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Funding for Cybersecurity Startups Plunges – But Some Still Get Deals

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity startups had been pretty resilient despite the downturn in venture capital funding, but that run has ended in recent months. Venture investments in cybersecurity startups in the second quarter plunged 63% to $1.6 Here are some of the factors that venture investors are looking for in the current market.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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GDPR compliance checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

The only data processing activities exempt from the GDPR are national security or law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Say a company collects phone numbers to send marketing messages via SMS. Returning to a previous example, a company collecting phone numbers for marketing purposes would be a controller.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

Processors include third parties that process personal data on a controller’s behalf, like a marketing firm that analyzes user data to help a business understand key customer demographics. The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data.

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What Should Be The Core Competencies For Cybersecurity For C-Suite

Cyber Info Veritas

On July 2017, one of the most devastating incidents in the history of cyber attacks took place when a group of elite hackers hacked into Equifax, one of the largest credit bureaus in the globe and stole private data including social security numbers, credit card numbers etc of around 145 million clients.

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SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities: Private Funds, ESG, Retail, Cyber, Digital Assets Top the List

Data Matters

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement (EXAMS or Division) issued its annual examination priorities. Private Fund, ESG Investing, Retail Investors, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Digital Assets. On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Investment Advisers and Investment Companies .

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How to Develop an Incident Response Plan

eSecurity Planet

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? For example, we might nominate: The IT security manager to handle a ransomware incident; Our external accountant to investigate financial fraud; or.

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