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By Jacob Ansari, National PCI Practice Leader at Mazars With a looming economic downturn and major tech companies undergoing layoffs, organizations are seeking ways to cut costs and minimize investments in the face of rising costs and slowing demand. Many organizations may consider security as a prime area for budget […]

Security and Privacy Programs Are Integral to Modern Business Operations

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Privacy on December 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff

By David Vincent As a Certified Data Privacy Solution Engineer, I have led hundreds of data privacy risk assessment and remediation services across many industries. Maintaining effective data privacy can be challenging for organizations. According to the 2021 Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence Cost of Compliance annual report, two of the […]

Eight Key Investments for An Effective Data Privacy Risk Program

This entry was posted in Data Protection Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged Appsian on April 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff

By Mathew Scott, VP at J.S. Held Introduction In a world that revolves around the collection and use of various forms of data, the continuously ensured privacy of data being collected and stored is a major factor in cybersecurity hygiene, i.e. habitual practices for ensuring the safe handling of critical […]

Data Privacy

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged J.S. Held on April 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff

By Devin Partida, Editor-in-Chief, ReHack.com As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a sharp increase in the number of remote employees across the globe. Many companies adopted a hybrid approach, where employees come into the office a few days of the week and stay home for others. A major […]

The Ethics of Employee Monitoring

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Privacy Work From Home and tagged ReHack on October 25, 2021 by Editorial Staff

A recent GroupSolver study reveals concern among digital consumers about their personal information being collected and sold, and nearly half are willing to pay platforms to keep their data private. Rasto Ivanic, Co-founder and CEO of GroupSolver® Every day, users’ online interactions are monitored and stored by technology companies to […]

Selling Privacy Protection Could Be a Win-Win for Big Tech ...

This entry was posted in Data Protection Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged GroupSolver on October 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff

By Amanda Lieu, Product Marketing Manager, SEON The internet could never be just one thing. Does it allow for previously unheard-of levels of privacy, allowing anyone from political dissidents to criminals to organize anonymously? Of course. Does it also record everything we are doing, a true panopticon that is watching […]

The reality of online fraud means balancing privacy and security

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Fraud Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged SEON on September 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff

By Rob Shavell, Co-Founder and CEO of Abine/DeleteMe The reality that governments, even democratically elected ones, abuse their citizens’ privacy is unsurprising. However, as the recent Pegasus scandal reveals, the way privacy is infringed upon by authorities who purport to protect it has entered a terrifying new era. Developed by […]

The Government’s New Outsourced Surveillance Machine

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged Abine / DeleteMe on September 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff

By Peter Kelley OneTrust, a fast-growing data privacy, compliance and governance enterprise platform backed by leading VCs, has acquired Shared Assessments, the global membership organization dedicated to developing the best practices, education, and tools to drive third-party risk assurance. Recent global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Solar Winds […]

OneTrust Acquires Shared Assessments, Third-Party Risk Management Leaders

This entry was posted in Data Protection Privacy Risk Management and tagged OneTrust Shared Assessments on May 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff

By Mike Khorev Currently, the Internet has become an essential component of our daily routine. Many services accessible online lead more people to patronize Internet usage. The demand increases drastically as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide. With limited physical interactions, various fields of our society have been stagnant for a […]

An Introduction to the Analysis of Privacy on the Internet

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Privacy on April 7, 2021 by Steven Bowcut

February 2021 – Under UK law, the police are not permitted to use evidence obtained through the interception of communications but a recent Appeals Court ruling allows them to use evidence obtained by systematically hacking the supply chain of secure communications software and hardware vendors. Julian Dean, founder of the […]

Court decision legitimizes cyber attacks by the police and security ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Press Release Privacy and tagged Great Seal Cyber Security Network on February 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff

By Muhammad Tariq Ahmed Khan, Head of Cybersecurity Audit, Internal Audit Division, Arab National Bank There has been a misconception about privacy that confuses many people. People tend to share seemingly related or unrelated personal information online, such as birthdays, address, contact details, marriage, and holiday plans on social media. […]

Data Privacy, Good Governance, and Controls

This entry was posted in Data Protection Guest Contributor Privacy and tagged Arab National Bank on January 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff

There is no doubt that it would have been naive, even foolish, to put any stock in the early suggestions from the cyber threat actor community that the COVID-19 pandemic was not going to be exploited. First of all, it’s not like cybercriminals all belong to a union that can […]

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Smishing

This entry was posted in COVID-19 Editor's Column Privacy on May 15, 2020 by Steven Bowcut