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8 steps to being (almost) completely anonymous online
The universe may believe in encryption, but it doesn't believe in anonymity. You're going to have to work for it.
Why hacking must be addressed in digital privacy policymaking
Virtually all attention to date has been focused on developing legal and regulatory remedies to address digital privacy. But little attention has been paid to the flip side of this two-sided coin—namely, digital hacking.
5 ways to improve your security posture in 2020
What will shape the cybersecurity conversation in 2020? Only time will tell, but following these five trends will help you rise to new challenges.
What you need to know about new data-security rules for business travel
From U.S. Customs agents to cybercriminals, everyone wants to copy the data on your phone and laptop. Here’s how to protect your rights and also avoid industrial espionage.
Global Data Protection and the right to be forgotten
Will the United States ever get its own privacy law?
Privacy legislation: The road ahead
The pace of change in privacy laws, and the technologies they seek to regulate, is only accelerating.
The CISO’s newest responsibility: Building trust
Trust is becoming a differentiator in the marketplace, and CISOs who seek a more strategic role in their must engage the full range of stakeholders to build confidence that the organization has their best interests in mind.
What is the Tor Browser? And how it can help protect your identity
The Tor Browser is a web broswer that anonymizes your web traffic using the Tor network, making it easy to protect your identity online.
Speaker disinvites at CyberCon spark controversy
NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake and Australian academic Dr. Suelette Dreyfus disinvited from speaking at CyberCon a week before the conference.
Justice Department takes another run at encryption backdoors with ‘lawful access’
Law enforcement officials and experts on the distribution of child pornography gathered on Friday to make the emotional, if not technological, case that tech companies should open up their encryption schemes to police investigating...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): What you need to know to be compliant
California's new privacy law, AB 375, might not burden security as much as the GDPR, but details are subject to change.
How to create an effective security policy (and 4 templates to get you started)
Download our ebook that features templates for security policies on passwords, acceptable use, email, access control, BYOD and incident response.
Senator Warner seeks "grand alliance" to protect against surveillance threat from China’s tech dominance
The senator believes Chinese companies will be required to aid surveillance of the US, especially as 5G networks roll out.
Privacy Shield and Brexit: What now? What next?
Once the UK leaves the European Union, companies on both sides of the Atlantic will need to act to ensure compliant data flows between the UK and US under Privacy Shield.
Why every business should consider ISO 27701 compliance for their vendors
The new standard provide a comprehensive set of controls for information security and the protection of personal information.
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How the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will affect you and your business | TECH(talk)
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is, in some ways, similar to Europe's GDPR. This rule, which goes into effect in 2020, gives individual users more ownership over their own data. Users can even refuse to allow companies to...
What is personally identifiable information (PII)? How to protect it under GDPR
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation requires companies to protect the privacy of their EU customers. That means keeping personally identifiable information (PII) safe. Here's what you need to know.
