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What Is Data Minimisation? Definition & Examples

IT Governance

Its principles are at the heart of effective data protection practices, and are intended to prevent privacy breaches and minimise the damage when security incidents occur. By keeping your data processing activities to a minimum, you reduce the threat of data breaches and privacy violations. What is data minimisation?

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC): Tracks data risks in a daily regulatory context with less attention paid to technologies, strategies, and business goals. In this stage, incorporate governance or compliance concerns and establish the risk appetite (maximum amount of losses tolerable). You can unsubscribe at any time.

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

eSecurity Planet

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires encryption or equivalent security measures to protect private student records. The increase in encrypted online communication by criminal and terrorist organizations provides the excuse to intentionally add flaws or special decryption capabilities for governments.

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CIPL Publishes Discussion Paper on Digital Assets and Privacy

Hunton Privacy

On January 20, 2023, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth published “Digital Assets and Privacy,” a discussion paper compiling insights from workshops with CIPL member companies that explored the intersection of privacy and digital assets, with a particular focus on blockchain technology.

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What is Confidential Computing? Definition, Benefits, & Uses

eSecurity Planet

At all other times, sensitive data remains encrypted, adding more privacy and security while data is in transit or stored in another part of the computing environment. Compatibility with data privacy and compliance requirements Compliance laws like GDPR and HIPAA require companies to store and use data in specific ways to maintain compliance.

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AI model governance: What it is and why it’s important

Collibra

That’s why AI governance is crucial in mitigating risks and ensuring your AI initiatives are transparent, ethical and trustworthy. Why governance is so important Data governance has always been an integral part of data management, ensuring data is managed, protected and utilized responsibly. Regulatory compliance.

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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.