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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

This guide will provide a high level overview of encryption and how it fits into IT through the following topics: How Encryption Works To understand how encryption works, we need to understand how it fits into the broader realm of cryptology, how it processes data, common categories, top algorithms, and how encryption fits into IT security.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). Specific categories defined as personal information include. education information. AB 375 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, unless changed in the interim. biometric information. geolocation data.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Protections Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). Specific categories defined as personal information include. education information. AB 375 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, unless changed in the interim. biometric information. geolocation data.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. Managing digital identities. The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. Implementing a Targeted Guidance Strategy. Adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020.

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