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6 Security Technology Startups to Watch in 2017
Fueled by new payment platforms such as mobile wallets and mobile points of sale (mPOS), digital payments are experiencing high growth and acceptance rates. For instance, 54 percent of Europeans regularly used a mobile device for payments in 2016, up from 18 percent in 2015, according to Visa.
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From Burden to Opportunity: Rethinking the EU's New Data Regs
A Dutch artist once said his two least favorite words in the English language were, “Yes, but ….” Most of his ideas for projects were greeted with those words by a skeptical audience. “Yes, but what about the cost?” “Yes, but what about the requirements?” The list went on.
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When 'Acceptable' Risk Is No Longer Acceptable
We are used to identifying a risk, analyzing the potential consequences and their likelihood and then establishing a "risk level." We evaluate whether the level of risk is acceptable or not, based on risk appetite, risk criteria or the like.
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How to Lose Your Business in 10 Days
Code Spaces thought it was prepared for a disaster. The code hosting provider had backups. It used the cloud. It had successfully operated for seven years. But one day, in the space of about 12 hours, the company was completely and permanently dismantled.
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Why Cybersecurity is a Business Manager's New Best Friend
Say "Silicon Valley startup" and people think innovation. And innovation for many is synonymous with the creed, “Move fast and break things.” But when Zenefits was caught up in a regulatory scandal, the company reinvented itself with a culture of compliance to regain consumer trust in its software.
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Companies Still Struggle With Information Governance, Survey Finds
Despite years of talking about information governance and compliance, less than half of companies surveyed have a compliance culture — and many companies apparently have no governance strategy at all. In addition, more than half of those surveyed for the Providence, R.I.-based Information Coalition’s (IC) Information Strategy 2017 report rate
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Moving Compliance Policies Off the Paper and Into Practice
UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham addressed one of the most significant impacts of the upcoming European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) during a recent data protection conference in Europe: A company with a significant data breach can incur a fine of up to four percent of global annual revenue.
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A Risk Manager's Most Powerful Tool: The Word 'Why'
As a young boy, my family spent our vacations at a hotel near Rimini, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The hotel owner had a six year old son, Mario. Mario only spoke a little English, which he had picked up from guests.
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Cybersecurity Demands We Think Globally, Act Locally
Cybersecurity, hacking and data breaches remained a major concern in 2016 — from the halls of government agencies, to the evening news, to front page headlines.
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How Do You Change an Organizational Culture?
In the last few years, we have witnessed a number of clear failures of culture in major organizations, including Wells Fargo, GM, Volkswagen and more. Sometimes, the failure leads to a violation of law or ethical values. But sometimes it can cause the organization to under-perform.
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How Does Your Kill Chain Maturity Measure Up?
In our work with Information Security (InfoSec) people at large, and with those in heavily regulated organizations, we typically find that they have the initial five steps in the cyber kill chain under control. These primarily involve “building the moat,” i.e.
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How to Reduce the Risk of Data Theft
Information security teams often overlook the sixth step in the Information Security kill chain, Data Theft.
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How Businesses Are Preparing for the GDPR
Data protection and cybersecurity are on a path to convergence. And that convergence is about to accelerate thanks to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When the GDPR goes into effect in May, 2018, it will impact the global data protection landscape on an unprecedented scale.
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The Quickest Way to Lose Customers and Sink Your Brand
Which of the following do you think is most likely to disrupt your business: Natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes? Cybercrime? Fires or utility issues? Your own systems failing? Cybercrime, terrorism and other civil defense events make up just 12 percent of disaster recovery incidents.
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