Examining the Global Impact of AI + Cyber + Data + Privacy + Law = Business Risk
What are you doing to observe it? Today is Data Privacy Day! If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future …
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This update/clarification post explains how the proposed Washington state data breach notification law is really treating encrypted data and how it may actually be expanding the data breach safe harbor exceptions under that law.
Sitting in the Miami airport at 5:00 am I am reading news updates on the #SonyHack and a thought just occurred to me: Previously, many of us preaching the “you better take your company’s security seriously” message to the C-Suites have been wondering if it would take a court decision finding C-Levels or Board members …
The #sonyhack will change the way the corporate world operates in many ways that we cannot even yet imagine. Yes, there are obvious data security implications that I usually drone on about, but there is another change that we may see come about. The now outdated idea that internal corporate secrets will remain corporate secrets. You know, …
Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to the art of cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business associates and other third parties. Why? Have you heard that Home Depot had a data breach? That hackers were able to exfiltrate 56 million payment cards and 53 million customer email addresses from its systems? Did …
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The Fifth Amendment does not prohibit the police from forcing users to provide a fingerprint to unlock a mobile device but it does prohibit them from forcing users to provide a passcode. This was the ruling of a District Court in Virginia. The court’s rationale is that the Fifth Amendment does not protect against providing physical or …
Doing business in the modern world’s regulatory environment is challenging. The number of rules and regulations that apply to almost every industry are so voluminous that no one person can know them all. That is why you need a team. A team of experts where each stays up to date on the current laws within their …
The point of the article that is the source of the quote below is exactly right: there is no consistency, cohesiveness, or harmony with the cyber crime and data privacy laws. I believe there are several reasons but these are the two that are most prominent: The cyber crime and data privacy laws are a patchwork collection …
During a recent presentation a member of the audience asked me why cyber criminals would want to steal a person’s healthcare data. It is easy to understand why they would want to steal payment card data — but healthcare data — not so obvious. Here is a great answer: A crook would love [healthcare data] because, “in the world …
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If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future success. What is Data Privacy Day? Data Privacy Day is observed every …
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