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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

A Legal View of New NIST Quantum-Resistant Algorithms

September 16, 2022

None of the candidate encryption algorithms to counter the threat of quantum computing are intended for the massive amounts of sensitive data stored “at rest”. Instead they are intended to replace those currently used for: (1) data in transit over the public internet; and (2) digital signatures used for authentication.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Future of Cybersecurity

September 15, 2022

With the growing threat of cyber attacks, businesses are placing more of an emphasis on cybersecurity planning within their executive teams, integrating holistic incident response plans, and embracing new technology.

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Data Protection Insights

The Human Side of Risk and Data Protection

September 14, 2022

Business leaders around the world are reconfiguring their strategies to prioritize data protection and management. As the world becomes increasingly digitally connected, dependence on cyber safety and consumer trust only becomes more important. Technology continues to develop in complexity, as do our methods to mediate it, but it’s imperative that we don’t forget the human side of risk, too.

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Cyber Security Insights

Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Ransomware Insurance Is Not a Cybersecurity Strategy

September 13, 2022

2021 was the year of ransomware, with attacks almost doubling in 2020. Cyber insurance providers, reeling from an historic couple of years, are maturing their qualification processes and raising the bar for pay-outs, so businesses can no longer rely on insurance alone as a protection and recovery strategy.

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Data Protection Insights

Using Public Cloud Infrastructure To Protect and Enforce Cross Border Data Transfer

September 12, 2022

With the widespread availability of hardware-based Confidential Computing in the public cloud, organizations can now lock down workloads, and implement and enforce cross-border data transfer requirements with a data lock, a type of governance built directly into the data.

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Cyber Security Insights

Your Digital Identity is Everything

September 9, 2022

Now, and even more so in the future, your digital identity will define who you are, what is your (digital) possession and what your social graph may look like. Your digital footprint and data will define what you may expect and what you may become.

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Cyber Security Insights

A Summer of Security? It Can Only Be Done With a Zero-trust Approach

September 8, 2022

A zero-trust framework is essential but is not enough. It needs to be part of a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that is a match for increasingly courageous, sophisticated threat actors.

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Cyber Security Insights

Electronic Records and Communication – Governance Really Does Matter

September 7, 2022

Given the proliferation and accessibility of electronic communication tools especially on personally owned mobile devices, and the challenges of being able to reinforce corporate culture on the remote and hybrid workforce, the critical question has become: how do corporate governance models need to adapt?

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Cyber Security Insights

Business Communication Shift Results in Data and Risk Nightmares

September 6, 2022

Despite massive data, risk and compliance challenges, today’s work-from-home environment has accelerated our reliance on electronic communication apps like WhatsApp, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and more, ushering in a monumental shift in the way we communicate and conduct business.

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Cyber Security Insights

Why Industry 5.0 Needs Trusted Data

September 5, 2022

Industry 5.0 can be summarized as calling for redesigning industry around a human centric approach. It's clear that digital technologies will play an important role and trust is crucial for any industrial data flows.

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Insights

A Legal View of New NIST Quantum-Resistant Algorithms

The Future of Cybersecurity

The Human Side of Risk and Data Protection

Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Ransomware Insurance Is Not a Cybersecurity Strategy

Your Digital Identity is Everything

A Summer of Security? It Can Only Be Done With a Zero-trust Approach

Electronic Records and Communication – Governance Really Does Matter

Business Communication Shift Results in Data and Risk Nightmares

Why Industry 5.0 Needs Trusted Data

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