting Educated on Cyber Security in an Education Environment

From Paper Compliance to Operational Compliance

The Ohio Data Protection Act and the Quiet Revolution

Invisible Prying Eyes: Formjacking Goes Mainstream

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

Why Agentic AI Belongs in Your Employee Security Framework