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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

Five Ways To Get the Chief Information Security Officer Role Right

December 8, 2022

Cyber leadership is currently based on individual best effort, with no agreement on what ‘good’ looks like, with Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) typically blinkered on the implementation of controls rather than understanding the risks to the business and driving cultural change accordingly.

Man working on laptop with virtual lock showing zero trust for SaaS

Cyber Security Insights

How Zero Trust Secures Business-Critical SaaS Application Data

December 8, 2022

The time is now for business leaders to implement zero-trust protocols to address cloud misconfigurations beyond the identity layer and into the SaaS app ecosystem, as doing so has become critical for organizations to be able to maintain a good security posture. Zero Trust Data Access (ZTDA) does just that.

US and EU flag on door with padlock showing Privacy Shield and EU-US data transfer

Data Protection Insights

Privacy Shield Redux: Looking Ahead to a New EU-U.S. Data Transfer Framework

December 7, 2022

The Biden Administration and the European Commission have taken steps toward establishing a new mechanism in support of cross-border data flows from the EU to the U.S., known as the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. Here are the next steps for organizations seeking to transfer EU personal data to the U.S.

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%.

Computer security code and virtual locks showing lateral movement and need for MFA

Cyber Security Insights

A Decade of Discussion and We’re Still Not Thinking Laterally

December 6, 2022

Lateral movement has been a common factor in breaches, using identity as a universal attack vector to traverse environments unchecked. Organizations must have full visibility of the threat posed by identity and proactively wrap MFA round exposed assets.

Judge hammer against background of US flag showing ADPPA data privacy bill and data minimization

Data Protection Insights

The ADPPA Butterfly Effect: Limited Bill, Broad Consequences

December 6, 2022

The ADPPA is the first nationwide US privacy bill that stands a chance of being legislated and changing the face of the entire US privacy landscape. There is a general consensus that the proposed data minimization guidelines could significantly reshape the processes and procedures businesses will utilize to collect consumer data.

Facial recognition technology for industry worker showing digital transformation and identity management

Cyber Security Insights

The Rocky Road to Digital Transformation

December 5, 2022

One of the biggest obstacles enterprises face during their digital transformation journey is operating in a hybrid model that maintains legacy systems while migrating to the cloud. A main issue with hybrid environments is identity management.

Digital Padlock on abstract technology background showing data governance and data masters

Cyber Security Insights

Data Owners vs. Data Stewards vs. Data Custodians — The 3 Types of Data Masters and Why You Should Employ Them

December 2, 2022

Organizations now have massive volumes of data about their customers, clients, suppliers, patients, workers, and other stakeholders. Data governance will guarantee that your data is trustworthy, well-documented, easy to discover and access, safe, compliant, and confidential.

Executive delivering a presentation to his colleagues showing security awareness and AI

Cyber Security Insights

How Penetration Testing Showed Me What’s Missing in Security

December 1, 2022

It’s critical to change employee training about cybersecurity. AI platforms can help address the technical aspects of security concerns, as well as the human ones. This can be done through extensive employee training, specifically catered to determine what points need extra attention.

Holiday Inn building showing cyber attack impact on hotel chains

Cyber Security Insights

It Should Not Take a Cyberattack To Force Changes at Our Biggest Hotel Chains

December 1, 2022

Hotel owners relying on franchisors for guest room booking systems can be adversely impacted when these hotel chains are hit by a cyber attack. Hotel owners have the right to know what happened and what is being done to protect systems and guest data.

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Five Ways To Get the Chief Information Security Officer Role Right

How Zero Trust Secures Business-Critical SaaS Application Data

Privacy Shield Redux: Looking Ahead to a New EU-U.S. Data Transfer Framework

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

A Decade of Discussion and We’re Still Not Thinking Laterally

The ADPPA Butterfly Effect: Limited Bill, Broad Consequences

The Rocky Road to Digital Transformation

Data Owners vs. Data Stewards vs. Data Custodians — The 3 Types of Data Masters and Why You Should Employ Them

How Penetration Testing Showed Me What’s Missing in Security

It Should Not Take a Cyberattack To Force Changes at Our Biggest Hotel Chains

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