Security News
The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday. Security pro Dave Cartwright is our first contributor arguing AGAINST the motion.
Imperva fellow explains why data privacy is about much more the breaches and just knowing where your data is. I could be a network firewall and say, "By protecting your network, I'm protecting your data. Therefore, I do data security." The same thing would be true of encryption or, even more specific, technologies like tokenization or pseudo-anonymization or all of these things to hide your data in certain ways, all of these are data security and trying to protect data.
Officials from the EU and US are nearing a solution in long-running negotiations over transatlantic data sharing. Previous legal arrangements for sharing data between the two jurisdictions, the so-called Privacy Shield, were struck down by the EU Court of Justice in what became known as the Schrems II ruling in 2020.
A research from ISACA explores the latest trends in enterprise privacy - from privacy workforce and privacy by design to privacy challenges and the future of privacy. The report highlights the persistent understaffing that is impacting enterprise privacy teams.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned today that threat actors could potentially target the February 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and March 2022 Paralympics. "The FBI to date is not aware of any specific cyber threat against the Olympics, but encourages partners to remain vigilant and maintain best practices in their network and digital environments," the US security service said in a private industry notification issued on Tuesday.
We're going to say it anyway: "Happy Data Privacy Day!". GET TO KNOW YOUR PRIVACY CONTROLS. Take the time to learn what privacy controls are available in all the apps and online services you use.
Data Privacy Day is a day to focus on best practices for ensuring private data remains that way. While in theory every day should be Data Privacy Day, having an annual day to focus on promoting these concepts can help build awareness and share useful information.
Cisco's 2022 data privacy study finds that privacy budgets are up, and companies are seeing good return on these investments. Survey respondents cited strong support for privacy laws with 83% saying these rules have had a positive impact.
Apple is preparing to repair a bug in its WebKit browser engineer that has been leaking data from its Safari 15 browser at least since the problem was reported last November. Updates made available on Thursday to Apple developers - iOS 15.3 RC and macOS 12.2 RC - reportedly fix the flaw, an improper implementation of IndexedDB API that allows websites to track users and potentially identify them.
The British government's PR campaign to destroy popular support for end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms has kicked off, under the handle "No Place To Hide", and it's as broad as any previous attack on the safety-guaranteeing technology. Judging by videos earnestly distributed by organisations supporting it, the No Place To Hide campaign is much wider than merely targeting Facebook Messenger as was previously thought.