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Insights and opinions on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity contributed by thought leaders from around the world.

Cyber Security Insights

We Checked Elon Musk’s Claims About Twitter Bots; Here’s What We Found

December 7, 2022

From a sample base of over 17 million referrals from Twitter collected over the past three quarters from American websites, an average of 8.55% of all traffic originating from Twitter was invalid. Organic traffic showed an invalid rate of 10.43%, nearly twice that of paid which averaged 5.13% invalid, just barely missing Twitter’s own mDAU reporting of 5%.

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Cyber Security Insights

We Need More Nuance When Talking About Privacy and Security

October 19, 2021

Balancing the need for privacy, security and profit is the defining debate of the internet age, impacting all of our lives. Each change to the way privacy and technology intersect needs to be examined on its own merits.

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Cyber Security Insights

We’re Spending Billions Each Year on Cybersecurity. So Why Aren’t Data Breaches Going Away?

August 1, 2022

Why despite the fact that businesses and governments spend billions of dollars to fight cyber attacks are businesses continuing to fall prey to data breaches? Companies must build and sustain a strong security culture.

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Data Privacy Insights

Weakening Encryption Will Only Leave Us Less Secure

October 10, 2018

The Five Eyes proposal for lawful access compromises on encryption, infringes upon our right to privacy, puts our personal data at risk, and utlimately undermines public trust in technology.

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Data Protection Insights

Web Scraping and the Rise of Data Access Agreements: Best Practices to Regain Control of Your Data

August 20, 2025

As the race for real-time data access intensifies, organizations are confronting a growing legal and operational challenge: web scraping. What began as a fringe tactic by hobbyists has evolved into a sophisticated, multibillion-dollar ecosystem driven by commercial data aggregators.

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Cyber Security Insights

Web Scraping Is Legal (For Now), but It May Be Hurting Your Business

January 15, 2024

Implementing a solution to identify and manage automated traffic can help organizations more effectively address the problem of web scraping and the countless other challenges associated with bad bots.

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Cyber Security Insights

Web Skimming: The Headache Organizations Aren’t Trying to Cure

May 17, 2023

Making their web applications resilient to web skimming or data theft efforts requires ecommerce businesses to prioritize client-side security. With automated solutions, businesses can achieve complete visibility and control over all JavaScripts running on their client-side web pages.

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Cyber Security Insights

WeWork Breach of Confidential Business Information Serves as a Good Reminder About the Holes in Public WiFi Security

September 30, 2019

WeWork, a co-working company which operates in world's biggest cities, was reported running a WiFi security breach since 2015. Companies’ information was exposed to anyone who has local network password in the office.

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Cyber Security Insights

What AI Can (and Can’t) Do Right Now to Fight CNP Fraud

April 24, 2019

Find out what's the current capabilities of AI in the fight against online payment fraud, where human expertise fits into the current fraud-prevention ecosystem, and what’s on the horizon as AI improves.

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Cyber Security Insights

What Analyst Firms Won’t Tell You: Great Leadership Drives the Best Cyber Security Decisions

May 18, 2018

Making educated decisions about cyber security requires high-quality information. Analyst firms are happy to provide information. But is the information they provide genuinely useful? Are they adding value to the conversation? Ultimately, great leadership, thoughtful strategy and superior execution is key to success.

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Insights

We Checked Elon Musk’s Claims About Twitter Bots; Here’s What We Found

We Need More Nuance When Talking About Privacy and Security

We’re Spending Billions Each Year on Cybersecurity. So Why Aren’t Data Breaches Going Away?

Weakening Encryption Will Only Leave Us Less Secure

Web Scraping and the Rise of Data Access Agreements: Best Practices to Regain Control of Your Data

Web Scraping Is Legal (For Now), but It May Be Hurting Your Business

Web Skimming: The Headache Organizations Aren’t Trying to Cure

WeWork Breach of Confidential Business Information Serves as a Good Reminder About the Holes in Public WiFi Security

What AI Can (and Can’t) Do Right Now to Fight CNP Fraud

What Analyst Firms Won’t Tell You: Great Leadership Drives the Best Cyber Security Decisions

Ransomware Attack at Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Dairy Company Halts U.S. Operations

Data Breach at Largest Indian Nuclear Power Plant Leaks Sensitive Files

Cyber Attack on Major Japanese Refrigerated Logistics Provider Disrupts KFC and Other Food Chains

Why Purple Teaming Is Becoming the Operating Model for Cyber Defense