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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 Privacy Insights

Facebook Won’t Care About Privacy Until Wall Street Cares About Privacy

May 8, 2018

Companies, and even entire industries, are more afraid of Wall Street than they are of Washington. Instead of Facebook’s stock falling on privacy concerns, it is actually rising. Facebook has sensed that Wall Street doesn’t really care about privacy, and as long as Wall Street doesn’t care about privacy, why should it?

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Cyber Security Insights

Shining Light on NIST and Its Influence on SaaS Security

July 3, 2023

NIST’s Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape released in November 2022 examines the shift from on-premise networks to multiple cloud servers. Although the guide doesn’t address SaaS applications directly many of the principles it discusses can be applied to the SaaS ecosystem.

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Cyber Security Insights

Safeguarding the B2B Sharing Economy

November 3, 2021

Vendor relationships with B2B sharing economy companies are more transactional and often the workforce is also less meticulously vetted. The biggest risk most vendors face today (and one that CIOs are increasingly wary of) when leveraging B2B sharing services is cybersecurity.

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Cyber Security Insights

Tying the Knot: IT Operations and Security

July 29, 2022

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.

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Cyber Security Insights

Corporate Divorce: How Companies Can Prevent Multimillion-Dollar Data Breaches

May 30, 2022

The more access an employee has to sensitive data, the higher the likelihood they can leak this information if they feel they've been wronged. The resulting data breach is where 'corporate divorces" gets messy.

Cyber Security Insights

How a Reactive Mindset Is a Threat to Data Security

April 8, 2020

Meeting regulatory and legal compliance standards is not enough for cybersecurity today, effective data security requires companies to have a proactive mindset to challenge, enhance and improve.

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Data Privacy Insights

Data Hijacking: Will There Be a Bounty on Your Data?

December 16, 2019

With collection of personal data getting harder under legislations like GDPR and CCPA, ensuring adequate data protection will be the driving factor of success for organizations of the future.

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Data Protection Insights

The CCPA Ripple Effect in the Enterprise: How to Prepare

April 3, 2020

Although CCPA is intended for California consumers, enterprises across the U.S. are adjusting their cybersecurity procedures and policies in anticipation of further regulations.

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Cyber Security Insights

Why We Need a Holistic Approach to Cyber Resilience

April 18, 2022

Bolstering resistance to devastating electronic attacks requires organizations to take a resilience-oriented approach to cybersecurity. This article offers guidance on a starting point, viewed through the lens of the people, process, and technology dimensions.

Cyber Security Insights

When IT Becomes the Threat: 58% of All ICS/OT Breaches Tied to IT Compromise

April 30, 2025

A recent survey by the SANS Research Program showed 58% of respondents identified IT compromises as a leading initial attack vector for ICS/OT incidents. This reflects the increasingly interconnected nature of IT and OT environments and highlights the risks associated with this convergence.

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Facebook Won’t Care About Privacy Until Wall Street Cares About Privacy

Tying the Knot: IT Operations and Security

Corporate Divorce: How Companies Can Prevent Multimillion-Dollar Data Breaches

How a Reactive Mindset Is a Threat to Data Security

Data Hijacking: Will There Be a Bounty on Your Data?

The CCPA Ripple Effect in the Enterprise: How to Prepare

Why We Need a Holistic Approach to Cyber Resilience

When IT Becomes the Threat: 58% of All ICS/OT Breaches Tied to IT Compromise

Lead EU Cybersecurity Agency to Receive Early Access to Mythos AI

Who Will Break Who: Microsoft or Mythos?

Commercial Location Data Used to Track Deployed U.S. Military Across Theaters of Operation

Carnival Cruise Data Breach Exposes Nearly 6 Million People in Cyber Attack Linked to ShinyHunters