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Pew Research Center Issues Report on Online Anonymity and Privacy Survey

Hunton Privacy

On September 5, 2013, Pew Research Center released a report detailing the results of a new survey that questioned 792 Internet and smartphone users in the United States about their desire for anonymity and issues they have faced regarding privacy and security online.

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2018 is the Year for POPI in South Africa

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Continuing the trend in many regions toward introducing new data protection legislation, the POPI Act was signed into law in 2013 by South African President Jacob Zuma, although it is not yet fully effective. It behooves companies, government agencies, nonprofits and other entities to understand what new requirements POPI imposes on them.

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MY TAKE: A primer on how ransomware arose to the become an enduring scourge

The Last Watchdog

However, that’s more a function of hackers targeting individuals less, and companies and governments more. A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. In its survey of 600 business leaders and 1,000 consumers in the U.S., days in Q1 2019.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

Banks must still be allowed to process data to prevent fraud; regulators must still be allowed to process data to investigate malpractice and corruption; sports governing bodies must be allowed to process data to keep the cheats out; and journalists must still be able to investigate scandal and malpractice. change it substantially.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Encrypting critical data assets. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Managing digital identities.

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Extended Validation Certificates are Dead

Troy Hunt

Comodo goes on with an attempt to establish the efficacy of EV by referring to "a recent study": A recent survey by DevOps.com found that customers are 50% more likely to trust and purchase from a website with a green address bar. However, if you look at the URL. For example, Microsoft failed to renew secure.microsoft.co.uk

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework: IoT and PKI Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For those who are unfamiliar, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was created in 2013 as an attempt to standardize practices and give guidance on common, high-level security and privacy risks. This year, the framework became official federal policy for government agencies. To learn how Thales eSecurity enables U.S.

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