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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

From Checkbox to Catalyst: How the C-Suite is Reframing Cybersecurity Training

January 30, 2026

For years, many organizations treated cybersecurity training as a mere compliance requirement. But today’s executive teams are taking a radically different approach. They're recasting cyber-readiness from a perfunctory task into a strategic lever for business resilience and growth.

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Cyber Security Insights

Cybersecurity in 2026: Cutting Through the Noise and Rethinking Control

February 11, 2026

Lack of tools or intelligence won't be the defining cybersecurity challenge of 2026. It's overabundance. Signals, platforms and rapid technological advancements dominate security leaders going into the new year.

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Data Privacy Insights

What’s Old Is New Again: Examining Privacy Enhancing Technologies

May 25, 2020

Use of privacy enhancing technology is becoming increasingly critical and especially in industries where accelerating regulations are limiting business functions.

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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

Bots on the Beach: The Holidaymakers You Don’t See on Your Flight

September 19, 2019

A trend is growing where online travel agencies and travel aggregators are unleashing armies of bots to run price scraping operations which may in certain cases, hoard tickets and prevent humans from making travel arrangements.

Cyber Security Insights

New Technology, Same Story: Microsoft’s Anticompetitive AI Tactics

February 27, 2026

Wall Street is now demanding evidence of product uptake and pathways to profitability—and Microsoft is stumbling. The company’s latest earnings report led to a large drop in share prices, as investors and analysts raised concerns about its massive spending on AI infrastructure without the kinds of tangible returns that a really valuable product should demonstrate.

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Data Protection Insights

The Introduction of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) And the Change of the CISO Role in 2023

January 18, 2023

As the CCPA comes into effect in the new year, we should prepare to see stricter regulations unfold both in the US and at a national level. Companies hiring for the CISO role must ensure candidates are informed of the legal expectations and are up to speed with protocols for security incidents.

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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.

Data Protection Insights

CCPA Data Privacy Trends Report: Data Subject Requests Indicate California Consumers Are Quick To Assert Their Privacy Rights

March 29, 2022

The CCPA went into effect at the start of 2020, providing two complete years of data at this point. The total number of data subject requests just about doubled from one year to the next.

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Cyber Security Insights

Race Relations, Phishing, and the War Against Disinformation

September 24, 2020

The most sophisticated technology in the world is not enough to combat phishing scams. which aren’t designed to break through firewalls or circumvent email gateways or endpoint security.

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Insights

From Checkbox to Catalyst: How the C-Suite is Reframing Cybersecurity Training

Cybersecurity in 2026: Cutting Through the Noise and Rethinking Control

What’s Old Is New Again: Examining Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Bots on the Beach: The Holidaymakers You Don’t See on Your Flight

New Technology, Same Story: Microsoft’s Anticompetitive AI Tactics

The Introduction of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) And the Change of the CISO Role in 2023

Navigating Privacy in 2024: Three Trends to Expect

CCPA Data Privacy Trends Report: Data Subject Requests Indicate California Consumers Are Quick To Assert Their Privacy Rights

Race Relations, Phishing, and the War Against Disinformation

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

Why Agentic AI Belongs in Your Employee Security Framework