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Ivanti Federal CTO, Bill Harrod, shares his take on the recent cybersecurity Executive Order issued by President Biden.

In the last six months, multiple major cyber attacks have severely impacted hundreds of organizations in both the public and private sectors, and disrupted the daily lives of tens of thousands of their employees and customers.

Hello Security Ninjas, Today's IT world is complex and can be challenging for security operations teams. Nowadays, more apps are being integrated and interconnected than ever before. Cloud services and SaaS solutions purchased all throughout the organization outside of the IT department add even more complexity. Communicating to application and service owners the kind of activities that need to be logged and sent to the SOC can be a daunting task.

The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act puts South Africa’s data regulation standards on par with existing data protection laws around the world. It aims to protect personally identifiable information (PII), enforce individuals’ rights to privacy, and provide guidelines for lawfully processing sensitive information and notifying regulators and data holders in the event of a breach.

How to allow customers to easily request data privacy under the California Consumer Privacy Act Julie, who recently took up baking cupcakes as a hobby, is furious—and not about her culinary skills. She hadn’t realized how much of her personal information the company from which she bought her supplies had harvested and sold, without her express permission.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a new act that strengthens and unifies data protection for consumers by giving California residents more control over their personal information. This regulates not only how it is collected and used, but also, how it is sold by companies. The CCPA went into effect January 1, and enforcement will begin July 1.

A growing attack surface and the exponential rise of data has opened the floodgates for breaches, leading to increased scrutiny by regulatory agencies. It’s not surprising that in recent years, regulators have had to double down with compliance mandates that are more stringent and punitive than ever before.

British Airways, now there is a big GDPR issue. 500,000 people were affected over 15 days. Reputation damaged, untold revenue lost and a $230 million dollar fine and that is before any damages are paid. In my former life, I thought GDPR was a boring tick box exercise, it really could not be further from the truth. It is a scare your pants off ride, one that needs to be taken very, very seriously. Your company’s existence is at stake.