Reading Time: 3 minutes Data breaches are catastrophic for any industry, but particularly in local authorities where consumer trust is paramount. The reputational damage to an organisation can be terminal. One in four councils breached Over a quarter of all UK councils have had… Read More

Reading Time: 3 minutes NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a non-regulatory federal agency of the U.S. Commerce Department. Established in 1901, NIST was designed to promote innovation and competitiveness by advancing standards. And in February 2013, the United States… Read More

Reading Time: 8 minutes The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is fundamentally changing the way in which businesses deal with the personal information of California residents. At the time of this article, the CCPA will go into effect in only about six months,… Read More

Reading Time: 3 minutes After a report found that Snap employees were abusing their access to Snapchat data, experts are warning that insider threats will continue to be a top challenge for privacy. Snap, the company behind the popular Snapchat social media app,… Read More

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alabama is the latest state to adopt the Insurance Data Security Model Law, a legal framework that requires insurers to develop and implement an information security program among other security standards. More than two years have passed since the… Read More