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Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity: One Year Later

In May 2021, President Joe Biden signed the 30 - page Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity covering a host of cybersecurity issues. It mandates that Executive branch agencies deploy multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and response, and encryption. It also describes how government agencies should evaluate the software they buy and calls for these agencies to adopt "zero trust" architectures and more secure cloud services.

Singapore's PDPA Penalties Set to Increase Starting Oct 1

While the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2020 Amendment phases came into effect on Feb 1, 2021, starting on October 1, 2022, the maximum financial penalty for breaches of PDPA will be increased. Here’s what you need to know for the next phase of PDPA and how to ensure your information security practices are compliant to avoid penalties.

Securing Our Nation: How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Delivers on Cyber Resiliency

Attacks and intrusions on our nation’s vital infrastructure — our electrical grid, water systems, ports and oil supply — are on the rise. For example, as reported by the Pew Charitable Trust in March 2021, hackers changed the chemical mixture of the water supply in Oldsmar, Fla., increasing by 100 times the level of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the water supply.

Meeting the Third-Party Risk Requirements of the CCPA in 2022

Often regarded as the Californian version of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) aim’s to increase consumer rights by giving California residents greater control over the use of their personal data. The CCPA heavily regulates the use of any data that could potentially link to the identity of a consumer or household, either directly or indirectly.

Meeting the 3rd-Party Risk Requirements of The NY SHIELD Act

The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act is designed to protect the personal data of all New York residents. This act broadens the data privacy and protection standards stipulated in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). What makes this particular data protection law unique is its inclusion of biometric information, usernames, and passwords in the category of personal information.

CCPA Compliance Vs CPRA Compliance

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a law that was signed on June 28, 2018, that established and promoted the consumer privacy rights and business obligations concerning the collection and sales of personal information of citizens of California. The CCPA came into effect on January 1st, 2020. Soon after in November 2020, Proposition 24, known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) was introduced which is soon to replace the CCPA Compliance.

The EU's new AI Act-What We Can Learn From the GDPR

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in supporting key business decisions, and for many organisations it is critical for their digital transformation and new business models. With organisations quickly driving forward to identify new ways to extract competitive value from their data, the regulators are preparing to step in.