February 2016

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Privacy Shield faces challenges as regulators, businesses adapt

  Currently, there are very few concrete details available to the public regarding Privacy Shield, the newly proposed EU-U.S. agreement that will replace the now-void Safe Harbor. In part one of this ...  Continue Reading

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  To protect corporate cybersecurity, don't ignore the data

  Business leaders aren't taking advantage of analytics data that could help maintain corporate cybersecurity, said GreyCastle Security CEO Reg Harnish.  Continue Reading

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  The new electronic data management rules to avoid digital disruption

  To maintain information value in the digital age, companies should be integrating electronic data management rules into all business processes.  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Privacy Shield details lacking, but so far varies little from Safe Harbor

  Two weeks ago, European Commissioner Věra Jourová tweeted that the text for Privacy Shield, a new framework for transatlantic data flows, will be finalized by the end of February. The agreement ...  Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Apple, FBI face off in iPhone backdoor debate

  This week, Apple chief Tim Cook said in a letter to the company's customers that it won't give in to the FBI's demand to create an iPhone backdoor. Plus, the number of resolved FCPA enforcement ...  Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Network growth complicating information security

  In-Q-Tel CISO Dan Geer discusses how the expanded scope of the Internet and corporate network growth is complicating modern information security processes.  Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Beyond BYOD: How IoT and new tech are changing modern GRC

  Just as companies were getting a handle on mobility, the Internet of Things (IoT) business is officially booming: Gartner Inc. predicts there will be 6.4 billion connected "things" used worldwide in 2016. Connected consumer devices get most of the ...  Continue Reading

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  FTC: Analyzing big data creates discrimination risk

  Big data analytics provides several business benefits but could also discriminate against certain individuals and violate consumer data protection rules.  Continue Reading

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Barclays, Credit Suisse to pay $154M for 'dark pool' trading violations

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange commission announced last week that global banks Barclays and Credit Suisse would pay a record total of more than $154 million to settle allegations over "dark ...  Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Negligence, accidents put insider threat protection at risk

  Malicious employees are usually the focus of insider threat protection efforts, but accidents and negligence are often overlooked data security threats.  Continue Reading