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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

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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Cyber Security Insights

New SEC Disclosure Rule: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Concerns?

September 13, 2023

SEC's new rule for public companies to report data breaches within four days is a significant step towards transparency, cybersecurity preparedness, and standardizing reporting practices. Since news of the law broke, many security professionals have however expressed conflicting opinions.

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Cyber Security Insights

New Security-by-Design and -Default Guidance Consolidates Best Practices

July 14, 2023

CISA's new security-by-design and security-by-default guidance was released in collaboration with multiple other security agencies in the US as well as ones in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, formalizing the principles at an international level for the first time.

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Cyber Security Insights

New Study Highlights IoT Security and Privacy Flaws in Popular Off the Shelf Devices

February 17, 2019

New report detailed a wide variety of IoT security and privacy flaws in common smart devices bought off-the-shelf from major retailers. Some of which are sending personal information to third party companies in China.

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 Privacy Insights

New Tool Could Help Digital Marketers Comply with GDPR Behavioral Targeting Guidelines

September 18, 2017

Behavioral targeting relies on a host of third parties in a highly complex, dynamic environment. Is your digital marketing ready for compliance with GDPR?

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Cyber Security Insights

New Working Norms Make Securing the Communications Channel a Top Priority

March 31, 2020

With the growth in BYOD, mobile messaging and a mobile workforce, companies should make it a priority to provide secure communications for data security and compliance.

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Data Privacy Insights

New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

May 2, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. Author Karen Ngan is a commercial law partner at Simpson Grierson (New Zealand) . She co–heads the firm's information and communications technology group and its data protection and privacy group. In this article she discusses some of the challenges with dealing with 21st century privacy issues under a Privacy Act that is over 20 years old. She also covers some of the measures or practices that have been taken to address some of these challenges.

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Cyber Security Insights

Next IoT Botnet DDoS Attack Could Bring Down the Entire Internet

October 31, 2017

Researchers recently uncovered an IoT botnet that has infected more than 1M organizations. Can we survive the next DDoS attack and avoid a botnet apocalypse?

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Cyber Security Insights

No Better Time Than the Present: Information Governance

November 15, 2022

Covid highlighted the need for organizations to fully understand the world of their information and to mature their information governance program. While we are still reevaluating where we work, it is the perfect time to also reevaluate how we work.

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Insights

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

New SEC Disclosure Rule: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Concerns?

New Security-by-Design and -Default Guidance Consolidates Best Practices

New Study Highlights IoT Security and Privacy Flaws in Popular Off the Shelf Devices

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

New Working Norms Make Securing the Communications Channel a Top Priority

New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

Next IoT Botnet DDoS Attack Could Bring Down the Entire Internet

No Better Time Than the Present: Information Governance

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?