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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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Data Privacy Day: Top tips for safe remote learning

We Live Security

As schools and students continue to contend with the very real cyber-risks of virtual classrooms, we share some advice for protecting children’s data and privacy. The post Data Privacy Day: Top tips for safe remote learning appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Big GDPR Fine on Meta – What Does It Mean for Cyber Risk Management?

Security Boulevard

In the largest fine yet under the European Union’s GDPR, the Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta $1.3 billion for data privacy violations by its Facebook service in routinely transferring personal data on EU citizens to the US for storage. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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News alert: AppDirect poll reveals company leaders losing sleep over cyber risks, compliance

The Last Watchdog

But they’re likely to better vet their solution provider since 45% report they’ve experienced security or data privacy concerns related to their third-party tech vendor solutions. IT business leaders are prioritizing security measures in 2024, with 74.4% likely to purchase cybersecurity software solutions in the next 12 months.

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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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Spotlight Podcast: Rethinking Your Third Party Cyber Risk Strategy

The Security Ledger

Third party cyber risk is growing. In this Spotlight Podcast, a companion to our new eBook, Rethinking Third Party Cyber Risk Management, we go deep on the topic of building a mature third party cyber risk program with Dave Stapleton the Director of Assessment. Third party cyber risk is growing.