Articles Tagged with ''security compliance''

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Anna Brackin appointed to Chief Compliance Officer at Regions Bank

September 14, 2023

Anna Brackin has been appointed to Chief Compliance Officer at Regions Bank. Brackin will oversee the company’s compliance risk management program.

The one-two punch of compliance auditing and penetration testing

Ray Overby

July 5, 2023

Security leaders can use compliance auditing and penetration testing to help keep an organization ready in the event of a cyberattack.

Matt Hillary hired as VP, Security and CISO at Drata

Security Staff

June 13, 2023

Matt Hillary has been hired as VP, Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Drata. Hillary brings more than 15 years of security experience.

UK retailers fined for surveillance privacy violations

Security Staff

August 4, 2022

A survey from Secure Redact found that 43% of U.K. retailers had been fined for violating GDPR video surveillance regulations.

Clearview AI fined over $8 million for data privacy violation

Maria Henriquez

May 31, 2022

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Clearview AI Inc. $8 million for violating the data privacy of UK residents.

Data privacy: Human right and business advantage

Tisson Mathew

March 16, 2022

From the early stages of the internet, personal identifiable information (PII) has been stored, managed and used by companies. As data privacy has evolved, so has the security standpoint behind collecting user data.

Terry Phillips appointed Chief Security Officer at Leidos

January 11, 2022

Terry Phillips, a U.S. Air Force veteran and security expert, has been named SVP and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Leidos, where he will direct the Leidos Global Security Organization.

Information security: Developing practical policies and procedures

Michael J. Del Giudice David R. McKnight

July 28, 2021

To be effective, cybersecurity policies and procedures must do more than merely help an organization achieve check-the-box compliance with regulatory requirements or security frameworks.

European Commission and EDPB provide update on efforts to address cross-border transfers after Schrems II

Keypoint: Representatives of the European Commission and EDPB advised that further guidance on cross-borders data transfers are forthcoming.

David M. Stauss

September 11, 2020

Last week, Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, and Dr. Andrea Jelinek, Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), appeared at a hearing conducted by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and updated committee members on their work since the Schrems II decision. In his remarks, Mr. Reynders identified three main areas on which the Commission is focusing.

How Does the NIST Small Business Security Act Affect Your SMB?

Heather Paunet

February 7, 2019

2018 brought a lot of change to small business. In the wake of many new cybersecurity threats and breaches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Cybersecurity Act was passed into law in August 2018, and it requires NIST to provide cybersecurity resources to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to help protect them against future problems.

The 2026 threat environment will be louder, faster, and more interconnected. The most pressing risks, from global political volatility to emerging tech disruptions, will challenge organizations to act amid ambiguity and protect credibility in an era of accelerating uncertainty.