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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. Let’s look at some of the challenges faced by SMBs in today’s data privacy landscape.

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GUEST ESSAY: Rising cyber risks make business intelligence gathering more vital than ever

The Last Watchdog

The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’. Cyber security keeps the C-suite up at night and perhaps that’s no surprise. Cyber in a silo?

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Annual Reports: How They Warn of Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack. On page 34 of the report, Accenture dives into the risk that cyber poses to the business. L egal, reputational and financial risks? And that is the end of the section on cyber risk.

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News alert: Kiteworks forecast lays out risk predictions, strategies for sensitive content in 2024

The Last Watchdog

November 29, 2023 – Kiteworks , which delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through its Private Content Network (PCN), released today its Sensitive Content Communications 2024 Forecast Report. San Mateo, Calif.,

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Report: Generative AI Adoption Outpacing Security Measures

SecureWorld News

As cyber threats grow more frequent and sophisticated, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence as an integral part of their security strategy. AI and machine learning have become vital tools to detect never-before-seen attacks and respond to threats in real time.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. But they also increase the potential for security flaws and data privacy violations.

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US Bill Would Require Vulnerability Disclosure for Federal Contractors

SecureWorld News

According to Karen Painter Randall, Partner and Chair, Cybersecurity Data Privacy and Incident Response, Connell Foley LLP: "Since the creation of bug bounties and hackathons several years ago, the Department of Defense has caught more than 40,000 vulnerabilities. Mittal will be presenting on "How Deep Are We in These Fakes?