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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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Data Privacy Insights

Online Behavioral Tracking: Who’s Spying on Your Every Move?

March 19, 2018

When consumers shop online many do not realize that they are not only handing over their hard-earned cash, there’s another transaction that is happening at the same time – online behavioral tracking. Data about you is being gathered, shared and analyzed to determine what you see and to shape your online experience.

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Cyber Security Insights

Online Brands: Keep Your Friends Close, and Fraud Even Closer

March 24, 2023

Advanced digital tools, readily available information, and new ways to buy online, unfortunately, has altered the ecommerce fraud landscape into a widely accessible territory for criminals to explore.

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Data Privacy Insights

Online Data Privacy Is Broken. Here’s How We Fix It.

June 22, 2020

The concept of self-sovereign identity (SSI) is gaining interest as it allows users to selectively prove specific aspects of their digital identity using credentials stored in digital wallet.

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Data Privacy Insights

Online Privacy Policies in Thailand: Designing and Implementing an Effective Policy

September 21, 2016

Data privacy has long been an issue of public concern, and with changes in online technology, the problem has only deepened. From a legal perspective, a website’s privacy policy essentially functions as an agreement with a site’s users in which the operator seeks consent or agreement from the users to collect and process their personal information. The privacy policy also informs users of the specific type of information the site collects, and how this information will be utilised, processed or shared with third parties.

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Cyber Security Insights

Online Retailers Brace for the Holiday ‘Hacking’ Season

October 18, 2016

The holiday season in 2016 will see many of these large enterprises up their game in terms of protecting customer data. It’s not as if they have much choice, data breaches in the past have reduced public trust in online retailers – but the latest approaches to ensuring data security go some way to restoring that trust.

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Cyber Security Insights

Open Source Security in the Wake of the Log4j Vulnerability

February 18, 2022

While it might be tempting to view a major vulnerability as an indication of open source somehow being deficient, the reality is far from that. Open source software is not more or less secure than commercial software, and in reality, most commercial software either includes or runs on open source technologies.

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Data Privacy Insights

Operationalising GDPR and Privacy by Design

November 25, 2016

We give some insight into how companies could use a privacy impact assessment (PIA) in conjunction with data mapping practices to understand how data flows through an organisation, making it the perfect tool to document and track new initiatives.

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Cyber Security Insights

Operators Require Comprehensive Security Frameworks and Resilience Strategies to Navigate 5G’s Complexities

December 15, 2023

Comprehensive protection in the 5G era requires a holistic approach to network security. This involves regular inspections, meticulous prioritization of threats, and systematic addressing of vulnerabilities.

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Cyber Security Insights

Orca Security Research: Top Virtual Appliance Vendors Neglect the Security of their Products

November 27, 2020

There are significant gaps in virtual appliance security, and many products are distributed with known, exploitable, and fixable vulnerabilities and on outdated or unsupported operating systems.

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Cyber Security Insights

Organizations Need More Than Workflow-Based Access Governance to Keep Organizations Safe

July 25, 2023

In today’s corporate environment, everyone has become a privileged user accustomed to quick access and swift responses generated in seconds across platforms, vendors, and many different systems. A rigid and rule-bound access management system is no longer sufficient for companies that want to maintain a competitive edge.

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Insights

Online Behavioral Tracking: Who’s Spying on Your Every Move?

Online Brands: Keep Your Friends Close, and Fraud Even Closer

Online Data Privacy Is Broken. Here’s How We Fix It.

Online Privacy Policies in Thailand: Designing and Implementing an Effective Policy

Online Retailers Brace for the Holiday ‘Hacking’ Season

Open Source Security in the Wake of the Log4j Vulnerability

Operators Require Comprehensive Security Frameworks and Resilience Strategies to Navigate 5G’s Complexities

Orca Security Research: Top Virtual Appliance Vendors Neglect the Security of their Products

Organizations Need More Than Workflow-Based Access Governance to Keep Organizations Safe

Ransomware Attack at Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Dairy Company Halts U.S. Operations

Data Breach at Largest Indian Nuclear Power Plant Leaks Sensitive Files

Cyber Attack on Major Japanese Refrigerated Logistics Provider Disrupts KFC and Other Food Chains

Why Purple Teaming Is Becoming the Operating Model for Cyber Defense