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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

Why ‘Data for Data’s Sake’ Creates Risks for Business

April 15, 2022

Collecting more data without doing due diligence, getting the right team on the ground, and the right AI or processing tools for that team to use, is a massive gamble. You risk spending a lot of money and creating more security risks, without any of the pay off.

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Cyber Security Insights

What Do Identity Security and an Edible Rock Have in Common? Quite a Bit, It Turns Out

November 18, 2024

Identity security needs to be like salt. A good identity management solution is always there, always working, and always streamlining access without sacrificing security.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

March 8, 2023

Ransomware operators have long targeted systems and data availability of their victims, and have been evolving their attack patterns to include the privacy and confidentiality of victim data as well. Attackers are increasingly pushing for double and sometimes triple extortion of their victims.

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Cyber Security Insights

Beyond the Buzzword: Passwordless* Versus Password-Free

December 1, 2021

In this article, we move beyond the buzzword to understand the high costs of passwords, the distinction between passwordless and password-free, what a world without passwords would look like and how we can finally get there.

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Cyber Security Insights

Mitigating Online Social Harm: Why Enterprises Need to Start Prepping for Stricter Age Verification Laws Now

September 3, 2020

Digital identity verification connected to a government-issued identity document can help organizations confirm who users claim to be and regulate age-restricted content accordingly.

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Cyber Security Insights

Armour up! Top 3 Security Trends to Watch

January 20, 2016

Last year, cyber security breaches wreaked havoc on some of the biggest financial institutions, retailers and governments in the world, causing data and financial loss and even corporate embarrassment for a certain entertainment powerhouse. In 2016, we can likely expect more - more advanced attacks including targeted industry espionage, ransomware, and social engineering.

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Cyber Security Insights

Best Practices in Fraud Prevention and CX for Cross-Border Trade

August 19, 2022

Businesses doing cross-border trade can benefit from following a set of best practices to understand the right markets to focus on, the unique elements of customer and fraudster behavior in those markets, and what customers expect from the online shopping experience.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part I)

May 21, 2016

In the first part of a three part series of articles, Pauline C. Reich, Professor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research Institute at Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan gives some context to the recent US v. Apple case.

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Data Privacy Insights

EU-US Privacy Shield Invalidated With Immediate Effect

August 3, 2020

In a landmark decision for the EU-US data transfer regime, the European Court has struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield but given respite to Standard Contractual Clauses.

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Cyber Security Insights

Not All Multi-Factor Authentication Is Created Equal

January 12, 2023

The resources to get past traditional MFA solutions are now available to even the most rudimentary hackers, and many MFA platforms simply aren’t designed to keep up – with either hackers or evolving guidelines.

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Why ‘Data for Data’s Sake’ Creates Risks for Business

What Do Identity Security and an Edible Rock Have in Common? Quite a Bit, It Turns Out

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

Beyond the Buzzword: Passwordless* Versus Password-Free

Best Practices in Fraud Prevention and CX for Cross-Border Trade

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part I)

Not All Multi-Factor Authentication Is Created Equal

Data Breach Hits Lab Giant Quest Diagnostics, Exposing Personal Information and Patient Records

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