In a landscape where the average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of $4.88 million in 2024 — a 10% increase over the previous year — data protection assessments (DPAs) serve as a ...

As part of our continuing series on the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), this installment focuses on risk assessments. MODPA requires businesses to perform ...

In the second generation of state consumer privacy laws and regulations, numerous states require affirmative due diligence and a structured approach for conducting and documenting risk assessments.

Data protection vendors are using AI alongside other technologies to identify threats, automate governance and maintain compliance for enterprise customers. In 2024, data protection software stayed ...

This article outlines the scope, principles, and obligations under India’s data protection law. The key takeaway is that organisations must align consent, security, and governance to avoid heavy ...

Story updated with information on significant expansions to the Connecticut and Montana data protection laws. Data privacy regulation is an issue with broad, national bipartisan support. Red states ...

To safeguard enterprise data in hybrid cloud environments, organizations need to apply basic data security techniques such as encryption, data-loss prevention (DLP), secure web gateways (SWGs), and ...

Anyone who’s been along to Infosecurity Europe in the past few years will know that there’s a problem with today’s cars. Many of us can remember the ‘hacking on demand’ demos at Infosec, with a ...