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TransUnion's latest analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters are increasing their rate of digital schemes against businesses. A recent study found that more than one in three global consumers have recently been targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19.

IDEMIA and Cybernetica partner up to offer governments and other interested parties a new two-in-one digital ID solution. This partnership increases value for eService providers and citizens by offering strong mobile authentication and digital signatures.

This cloud-based software offers a simple, secure, adaptable and efficient way to issue physical and digital IDs using a single, easy-to-use platform. As organizations become more decentralized, opening the door to new requirements to securely manage and remotely issue credentials, there is an increase in pressure to maintain a safe and secure flow of data - including the data stored on physical and digital credentials.

Digital Realty announced it has expanded secure, private access to Google Cloud's global network in five key metros. Direct, low-latency interconnections to Google Cloud are available from 12 locations on Digital Realty's global platform - in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York in North America, and in Düsseldorf, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, and Zürich as well as two distinct locations in Frankfurt within EMEA. In addition, the Digital Realty Internet Exchange supports Google's Direct Peering capabilities and dedicated access to multiple third-party Internet Exchanges on PlatformDIGITAL, providing a direct path from on-premise networks to Google Cloud services.

Data protection challenges are undermining organizations' abilities to execute digital transformation initiatives globally, according to the Veeam report, which has found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ensuing economic uncertainty, which 40% of CXOs cite as the biggest threat to their organization's DX in the next 12 months, inadequate data protection and the challenges to business continuity posed by the pandemic are hindering organizations' initiatives to transform.

Digital Guardian announced the release of DLP policy packs for top business communications and collaboration applications, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Slack, and Zoom. The new policy packs can help Digital Guardian customers enable secure communications and collaboration wherever employees are working by monitoring and controlling sensitive data sharing within these solutions.

Already the leader in financial services, the new financing will support Socure's rapid expansion across every consumer-facing vertical including online gaming, healthcare, telco, e-commerce, and on-demand services. "The Socure team accurately predicted the immediate need for identity verification solutions in industries like banking and fintech, and we're excited by the tremendous opportunity as Socure expands to support new industries."

Managing risk arising from remote work has largely been reactive, and risk managers have had to adapt to new digital threats that weren't necessarily as prevalent when work was done from a physical office. Risk managers need to think proactively about how working remotely impacts their organization's exposure to risk and how to mitigate potential breaches.

What digital identities could be, if we put data privacy at their core, is selective. Each time it's needed, your digital identity only reveals what needs to be revealed at that time and keeps the rest of your data safely hidden.

During the past year, digital leaders deployed a remote workforce, engaged customers via contactless delivery and weathered various business disruptions throughout the year. Through investing in digital strategies and expediting transformation efforts, the leaders-defined as those with digital processes and mindsets in place-seized growth opportunities, established new business functions and outlined a future-forward path.