Data is most at risk on email, with 83% of organizations experiencing email data breaches
95% of IT leaders say that client and company data is at risk on email, an Egress report reveals. Additionally, an overwhelming 83% of organizations have suffered data …
Closing the data divide: How to create harmony among data scientists and privacy advocates
Balancing data privacy within an organization is no easy task, particularly for data scientists who need quick access to data, and security and governance teams whose job it …
Five factors driving investment in IDV
For billions of individuals around the world, digital identity became critical in 2020. As a result, the global identity verification market, which was already growing rapidly …
Users largely unaware of the privacy implications of location tracking
How much personal information can our phone apps gather through location tracking? To answer this question, two researchers – Mirco Musolesi (University of Bologna, …
CNAME-based tracking increasingly used to bypass browsers’ anti-tracking defenses
As browser-makers move to defang third-party (tracking) cookies, marketers are increasingly switching to alternative tracking techniques. One of these is CNAME cloaking, which …
Researchers propose more secure and private mobile contact tracing
For public health officials, contact tracing remains critical to managing the spread of the coronavirus — particularly as it appears that variants of the virus could be …
Chief Legal Officers face mounting compliance, privacy and cybersecurity obligations
After earning his master’s degree in computer science and working on the IT side of the business at a number of large financial services organizations, Bobby Balachandran …
Apple details major security, privacy enhancements in its devices
Security and privacy are a big selling point for Apple. The company has released on Thursday a newer version of its Platform Security Guide, outlining the security and privacy …
Homomorphic encryption: Myths and misconceptions
One of the challenges with the current pace of innovation is deciphering what is real and what is vaporware. Most of us are understandably skeptical when we hear of technical …
How can we protect ourselves against fake news and manipulation?
The internet has revolutionized our lives – whether in terms of working, finding information or entertainment, connecting with others, or shopping. The online world has …
Consumers not protecting data online despite having privacy concerns
Startpage announced results of its survey exploring the attitudes of Americans towards protecting their own privacy online. The results found a gap between the high levels of …
Rampant password reuse puts companies and customers at risk
25.9 million business account credentials and over 543 million breach assets tied to employees in the Fortune 1000 are readily available on the criminal underground, SpyCloud …
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