Many IoT devices can easily be hijacked, weaponized and made part of IoT botnets to launch DDoS attacks, it’s called the DDoS of Things.
EEA’s PSD2 regulation aims to protect consumers against fraud by securing the digital payments for Card Not Present (CNP) transactions. Study shows that merchants have seen some higher loss from failed and abandoned transactions than that from fraudsters.
Making the transition to Modern Authentication is not without its challenges. As enterprises make the switch, it is important to plan your Access Management strategy so that it can benefit both 2FA, adaptive authentication, and conditional access.
In all likelihood, Montana’s TikTok ban won’t stand up through the courts, which will lead to an even more confounding situation regarding TikTok’s very existence within the country.
As data privacy regulations surge across the globe, U.S. is significantly lagging behind with a lack of federal law on data consent and California being the only state that offers consumer protections.
This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016 by well-known and widely respected information security, privacy and compliance expert Rebecca Herold. Rebecca addresses how IT leaders are increasingly challenged by the myriad of physical, legal, political and logical considerations for data residency.
Digital identity is important as it’s closely tied to the data that represents us or the technologies that act on our behalf. What are the ways that can help us secure our digital identity?
The question of data privacy has become one that is shaping the business world of the 21st century. With many technologies advancing in leaps and bounds – as well as the increasing importance of ‘The Internet of Things’ the appointment of a professional Data Protection Officer to ensure legal and mandatory compliance has become a business imperative. We look at how failure to appoint such professionals who can operate at all levels of an organisation can be a costly mistake – not only in terms of revenue – but also in terms of customer trust.
Living in the age of Big Data, consumers are slowly awakening half in doubt regarding the ownership of the data which they generated. As more enterprises start utilising user-generated data for so-called target marketing, more consumers begin questioning about unfairness in sharing the profit earned by commercialising that data. This question motivates us to think about the essence of privacy. Is privacy just about the right to be let alone? Or might it include the right to sell the users' own data?
Ownership of privacy is best shared between legal, customer and security teams to help organizations fulfill compliance requirements and meet customers’ privacy expectations.
