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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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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) effective Jan.

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UK ICO Publishes First Two Reports from its Data Protection Sandbox Pilot

Hunton Privacy

On July 23, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) published the first two reports of its Data Protection Regulatory Sandbox Beta phase (the “Beta phase”) involving projects by Jisc (a not-for-profit organization serving the higher and further education and skills sectors) and Heathrow Airport Ltd. Heathrow Airport Ltd.—Automation

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East Coast Meets West Coast: Enter the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Matters

For over two and a half years, California has enjoyed the spotlight of having the most comprehensive data privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA, which will not enter into effect until January 1, 2023, borrows heavily from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Part 3: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about effecting risk management and change management?

ARMA International

This part also discusses managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Thus, common tools and techniques are risk matrices, risk registers, risk logs, risk breakdown structures, risk categories, Monte Carlo simulations, and sensitivity analyses. Introduction.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

Noble Lords will be familiar with the role of the Information Commissioner, whose role is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. I think we can all say “Hear, hear” to that.

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