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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

Cyber Hygiene: The Need to Focus on Cyber Security Basics

August 21, 2018

According to Tripwire's State of Cyber Hygiene report, many organizations are simply not getting their cyber security basics right. And there is a distinct lack of focus on the proper maintenance and basic protection organizations need to put in place for cyber defense.

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Data Privacy Insights

Time To Dispel Myths Surrounding Privacy Enhancing Technologies

October 10, 2022

Given the recent focus on the capabilities enabled by Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), it will be helpful to understanding the basic components of the category. There are also a number of myths and misconceptions about PETs that are being perpetuated in the market.

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Data Protection Insights

Data Discovery and Data Mapping: Are These Automated Software Technologies Effective for LGPD Compliance?

May 11, 2020

Companies are searching for data discovery and mapping tools to meet Brazil’s LGPD requirements but it will take more than technology to identify all the gaps.

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Data Protection Insights

Where’s Your Data? Privacy Challenges for IT Leaders

February 22, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016 by well-known and widely respected information security, privacy and compliance expert Rebecca Herold. Rebecca addresses how IT leaders are increasingly challenged by the myriad of physical, legal, political and logical considerations for data residency.

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Cyber Security Insights

Compliance Made Easy: How To Improve Your Risk Posture With Automated Audits

May 13, 2021

Here is a six-step strategy to passing compliance audits seamlessly and set your business on the path to sustainable and successful ongoing auditing preservation.

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Cyber Security Insights

Identity Theft: Protecting Your Real Life

September 22, 2017

Your identity is something valuable and identity theft in the digital world can have real life consequences. Protection is a shared responsibility.

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Cyber Security Insights

Hacked for the Holidays: Five Actions to Undertake When Ransomware Strikes During the Holiday Season

December 18, 2023

The holiday season is a time for loved ones and celebrations, and unfortunately, also a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to strike. With many companies operating with reduced staff and employees taking time off, the risk of falling victim to ransomware increases.

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Data Privacy Insights

Smart Home Devices are Listening and Waiting to Invade Your Privacy

April 23, 2017

Smart devices are now a fact of life – they touch almost every part of our existence. Yet smart home devices have now further eroded our right to privacy. In this article we take a look at just how these devices have reduced our ability to resist an invasion of privacy - and just why we need to be aware of how that elusive goal of privacy is becoming even more difficult to attain.

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Cyber Security Insights

Crypto-Regulation: Regulatory Solutions Will Help Virtual Currencies Change the U.S. Financial Market

February 16, 2019

Many believe that virtual currencies could be a driving force in economic growth. Two new bi-partisan bills will seek to regulate virtual currencies while establishing significant protections for U.S. consumers.

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Data Privacy Insights

Online Behavioral Tracking: Who’s Spying on Your Every Move?

March 19, 2018

When consumers shop online many do not realize that they are not only handing over their hard-earned cash, there’s another transaction that is happening at the same time – online behavioral tracking. Data about you is being gathered, shared and analyzed to determine what you see and to shape your online experience.

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Cyber Hygiene: The Need to Focus on Cyber Security Basics

Time To Dispel Myths Surrounding Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Data Discovery and Data Mapping: Are These Automated Software Technologies Effective for LGPD Compliance?

Where’s Your Data? Privacy Challenges for IT Leaders

Compliance Made Easy: How To Improve Your Risk Posture With Automated Audits

Identity Theft: Protecting Your Real Life

Hacked for the Holidays: Five Actions to Undertake When Ransomware Strikes During the Holiday Season

Smart Home Devices are Listening and Waiting to Invade Your Privacy

Crypto-Regulation: Regulatory Solutions Will Help Virtual Currencies Change the U.S. Financial Market

Online Behavioral Tracking: Who’s Spying on Your Every Move?

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