Tag: data security

March 16, 2023

Social media app TikTok has been banned on UK government electronic devices, the Cabinet Office has announced. The ban, announced by the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, comes in the wake of a security review into the […]

December 27, 2022

The European Union introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2016 to grant users (also called data subjects) more control over their personal data, which is typically under the custody of data aggregators and/or data processors. After an […]

August 10, 2022

The U.S. government needs to be more proactive in responding to and mitigating cyber threats, including potentially re-organizing the government to better prioritize cyber-related concerns, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs said during a keynote address at […]

July 27, 2022

The average cost of a data security breach has hit another record-high of $4.35 million per incident, growing 12.7% over the past two years. And some businesses are passing the buck to customers, even as the cost of products and […]

May 20, 2022

Security and policy experts in a video discussion hashed out the possibility of federal legislation on privacy picking up momentum and what such a law might bring to the security and data arenas. How data is gathered, securely stored, used, […]

September 9, 2021

In most enterprise stacks today, the database is where all our secrets wait. It’s part safe house, ready room, and staging ground for the bits that may be intensely personal or extremely valuable. Defending it against all incursions is one […]

August 12, 2021

MeriTalk: The Federal government’s reliance on data is growing, and so is the cyber threat. How are recent attacks changing how teams approach data security in cloud environments? Cameron Chehreh: We’re seeing changes at every level – from the White […]

July 1, 2021

Germany’s federal information commissioner has run out of patience with Facebook. Last month, Ulrich Kelber wrote to government agencies “strongly recommend[ing]” they to close down their official Facebook Pages because of ongoing data protection compliance problems and the tech giant’s […]

April 6, 2021

Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in the European Union is seeking answers from the tech giant over a major data breach reported on over the weekend. The breach was reported on by Business Insider on Saturday which said personal data […]

February 10, 2021

Data security and user privacy have been hot topics for a few years now, and it’s thanks in part to Apple that we’re having all these conversations. Apple’s push to protect user data on its hardware is the reason why […]

December 21, 2020

In November, Californians approved a ballot measure, Proposition 24, a.k.a. the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), to create a new consumer data privacy agency. It puts California yet another step ahead of other states in terms of privacy productions for […]

November 9, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Zoom, after it accused the video calling giant of engaging in “a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users,” in part by claiming the encryption […]

September 18, 2020

The US government is reportedly scrutinizing Chinese tech giant Tencent and the US gaming companies in which it has an investment interest. Bloomberg reports that the Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) has asked companies including […]

September 17, 2020

SINGAPORE — The politics surrounding the future of TikTok’s operations in the United States could undermine the need for better understanding and assurances when it comes to protecting user data, a security expert said Thursday. Beijing-based ByteDance, which owns the […]

August 12, 2020

ByteDance and its popular app TikTok have faced intense scrutiny in the US lately, with the Trump administration accusing voicing security concerns about the app. The government shared its fears that the app could collect user data that could then […]

July 14, 2020

Google is taking important steps to secure customer data in the cloud when used by applications and prevent potentially unauthorized access to sensitive computing workloads run by government institutions and their contractors. To meet the strict security and compliance requirements […]

July 14, 2020

This is a revolutionary moment for society: governments are seeking to rapidly digitize the identities of their citizens—and most recently, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been decisively shaping this governmental decision. Amid the pandemic, citizens may rely solely on e-government services […]

January 27, 2020

The American public rightfully expects government and businesses alike to be responsible stewards of information. Emerging trends to use more data for enhancing decisions face reasonable tensions with what is ethical, practical, and necessary in modern society. This is why […]

July 18, 2019

Slack will reset the passwords of users it believes are affected by a historical data breach that affected the company more than four years ago. In 2015, the company said it was hit by hackers who gained access to its […]

September 25, 2018

Another European data protection agency has reported a sharp rise in the numbers of complaints since the EU updated its privacy framework four months ago, when GDPR came into force, updating regional data protection rules and introducing much higher penalties […]