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Insights

Insights and opinions on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity contributed by thought leaders from around the world.

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Cyber Security Insights

Establishing Advanced Persistent Security to Combat Long-Term Threats

October 27, 2022

APTs are widely known for remaining undetected, fooling defensive tools and security tactics. IT and security teams must adopt a new approach to address this specific type of risk, one that provides long-term and constantly adapting security to address shifting tactics and unusual network behavior.

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Data Privacy Insights

Ethical Data Mining: How Doing the Right Thing Is Good for Business

July 23, 2018

Simply following the law is not enough to meet ethical data mining standards. Businesses need to be proactive not just because it’s the right thing to do but also for the enormous business benefits.

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Data Privacy Insights

Ethical Data Privacy in a Time of COVID-19

April 27, 2020

Ethical data privacy is both an obligation and a benefit to a business as it simplifies the adaptation to new regulatory requirements and boosts market confidence on the company.

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Cyber Security Insights

Ethical Hacking is Evolving – Here’s How Your Company Can Keep Up

September 5, 2019

Companies are opening up to latest cybersecurity strategies like ethical hacking to unearth their digital vulnerabilities. What could they do to ensure the hackers do not endanger their data?

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Data Privacy Insights

Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World

May 16, 2018

As the technologies for gathering, analysing, and acting on information become increasingly powerful, we find ourselves facing a tipping point as we consider the impact of data-driven processes on the ethics in information management and the challenges of managing data privacy.

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Data Protection Insights

EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies

August 23, 2024

With broad extraterritorial reach, significant penalties of up to seven percent of worldwide annual turnover, and an emphasis on risk-based governance, the EU AI Act will have a profound impact on U.S. businesses that develop, use, and distribute AI systems.

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Data Protection Insights

EU Digital Markets Act: Key Aspects and Lingering Questions

June 7, 2022

The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) appears headed for adoption in May. Companies providing “core platform services”, as well as those potentially receiving data from such companies, should understand not only what the DMA requires, but also its impact on existing obligations under the GDPR.

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Data Privacy Insights

EU-US Privacy Shield Adopted but Likely to Face Legal Challenge

August 26, 2016

Improvements to the first Privacy Shield include better data retention provisions and independent Ombudsman, but Data Protection Authorities still cautious.

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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

Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act: Prepare Now or Lose Your Market Access

November 3, 2025

The EU Cyber Resilience Act represents the most significant shift in product security requirements in a generation. Starting September 11, 2026, manufacturers must report actively exploited vulnerabilities to EU authorities within 24 hours of becoming aware of them.

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Insights

Establishing Advanced Persistent Security to Combat Long-Term Threats

Ethical Data Privacy in a Time of COVID-19

Ethical Hacking is Evolving – Here’s How Your Company Can Keep Up

Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World

EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies

EU-US Privacy Shield Adopted but Likely to Face Legal Challenge

Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act: Prepare Now or Lose Your Market Access

Ransomware Attack at Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Dairy Company Halts U.S. Operations

Data Breach at Largest Indian Nuclear Power Plant Leaks Sensitive Files

Cyber Attack on Major Japanese Refrigerated Logistics Provider Disrupts KFC and Other Food Chains

Why Purple Teaming Is Becoming the Operating Model for Cyber Defense