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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. These attacks sparked public realization that cyber threats can disrupt daily life, leading to anger against corporations, not just cybercriminals, if they failed to implement basic cybersecurity measures.

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Minnesota Passes Data Privacy Law, Joining Growing State Movement

SecureWorld News

Organizations have long struggled with whether and when to designate a Chief Privacy Officer to their ranks, where that role should sit (in compliance, legal, or other department), and who the CPO or privacy official should report to and be accountable for," said Myriah Jaworski Esq., Minnesota's new privacy law makes clear: the time is now.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

” Kevin Beaumont , the researcher who gave Follina its name, penned a fairly damning account and timeline of Microsoft’s response to being alerted about the weakness. cybersecurity czar, took Microsoft to task for silently patching an issue Tenable reported in the same Azure Synapse service.