Tag: Data Privacy
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HOW FILLING YOUR CYBERSECURITY GAPS INCREASES YOUR BOTTOM LINE
Cyberattack prevention and remediation cost time and money. Are there ways to get a better return on your cybersecurity investments? What business processes or technologies will not only reduce those cyber risks but also save you time or money? This piece addresses those questions with a focus on data breaches. THE RISKS Three of the…
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PRIVACY REGULATIONS ARE EVOLVING, AND BUSINESSES MUST RESPOND
We’re venturing into new territory on the data-regulation front. Not only are more countries and U.S. states enacting regulations, the scope of protection is growing. By 2023, Gartner predicts that 65 percent of the world’s population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy regulations, up 10 percent from 2020. All of this is…
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WHAT TYPES OF DATA DOES HIPAA PROTECT?
As HIPAA compliance and data teams collaborate to ensure proper compliance protocols are properly established, they must account for what PHI data is required to be protected. With the right data protection platform, data teams should be able to filter and set up rules for protecting and accessing various data types rather than locking all…
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DATA PRIVACY IS GOOD FOR (YOUR) BUSINESS
Catchphrases come and go, but Data Privacy is Good for Your Business is one your organization should consider posting all over bulletin boards, company newsletters, and maybe even T-shirts. No matter what industry you’re in, your customers, clients, partners, and employees certainly expect you to honor their privacy. That’s why data protection is one of…
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AS FACEBOOK HACK SHOWS, DATA PRIVACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
More than 533 million Facebook users now have a concern more worrisome than the posting of an embarrassing photo or silly cat meme. Their personal information was stolen from the social media site and recently leaked on a popular hacker forum. The leak, which was first confirmed and reported by Insider, provides users’ full names,…
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DATA PRIVACY DAY 2021: DATA-PROTECTION TIPS FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS
It might seem incongruous to publicly celebrate privacy. Nevertheless, today there is clearly an expectation that sensitive data must be kept private. Considering that many organizations don’t know how to effectively safeguard data, it’s really not that incongruous to spur them on by shouting about data privacy from the rooftops—and even making a day of…
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FOUR PREDICTIONS FOR 2021: ETHICS AND SECURITY MUST UNDERPIN AI INITIATIVES
Just about every organization wants to extract value from data to derive a true understanding of how to create products, offer services, best serve customers, and make sound decisions, among other things. Machine learning and deep learning, two of the building blocks of AI, entice companies to move their data to cloud-based applications and services…
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3 STEPS TO BUILD A SCALABLE DATA GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
HOW TO BUILD A SCALABLE DATA GOVERNANCE PROGRAM 1. ESTABLISH A BUSINESS GLOSSARY The labels we give data mean nothing if they do not translate across our enterprises. Imagine, for instance, if a Chief Marketing Officer had a different definition of what a qualified lead is than the sales leadership at a company. This could…
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PROTECTING DATA IN A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
It’s easy to overlook how connected and interconnected things are in the modern world. Today, data flows across companies, systems and international boundaries with few barriers. All of this makes it possible for companies to operate and innovate in ways that would have been unimaginable in the past. However, there’s a downside: protecting data and…