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SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard

The Last Watchdog

Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. billion hitting financial services organizations — an increase of more than 45 percent year-over-year in that sector. billion web attacks globally; 736 million in the financial services sector.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. With evolving attack methodologies due to machine learning, quantum computing, and sophisticated nation-state hackers, security startups are receiving record funding.

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China’s PIPL has finally arrived, and brings helpful clarification (rather than substantial change) to China’s data privacy framework

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The PIPL also anticipates that a new publicly-available entity list may be published, listings foreign organisations to whom local China organisations may not transfer personal information, where such transfer may harm national security or public interest. This aligns with a similar provision in the new Data Security Law.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach. Principle 5.