Data Privacy

How big an impact is Brexit going to have on GDPR? The U.K. government has already committed to bringing the new European data protection regulations fully into force in 2018, but without any post-Brexit deal, could the U.K. find itself...

Soon, regulatory bodies will start penalizing organizations that have a data breach if they have not taken available precautions to protect the data. Were they able to find a network intruder or a malicious insider at work? What security assurances...

The Trust Conundrum Users’ trust in the internet increases with greater usage. On the flip side, as internet usage increases, so does users’ risk exposure. James Bone explores this conundrum; it’s one hackers know well, and one they’re quick to...

Limiting Risks in Adopting AI Enterprises and consumers are poised to adopt artificial intelligence in 2017. But along with many potential benefits, AI increases the attack surface, placing additional strain on the already thinly spread cybersecurity workforce. Finding and developing...

Reviewing Key Changes The New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has revised its proposed cybersecurity rule in response to concerns submitted to its original proposal issued last September.  Patty Tehrani, lawyer and founder of Policy Patty Toolkit, outlines...

New EU data protection regulations are set to come into force in 2018 and will apply to all companies doing business with European customers, no matter where in the world they are. This major development is set to change the...

The Brexit vote, cast in late June, sent global stock markets reeling and inspired many investors to shift their big bucks somewhere other than the British pound. Britain’s vote to leave the EU set in motion a wave of regulatory...

With Safe Harbor gone and U.S.-EU Privacy Shield in limbo, what can companies do to continue sharing data with European partners and not run afoul of privacy regulators? First, make sure you’ve huddled with your legal team, then establish a...

Employees are stepping up their interest in using their own personal social media apps, accounts and established networks of contacts to communicate for business purposes, given the immediate reach and traction they provide. Maintaining compliance has just gotten much more...