In the past, technology was a topic of discussion primarily among engineers and scientists. Debates would erupt over technology, but they were confined to esoteric conferences, labs or lecture halls. Our connected world has changed all that. Now it’s not […]
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Today’s businesses are more interconnected than ever. Your company may rely on a network of third-party service providers who handle payroll, taxes, new employee recruitment, and much more. These service providers often need to access sensitive information to complete their
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Today, technology plays a critical role in business. Consumers are increasingly ordering items online; financial institutions are storing customers’ credit cards in their systems, colleges and universities are accepting payments online, and so on. The ease of doing business brought
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Data breaches continue to raise concerns over privacy among businesses which has led to an avalanche of regulations to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII). In 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was instituted to ensure that all
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If your business environment is like most these days, a growing number of your employees are spending more and more cumulative time in Slack (or a different collaboration platform) for team-based internal communications instead of using email. If you are
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As data breaches continue to escalate, the importance of a mature security program becomes more and more apparent to both system administrators and executives. Keeping up with the latest attacker TTPs (Tactics, Techniques & Procedures) can be daunting for even
A Recipe for Baking Security into Every Piece of Your Infrastructure as Threats Rise Read More »
It’s a fact, financial services firms must retain their electronic communications for regulatory compliance, regardless of the devices, applications or channels that advisors use to communicate. This requirement includes archiving of emails, social media posts, text messages, web content, communications
Responding to Broader Regulatory Scrutiny with Comprehensive Archiving Read More »
The Trump administration is already making good on its campaign promise to significantly rollback federal regulations. With change imminent, compliance and risk managers have found themselves in a fast-moving and unpredictable environment. Regulatory reform poses a unique challenge for compliance
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Should an organization be subject to a data breach, it could be a big problem for those affected, yet the organization may not be mandated to offer any kind of compensation. In this scenario, the risks associated with such a
Balancing Risk and Reward in IT Security Read More »
As the transition to a new Presidential administration unfolds, uncertainty abounds. Predictions about the regulatory landscape made before November may not ring as true, as Republicans look to make good on promises about smaller government and regulatory reform, particularly in
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