Insider Threat Controls: What Are the GDPR Implications?
Now that we’ve very nearly reached the deadline for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), insider threat management is more crucial …
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Data Security and GDPR: You Can’t Protect What You Don’t Know
Last month, I spoke to an audience of sales and marketing professionals at the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Summit in London. …
What the world needs now is GDPR, says Salesforce’s Data Protection Officer
Finch meets the users GDPR was a big theme at last week’s Salesforce World Tour event in London, hardly surprising with the clock running …
Data Partners and the GDPR
By now, you should be fully aware of the GDPR’s data requirements for your own application and have read Erika Wolfe’s article about what …
Achieving GDPR Compliance: The Spark That Will Light a Fire of Change
It is said that innovation and creativity best flourish under pressure and constraint. Think about what the engineers and flight …
GDPR: Less Than One Month Out, the Top 3 Struggles
I recently shared some thoughts on looking back at the original objectives of the GDPR, to frame future implementation discussions. But, as …
Playing It Smart for Data Controllers and Processors
Lots of people have been asking me lately about managing vendor relationships with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the mix. I …
GRDP: Good Riddance, Data Privacy [Comic]
In this special hand-drawn comic by a vacationing Daniel Stori, we’re confronted by our pasts as data protection under the current GRDP …
Wyden calls for FCC investigation into cell-phone tracking used by law enforcement
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate revelations that U.S. law enforcement officials …
Connect the Dots: IoT Security Risks in an Increasingly Connected World
Nowadays, there is a lot of noise about the Internet of Things (IoT), as the technology has finally emerged into mainstream public view. …
What Matters Most During a Data Breach? How You React
The Ponemon Institute’s 2017 study on the cost of a data breach showed companies have a one in four chance of experiencing such a breach …
A Whole New Ballgame: Applying the Immune System Approach to Sporting Event Cybersecurity
High-profile sporting events present an attractive target for cybercriminals and hacktivists. The fact that a significant security incident …
WHOIS Behind Cyberattacks? Under GDPR, We May Not Know
The goal of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is, among other things, to standardize data protection laws …
As GDPR Looms, Enterprises Must Lock Down Security, Data Privacy
As GDPR Looms, Enterprises Must Lock Down Security, Data Privacy A recent Advice from Counsel (AfC) study, released by FTI Technology, …
GDPR: Top 5 Logging Best Practices One Should Follow
The rather broad definition of personal data in the GDPR requires paying special attention to log data. GDPR and personal data in web …
Class Is in Session: Improving Cybersecurity Awareness in the Education Sector
The education industry faces a security crisis, one that goes beyond protecting the classrooms and hallways. IT professionals in the …
This Week in Security News: Zippy’s and Flynn
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few …
Twitter sold user data to Cambridge Analytica’s Aleksandr Kogan
It might surprise many Twitter users to be told this, but every tweet they post could, at some point, end up being sold on to private …
GDPR: Looking Back to Move Forward
As we are approaching the deadline of May 25, there is an increased frenzy towards what lies ahead (read my blog about the Y2K comparison …
The Internet of Everything and digital privacy: what you need to know
If you don’t already own Internet of Things (IoT) devices, you likely will soon. IoT-enabled devices are physical gadgets with built-in …
GDPR for Developers
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a term that’s been bandied about frequently for the last year or so, but few references …
Why zk-SNARKs Are Crucial For Blockchain Data Privacy
With the amount of data people provide to companies like Facebook, it’s essential to have ways to protect information and keep sensitive …
LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin could leak user data, secret fix failed
Facebook isn’t the only one in the hot seat over data privacy. A flaw in LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin that websites use to let you …
Do We Need an Open Protocol for Facebook?
Do we need an open protocol for Facebook? We are once again having the discussion, bout what is going on with …
48 million people put at risk after firm that scraped info from social networks left it exposed for anyone to download
Chances are that you’ve never heard of Washington-based data firm LocalBlox. But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t heard of …
Do You Know About the New CLOUD Act Data Regulation?
Have you heard about the new CLOUD Act data regulation? The new CLOUD Act data regulation became law as part of the recent $1.3 Trillion …
From GDPR to Customer Trust: Is Your Data Ready to Protect Customer Privacy?
Is it just me, or does there somehow seem to be an eerie correlation between the quickly approaching, May 25 deadline for compliance with …
Neighborhood Watch: Uniting the Data Security Community Through Software Development Kits
Back in the 1970s, the National Sheriffs’ Association made the Neighborhood Watch program a national initiative. The program as we know …
Facebook shines a little light on ‘shadow profiles’
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of supposed surveillance titan Facebook, has apparently never heard of shadow profiles. Of all the things learned …
Where Are You in Your GDPR Journey?
At first glance, it may seem strange to be asking you where you are in your GDPR journey when enforcement for the regulation begins on May …