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News alert: AppDirect poll reveals company leaders losing sleep over cyber risks, compliance

The Last Watchdog

28, 2023 – AppDirect , the world’s leading B2B subscription commerce platform, today released key findings from its IT Business Leaders 2024 Outlook Report. This demonstrates a lack of rigorous employee education and training on cybersecurity measures, making employees part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for network defenders to focus on leading — not lagging — indicators

The Last Watchdog

When it comes to sales targets there is a correlation between increased sales to shareholder value creation, but closing sales in B2B transactions can be time consuming. The topics are often complex and require contextual education for non-security experts to interpret correctly. Effective leading indicators.

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Clutch Names RoleModel Software a Top 1000 Company!

Role Model Software

a B2B ratings and reviews platform?—?has For example The Manifest, a leading company ranking site , can help you with your B2B purchasing decisions. They get detailed reviews from actual customers. It can be difficult to discern which providers can effectively deliver your software solution, especially if you’re not technical yourself.

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

Post Covid 19, these patterns are likely to become even more engrained as digitally remote work, education, healthcare and entertainment activities predominate. It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. Related: VPNs vs ZTNA.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity.

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Connecticut Enacts Consumer Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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Asking The Stupid Questions of GenAI

John Battelle's Searchblog

I guess I write about society, but mainly in the context of policy and consumer data, not “education, healthcare, and the environment.” The ability to apply LLM-level intelligence to large data sets is just too big an opportunity – in both B2C as well as B2B/enterprise markets. ” Culture?

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