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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

Does Cyber Security Really Need Machine Learning Technology?

January 22, 2018

There is a tremendous amount of potential for machine learning and cyber security within the enterprise. In order for machine learning to live up to the hype, it will need to offer a fully robust security solution and plenty of organizations are now betting that machines will be up to the task.

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Cyber Security Insights

Investing in Layered Cybersecurity Is a Strategic Choice

January 11, 2023

Layered security means using various complementary technologies, systems, and processes to ensure reactive and proactive defenses against cyber threats. For optimal security, these many systems and technologies must share information.

Data Protection Insights

The Colorado AI Act Shuffle: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

February 19, 2025

Colorado's AI regulations are still a work in progress, and the battle over how to regulate AI – without stifling innovation – has only just begun. As Colorado stands at the forefront of AI regulation, this process isn't just about one state's laws – it's a test case for how AI will be governed across the country.

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Cyber Security Insights

Defense Against DDoS Attacks Needs Awareness and Modern Defenses

August 22, 2022

Organizations must have effective defense against DDoS attacks and weaponization—not just for their own protection but also to limit the field for botnet recruitment and prevent service provider and corporate devices from being used in international cyber warfare.

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Data Privacy Insights

Defensive or Offensive, Every Strategy Must Start With Trust

June 17, 2020

Developing a data strategy that is both defensive and offensive may seem overwhelming but it can deliver the expectations from stakeholders while staying in compliance with privacy laws.

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Cyber Security Insights

Ransomware Is Too Easy for Criminals; Let’s Make It Harder

August 24, 2021

Holding companies legally accountable, sharing information, and creating shared security standards won’t completely eradicate ransomware attacks. But they will make it considerably harder to carry out those attacks successfully.

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Data Privacy Insights

Inside the Facebook Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

April 22, 2018

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal has garnered attention worldwide for helping to spotlight a very real problem with data privacy on the Internet. CPO Magazine will be providing ongoing coverage as we believe this to be a pivotal moment which will shape the future of how tech companies use consumer data.

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Cyber Security Insights

New Federal Reporting Requirements Demand Timely and Accurate Cyber-intelligence

July 21, 2022

Material risk-based cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can help financial companies remain in compliance while exploring up-to-date cyber threat protection and can help organizations find, respond to, and remediate cyberattacks before significant damage is done, while accelerating compliance and risk posture.

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Data Privacy Insights

How Modern Technologies Open Customer Data to Drive New Business Models

December 10, 2018

Classic anonymization is difficult to achieve and often does not provide good results. Comparatively, modern technologies like Diffix offer the best of both worlds, giving you data treasure and data protection.

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Cyber Security Insights

Organizations, Beware: Protect Against Protestware

May 6, 2022

The term protestware recently made global news when organizations in Russia and Belarus were attacked by malicious code that wiped their computers’ files. This malware was distributed through the popular open source JavaScript library, node-ipc, and was introduced by its maintainer in retaliation for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Insights

Does Cyber Security Really Need Machine Learning Technology?

Investing in Layered Cybersecurity Is a Strategic Choice

The Colorado AI Act Shuffle: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Defense Against DDoS Attacks Needs Awareness and Modern Defenses

Defensive or Offensive, Every Strategy Must Start With Trust

Ransomware Is Too Easy for Criminals; Let’s Make It Harder

Inside the Facebook Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

New Federal Reporting Requirements Demand Timely and Accurate Cyber-intelligence

How Modern Technologies Open Customer Data to Drive New Business Models

Organizations, Beware: Protect Against Protestware

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