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AnalysisCash App Data Breach Exposes Over 8-Million Customers
Often when we think of data breaches, we think of external cyber threat actors utilizing ransomware to make a profit. We rarely think that our own employees could be the culprit of a massive data breach.
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Experts shed light on security landscape for 2022
A new report has been released looking at priorities organisations should concentrate on in a bid to improve business security as global economies emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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I (Zero) Trust You: Building Trust in a Zero-Trust Security Environment
Zero Trust may be the biggest buzzword in security. It’s becoming increasingly embraced across private and public organizations, and it was central to the cybersecurity Executive Order issued by the Biden administration in 2021. And Zero Trust encompasses a wide range of meanings, which may differ depending on who you ask.
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Virtru’s Empowered Employee Report: How to Spark Engagement Around Security
We’ve all made mistakes when it comes to security—whether that’s accidentally hitting “Reply All,” mistakenly sending a report to Sarah in sales instead of Sarah in human resources, absentmindedly clicking on a questionable link, or quickly forwarding an email that turned out to contain sensitive information farther down the thread.
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Does Poor Career Progression Explain the Privacy Pros Pay Gap?
According to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), privacy professionals worldwide enjoyed a salary increase of over $6,000 between 2019 and 2021.
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UK GDPR and Privacy Law: 74 Reforms the Government is Considering
The UK government published its proposals for reforming data protection and privacy law on 10 September, 2021. If even a significant fraction of these reforms are passed, the UK’s data protection and privacy regime could radically change.
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Interview: Michael Campbell, CEO at Fusion Risk Management
Michael Campbell brings more than 35 years of software development and technology experience to his role of CEO at Fusion Risk Management.
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The Next UK Information Commissioner: What We Learned From the Pre-Appointment Committee
On Thursday, 9 September, the UK government’s preferred candidate for the next Information Commissioner, John Edwards, appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee for a pre-appointment hearing.
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How COVID-19 Has Impacted Women in the Workplace
COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a substantial impact on workplaces worldwide. While it may be years before we comprehend the full ramifications, the impact it has had on women in the workplace is becoming increasingly clear.
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Key Theme: Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments
The “patchwork” of privacy legislation across the U.S continues to knit itself together, but it isn’t only the U.S; substantial ongoing developments in several regions in several regions, including Canada, South Africa, and China, are expected throughout 2021.
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Worried about ransomware? Start by stopping email phishing
Ransomware is making headlines for all the wrong reasons – because it’s succeeding. You’ll have read plenty about the major attacks this year on Kayesa, Colonial Pipelines, and others. However, it would be a mistake to assume it’s only giant organisations and critical infrastructure at risk.
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WhatsApp’s €225 Million GDPR Fine — Disagreements Over Legitimate Interests and Transparency
WhatsApp received a €225 million fine on September 2—the second biggest GDPR penalty on record.
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Apple Has Been Scanning iCloud Mail for CSAM For Years — And We’ve Known This Since 2019
Apple’s proposals to scan iCloud Photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) have proved controversial among privacy advocates. But did you know that the company has been scanning iCloud Mail for several years? Not many people do.
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International Data Transfers Under China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)
China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) imposes strict rules for transferring personal information out of mainland China (“cross-border transfers”) that may be even more stringent than those contained in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Why Most CCPA Cases Will Fail: Five Hurdles Plaintiffs Must Clear
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a landmark U.S. privacy law with many laudable features. But the law’s private right of action is not among its strongest provisions.
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Digital Transformation, Third Party Risk Management and Trust on the agenda of day one at PrivSec Global
PrivSec Global’’s audience enjoyed a first day packed with sessions dedicated to key issues driving the data protection, privacy and security debate.
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Wildlife trafficking, RegTech and Measuring Effectiveness on the agenda of day one at FinCrime World Forum
FinCrime World Forum’s global audience enjoyed a first day packed with sessions dedicated to the key issues driving the financial crime debate.
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John Scanlon discusses the wildlife/FinCrime nexus at FinCrime World Forum
Before a global audience, Australian lawyer John Scanlon today presented his experiences of the illegal wildlife trade, and explored how the illicit industry props up international financial crime.
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Tackling Europe’s underground laundering networks
Burkhard Mühl is the head of Europol’s new European Financial & Economic Crime Centre and a speaker at FinCrime World Forum in June. Weeks after an influential Europol report shed light on the complexity and scale of laundering in Europe, he tells GRC World Forums of his plans to step up the fight against financial crime.
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Hear from “The man who took on Facebook and won” next week at PrivSec Global
Max Schrems, aka “The man who took on Facebook, and won” will be giving an exclusive keynote at PrivSec Global on Thursday 24 June at 2pm (BST).
