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California v. Congress: Data Protection Law Showdown

When it comes to data protection laws, the United States has long lagged behind Europe, whose General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in 2018 as the gold standard…

Data Privacy

How the CCPA is Shaping Other State’s Data Privacy

Privacy laws are nothing new when it comes to modern-day business. However, since the global digitization of data and the sharing economy took off, companies have struggled to keep up…

Cost of a Data Breach

How to Prepare for and Respond to a Data Privacy Breach

Before I started covering cybersecurity, I thought the term ‘breach’ had a single meaning — that an attacker stole data from a computer system. I also thought all the different…

Data Privacy

Technologies Useful In the Pandemic Are Challenging Privacy Now

Your company likely made many quick decisions back in March 2020. As an IT leader, you provided the tools employees needed to stay productive while working remotely. It had to…

CISO

What You Need to Know About Data Encryption Right Now

You might feel like you’ve heard these imperatives a million times: “You need to encrypt your data.” “Your information isn’t secure unless you encrypt it.” “You need to eat your…

5G

Threat Modeling: The Key to Dealing With 5G Security Challenges

With 5G reshaping the smartphone market, 5G security needs to keep up. Almost one in three smartphones sold in the first quarter of 2021 can connect to a 5G network.…

cell phone

How Number Recycling Threatens Your Privacy Online

There’s a lot to think about when you or your employees get new mobile phones — plans, hardware, cost. But one thing many people don’t think about is number recycling,…