Security News

Being compliant with laws and regulations is not a guarantee against data breaches
2019-10-04 04:00

Compliance is not a guarantee against data breaches. These are the results of the Advisera survey carried out with 605 respondents, coming from countries on five continents, from various...

Organizations continue to struggle with privacy regulations
2019-09-20 05:40

Many organizations’ privacy statements fail to meet common privacy principles outlined in GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, including the user’s right to request information, to understand how their data is...

Zuckerberg Sets Talks in Washington on 'Future Regulation'
2019-09-19 04:42

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was expected in Washington Thursday for private talks with policymakers as the leading social network faces a myriad of regulatory and legal issues....

Regulations are driving innovation toward an identity layer on the Internet
2019-09-11 06:00

The security community often points to the inherent lack of an encryption layer on the Internet as a factor behind many of the related threat vectors. The decentralized nature of the web, which...

Gartner proposes framework to manage regulations for our digital society
2019-09-10 16:07

The myriad rules and regulations that govern data protection and privacy need some type of framework to tie them together in our cyber society.

Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
2019-09-09 04:30

80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, nearly the same number of...

BigID raises $50M to help enterprises comply with global privacy regulation
2019-09-08 22:45

BigID, the leader in data-centric personal data privacy and protection, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series C funding to help enterprises comply with global privacy regulation and...

Third-Party Risk Management: NY DFS Regulation Compliance
2019-09-04 20:18

Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP Addresses the ChallengesDefining the scope of third-party risk is challenging, says Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP, who discusses compliance with the New York...

There is widespread business confusion and ignorance about the upcoming CCPA regulation
2019-08-05 12:11

ESET polled 625 business owners and company executives to gauge business readiness for the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The survey...

Amazon Alexa, Google Home On Collision Course With Regulation
2019-07-22 15:00

Threatpost talks to Tim Mackey with Synopsys about recent Amazon Echo and Google Home privacy faux pas. Will GDPR and other regulations catch up to the voice assistants?