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Why Developing Cyber Resilience Requires Emotional Intelligence

December 20, 2021
Nadja El Fertasi
Breach response, Business, C-Suite, Cybercrime, Emotional Intelligence, Incident Response, Ransomware, Supply Chains

Liability cases are rising as the top leaders of corporations are being held personally accountable for data breaches. The Bank of Ireland, for example, was recently fined a record €24.5m and publicly reprimanded by the Central Bank of Ireland for IT failures dating back to 2008. The visible cost of malicious cybercrime attacks is estimated…

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How to Manage the CIO-CMO Relationship

November 19, 2021
Editorial Team
Business, C-Suite, CIO, CMO, Data Protection, IT, Marketing, Organization Structure, Technology

Technology has changed how companies are run, how they communicate and how they compete. In the past decade, firms have dramatically broadened their use of technology in digital operations. As initiatives continue to grow and increase in complexity, they also create the need for more senior-level roles to help make the most of these new…

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The EU Is Regulating Your AI. Five Ways To Prepare Now

October 13, 2021
Editorial Team
Artificial Intelligence, C-Suite, European Union, GDPR, Risk Management

The European Union (EU) is leading the world in regulating essential issues that impact anyone interacting with EU companies and citizens. The EU led the way on data privacy regulation with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They are doing it again with AI regulation, and it will impact your business. Should AI be regulated?…

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The 3 Biggest Mistakes the Board can Make around Cybersecurity

September 3, 2021
Editorial Team
C-Suite, Cybersecurity, GDPR, Governance

Although the topic of cybersecurity is now definitely on the board’s agenda in most organizations, it is rarely a fixed item. More often than not, it makes appearances at the request of the Audit & Risk Committee or after a question from a non-executive director, or – worse – in response to a security incident…

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Pegasus and Privacy

August 31, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
C-Suite, Congress, Consumer Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Privacy, Spyware

Pegasus spyware, developed by the NSO Group, an Israeli company, has provoked the ire of journalists, privacy advocates, the EU, UN, and U.S. Congress following revelations that the software was used to monitor over 50,000 cell phone numbers from individuals across 50 countries. Export licenses for this military-grade software must be approved by the Israeli…

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Why Cybersecurity Tools Aren’t Enough

July 30, 2021
Editorial Team
C-Suite, CISO, Cybersecurity, Governance

By JC Gaillard, Managing Director at Corix Partners Irrespective of what many of us may say or write, the cybersecurity agenda remains dominated by products and technology. Of course, the problem has a technical dimension and the protection of any firm against cyber threats will require the application of technical countermeasures at a number of…

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How to Build Back Better With Cybersecurity as a Core Principal

July 16, 2021
Editorial Team
C-Suite, CISO, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Financial Services, Governance

By JC Gaillard A comment left on one of my articles made me think: How can cybersecurity leaders drive a long-term transformative agenda, with a business and a board that cannot see beyond the short-term? I see several angles worth discussing around the way the question was put, which may help break some deadlocks. Endemic…

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The New First 100 Days of a CISO

Focusing ONLY on tactical firefighting is a major mistake, even in a global pandemic By JC Gaillard The last twelve months have changed things considerably for the CISO. Cybersecurity has been center-stage, and even more now after the SolarWinds and…

2020 News in Review

Week Ending December 28 ICO Warns SolarWinds Victims to Report Breaches The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to organizations compromised by the SolarWinds breach. The breach, which was carried out by Russian hackers, affected more than 18000 organizations worldwide. ICO requires UK data controllers subject to NIS regulations to report…

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ADCG Launches Data Privacy Law Comparison Tool

December 16, 2020
Amy Willcox
Brazil, Breach response, C-Suite, CCPA, Compliance, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Japan, Members Only, New York State, Penalties and Enforcement, US Regulatory

In 2018, the European Union launched its landmark data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). What followed can only be described as a wave of data privacy laws that swept the globe. Legislators from California to Brazil, to New Zealand have passed some form of data privacy law with the potential to impact…

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