What's the purpose of ISO 27701, the new privacy extension to the ISO 27001 information security management standard? Matthieu Grall, CISO and DPO at SodiFrance, a French IT services company, who participated in development of 27701, explains the standard and discusses "privacy by design" compliance issues.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law six amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act as well as another bill updating the state's long-standing data breach law. Meanwhile, draft CCPA implementation regulations have been unveiled.
Defense and prosecution attorneys are asking for a delay in the trial of alleged Capital One hacker Paige A. Thompson, citing the overwhelming amount of digital evidence in the case and the ongoing forensics investigation. Prosecutors also expect to file additional charges.
Twitter apologized on Tuesday for repurposing phone numbers provided by users for security features for use in targeted advertising, claiming the move was a mistake. Earlier, Facebook was reprimanded for a similar practice.
Compliance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation is no guarantee of compliance with other privacy regulations, says Fatima Khan of Okta, who discusses the challenges.
What's it like to serve in the dual roles of CISO and DPO? Gregory Dumont, who has both responsibilities at SBE Global, a provider of repair and after-sales service solutions to the electronics and telecommunication sectors, explains how the roles differ.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to help U.S. telecommunications providers "rip and replace" any Chinese-built networking equipment. The move comes as many experts warn that using Huawei or ZTE 5G equipment poses an unacceptable national security risk.
Recently, it was announced that British Airways is to be fined more than £183m by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after hackers stole the personal data of half a million of the airline's customers. According to ICO, such data breach, which began in June 2018, occurred because British Airways had "poor...
Incident Response has always been a complex activity, requiring a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure proper handling. Although the issues of privacy and personal data protection are not new to incident handlers, the recent European legislation - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - poses additional...
What are some of the most important aspects in managing vendor security risk when taking on third parties to handle sensitive data? Mitch Parker, CISO of Indiana University Health, explains the critical steps his organization is taking in its approach to vendor risk.
Data protection officers are assuming a more strategic role that goes beyond ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, including GDPR, says Rob Masson, CEO of the DPO Center.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology expects to release its much anticipated privacy framework by year's end. It's now accepting comments on the latest draft.
Canadian organizations were barely GDPR compliant in mid-2018, and then new PIPEDA changes went into effect in November. Yet, this are but just two of the privacy regulations Canadians have to deal with when doing business globally, and they pose many questions about the role of security to enable privacy - and the...
Europe's top court has ruled that Google does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data globally under the EU's "right to be forgotten" requirements, saying the requirement only applies in Europe.
When it comes to cybersecurity, the past twelve months have been busy in Canada. With the coming into force of mandatory breach reporting, major court decisions in the Casino Rama and Rouge Valley Hospital cases and headline-grabbing breaches, such as Desjardins and Air Canada, there has been no shortage of lessons...
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