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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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The Role of a Data Protection Officer

September 22, 2020
Amy Willcox
Data Protection, DPO, GDPR, Governance, Hiring

Privacy regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, more recently, Dubai’s Data Processing Law (DPL 2020) make it mandatory for organizations to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). Under GDPR, a DPO is required for any organization that consistently monitors EU-based data subjects on a large scale. This might exclude smaller…

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Building a Governance Department: A Guide

August 18, 2020
Amy Willcox
Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Governance, Hiring

Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series geared toward small and medium-sized enterprises that are building dedicated governance teams to deal with emerging data privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA. For the many organizations that have begun to grapple with the reality of data privacy laws–the challenge of compliance can seem insurmountable.…

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How to Hire Your First CISO

August 11, 2020
Amy Willcox
CISO, Hiring

It’s no secret that CISOs improve business value. For one thing, your company’s security and data-protection strategy is largely in the hands of your Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Even presidential campaigns are accepting this reality–former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign just hired cybersecurity expert Chris DeRusha to protect against the hacks and leaks that…

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Opinion: Cybersecurity Needs More Diversity

January 28, 2020
Carlos Solari
Hiring, Op-Ed

Cybersecurity experts are needed at every level of an organization. The problem is that the supply of well-trained professionals cannot meet the demand. According to TechCrunch, cybersecurity nonprofit (ISC)2 has estimated that across the globe, approximately 3 million cybersecurity jobs are currently unoccupied. America’s educational institutes have responded by offering several new courses of study…

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