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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 Insurance Cannot Offset the Dangers of Ransomware

May 26, 2023

Cyber insurance only forms part of the puzzle in bolstering cyber resilience. Even with cyber insurance, businesses must not consider themselves immune from ransomware attacks. They must still implement cyber hygiene practices as part of a holistic data protection and recovery strategy.

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Cyber Security Insights

Top Endpoint Security Recommendations for CISOs To Stay One Step Ahead of Cyberattacks

May 31, 2021

Here are the top cyber hygiene routines all CISOs should embrace in their daily network care routines to stay ahead of cyber attacks.

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Cyber Security Insights

Beating MFA Fatigue: Why Hackers Have Resorted to Prompt Bombing

August 18, 2023

One of the most significant barriers for cybercriminals when trying to compromise a user account is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). But what happens when users are overrun by notifications? Enter MFA bombing attacks to exploit MFA fatigue.

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Data Privacy Insights

Google Data Collection Is More Extensive and Intrusive Than You Ever Imagined

November 14, 2018

A new report offers a never-before-seen look at Google data collection practices, raising new questions about the extent to which the top tech companies in the world collect and collate user data without their permission or knowledge.

Data Privacy Insights

Mozilla Solves the Manifest V3 Puzzle To Save Ad Blockers From Chromapocalypse

February 15, 2023

The problem with Manifest V3 is that it limits the number of built-in and user-added rules for extensions installed by an individual user. Since at the core of any ad blocker extension is the filtering rules that teach it to detect ads, such restrictions can become a real snag.

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Cyber Security Insights

The Holistic Vulnerability Management Program: Integrating Security Tools From Across the Attack Surface

April 17, 2023

With risks being discovered by a wide range of security tools, how can vulnerability management teams ensure their vulnerability risk management programs are actually targeting the highest-priority risks and therefore supporting ongoing cybersecurity goals? When these tools and their findings are siloed, the answer is, unfortunately, simple: they can’t.

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Cyber Security Insights

Quora Exposed 100 Million Passwords but Did Almost Everything Right

December 17, 2018

Quora suffered a massive data leak, exposing their password database with 100 million passwords. But the passwords were securely stored and are next-to-useless to criminals.

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Cyber Security Insights

Don’t Want Security Issues? Then Don’t Misuse Your Images and Image Registries!

July 6, 2020

Container images can be exploited by attackers to gain unrestricted access to the container environment and compromise sensitive data. What can you do to secure them?

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Data Privacy Insights

Can Employers Find the Employee Privacy Sweet Spot? (Part II)

May 21, 2016

In the first part we examined whether a balance can be struck between business imperatives and employee privacy. In this second and final part of the article we delve into just how privacy issues have been treated under the law and delve further into the rights and responsibilities of both employer and employee.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Fear of Biometric Technology in Today’s Digital World

November 7, 2019

Biometric technology is advancing rapidly and regulations need to keep up. What are some of the challenges and how they should be addressed to secure digital data?

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Insights

Cyber Insurance Cannot Offset the Dangers of Ransomware

Top Endpoint Security Recommendations for CISOs To Stay One Step Ahead of Cyberattacks

Beating MFA Fatigue: Why Hackers Have Resorted to Prompt Bombing

Google Data Collection Is More Extensive and Intrusive Than You Ever Imagined

Mozilla Solves the Manifest V3 Puzzle To Save Ad Blockers From Chromapocalypse

The Holistic Vulnerability Management Program: Integrating Security Tools From Across the Attack Surface

Quora Exposed 100 Million Passwords but Did Almost Everything Right

Don’t Want Security Issues? Then Don’t Misuse Your Images and Image Registries!

Can Employers Find the Employee Privacy Sweet Spot? (Part II)

The Fear of Biometric Technology in Today’s Digital World

New US National Security Order Calls for Pre-Release Access and Assessment of AI Models

Hackers Hijacked Instagram Accounts by Tricking Meta AI Support Chatbot into Linking Their Email Address

Lead EU Cybersecurity Agency to Receive Early Access to Mythos AI

Who Will Break Who: Microsoft or Mythos?