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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

The Importance of Effective Asset Management in Today’s Cloud Environments

July 12, 2023

By prioritizing asset management, organizations can enhance their security posture, optimize existing security investments, and meet compliance requirements, ultimately safeguarding their digital assets and operations in the cloud, on-prem, or hybrid environment.

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Cyber Security Insights

Working Together for Privacy Protection: Identity Management Best Practices for Companies and Consumers

June 29, 2021

A strong identity management strategy involves monitoring user behavior and activity, verifying user identity with strong authentication solutions and cybersecurity education and awareness.

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Cyber Security Insights

How Shadow IT Is Undermining Your Work Culture – And What To Do About It

December 4, 2020

Use of Shadow IT by employees for communications can harm an organization’s security and its culture. It also signals to employers that something is not working.

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Cyber Security Insights

Funding Is Flowing for Cybersecurity Efforts in Every Government Jurisdiction

March 28, 2022

The new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as well as the American Rescue Plan Act allocated government funding for cybersecurity efforts, but public entities to date have not moved as quickly as most consider prudent. That appears to be changing.

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Cyber Security Insights

New SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules Will Force Companies to Develop Incident Response Plans

January 31, 2024

To many, the new SEC rules that require public companies to disclose “material” cybersecurity incidents within four days of determining their materiality may seem like a challenging, if not unreasonable, demand. Companies should put a priority on preparing incident response plans that will help them meet compliance.

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Data Privacy Insights

It’s Time to Adopt a “Data Quality Over Quantity” Mindset

June 10, 2020

Focusing on data quality rather than quantity means companies can drive better business outcomes, remain in compliance with privacy regulations, and prove to consumers that they respect their privacy.

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Data Privacy Insights

What Privacy Professionals Need To Know Before Investing in Federated Learning

May 2, 2022

Emerging privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), such as federated learning, are the key building blocks in changing our relationship with data. They can unlock new opportunities while protecting individual privacy, maintaining control of valuable data, and simplifying compliance in an increasingly fragmented regulatory landscape.

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Data Privacy Insights

Navigating Privacy in 2024: Three Trends to Expect

February 12, 2024

As more states pass not just comprehensive privacy laws, but narrow legislation that focuses on children’s privacy, data brokers, and hopefully, the emerging trend of privacy-for-profit, the pressure to find solutions that support compliance, while saving resources in an unsettled market, is only going to grow.

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Data Privacy Insights

How Facebook Ignored Security Warnings for 3 Years

April 20, 2018

The average social media user would be forgiven for thinking that Facebook’s data scandal had come seemingly out of nowhere. There were security warnings from industry experts dating as far back as 2013. Using one of the APIs, a loophole reported in 2015 allows hackers to gather millions of personal data from Facebook.

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Data Privacy Insights

Data Anonymization and Pseudonymization Under the GDPR

November 6, 2017

Can companies achieve true data anonymization to avoid weaker pseudonymization techniques and lessen the constraints of data privacy laws like the GDPR?

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Insights

Working Together for Privacy Protection: Identity Management Best Practices for Companies and Consumers

How Shadow IT Is Undermining Your Work Culture – And What To Do About It

Funding Is Flowing for Cybersecurity Efforts in Every Government Jurisdiction

New SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules Will Force Companies to Develop Incident Response Plans

It’s Time to Adopt a “Data Quality Over Quantity” Mindset

What Privacy Professionals Need To Know Before Investing in Federated Learning

Navigating Privacy in 2024: Three Trends to Expect

How Facebook Ignored Security Warnings for 3 Years

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