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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

Counting the Cost: The Price of Security Neglect

April 22, 2024

Weak cyber security practices mean a company will almost certainly experience a data breach – the only question is the order of magnitude of dollars lost, reputational damage, and downstream harm to the individuals who trusted the company with their data.

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Cyber Security Insights

How to Stop Leaky Forms From Putting Ecommerce Customer Data at Risk

August 21, 2023

Some ecommerce sites may be unwittingly placing customer data at risk of exposure through forms that unintentionally collect PII without user consent. Here’s what retail security teams need to know about “leaky forms” and how to implement security policies that can protect customer data from this hazard.

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Data Protection Insights

GDPR Threats to the CEO

July 18, 2018

Majority of CEOs may severely underestimate the consequences of GDPR non-compliance, and more worrisome are unaware of what had to be done or had been done by their staff to implement compliance measures.

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Cyber Security Insights

Authorization Oversight: The Data Security Pitfall Keeping You at Risk

March 3, 2023

From Uber to MailChimp, even the most technologically advanced and capable companies seem to struggle with keeping sensitive data safe and secure. And much of it comes down to one major data security pitfall – authorization oversight.

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Data Protection Insights

Who is Watching Your Data?

January 20, 2016

The question of data privacy has become one that is shaping the business world of the 21st century. With many technologies advancing in leaps and bounds – as well as the increasing importance of ‘The Internet of Things’ the appointment of a professional Data Protection Officer to ensure legal and mandatory compliance has become a business imperative. We look at how failure to appoint such professionals who can operate at all levels of an organisation can be a costly mistake – not only in terms of revenue – but also in terms of customer trust.

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Cyber Security Insights

As Synthetic Identity Fraud Grows, Children’s Data Is Increasingly at Risk

January 11, 2022

Synthetic identity fraud and identity fraud in general were the costliest kinds of fraud that U.S. ecommerce merchants suffered during 2021, as the incidence and total cost of online fraud continues to rise. Authorities and analysts report growth in the number of criminals targeting children and teenagers online.

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Cyber Security Insights

Does the 21st Century Business Really need Cyber Liability Insurance?

July 13, 2017

If your business is dealing with data then ignoring the peace of mind that cyber liability insurance would provide would be foolhardy. In fact, the very survival of a business that stores and leverages customer data in any way may very well depend on good cyber liability coverage.

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Data Privacy Insights

The American Data Privacy Protection Act’s Potential Flaws and Implications

July 25, 2022

Decision-makers have much work to do in order to make the federal privacy law a success. Enforcement will be the most important factor. The stricter the enforcement the higher likelihood of compliance and will dictate implementation willingness across the board.

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Cyber Security Insights

As Cybercrime Keeps Upping Its Game, Cybersecurity Must Answer With Strategic Unified Force

May 31, 2023

Siloed technologies with different management and configuration dashboards cobbled together create security gaps and visibility blind spots that slow cyber response, mitigation and recovery.

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Cyber Security Insights

BadUSB: A Growing Cybersecurity Threat

December 19, 2022

BadUSB attacks have proliferated in the last year for a simple reason — they work as long as curiosity is part of human nature. The impact of BadUSB is tantamount to allowing an unknown hacker to sit at an employee’s unlocked computer and directly attack the network from the inside.

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Counting the Cost: The Price of Security Neglect

How to Stop Leaky Forms From Putting Ecommerce Customer Data at Risk

Authorization Oversight: The Data Security Pitfall Keeping You at Risk

Who is Watching Your Data?

As Synthetic Identity Fraud Grows, Children’s Data Is Increasingly at Risk

Does the 21st Century Business Really need Cyber Liability Insurance?

The American Data Privacy Protection Act’s Potential Flaws and Implications

As Cybercrime Keeps Upping Its Game, Cybersecurity Must Answer With Strategic Unified Force

Data Breach Hits Lab Giant Quest Diagnostics, Exposing Personal Information and Patient Records

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