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There are many cybersecurity and privacy risks to consider, both from the user and the enterprise, when it comes to Microsoft's new OneDrive feature that will connect their personal OneDrive with their work device!

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Misuse of the newly announced Microsoft OneDrive synchronization feature puts corporate security and personal privacy at serious risk in ways not likely understood by the users. Microsoft wants people to connect their personal OneDrive file share wit

Privacy risks and demands will continue to rise in our AI powered world, as AI systems hunger for access to data and create content that may undermine privacy principles!

Privacy leaders have a tough job ahead - balancing the need for more intellig

For over a decade, we warned the healthcare industry this was coming. They ignored us. Their sole focus was HIPAA compliance — checking regulatory boxes rather than securing critical systems. We told them that system and service availability attacks

I had such a wonderful conversation with Debbie Reynolds on here podcast "The Data Diva Talks Privacy". Cybersecurity and Data Privacy are conjoined. We will succeed or fail together! We all must work closer to protect the data and systems of our dig

The National Public Data breach has been a nightmare, exposing names, addresses, birthdates, emails, phone numbers, and Social Security Numbers of countless individuals — including mine.

As a California resident, I have the legal right to demand that

The arms race continues between those attempting to detect GenAI-created content and those who want to keep their origins concealed. For example, detecting if ChatGPT was employed to write content, such as academic papers. According to reports, OpenA

As an AT&T customer, I did receive the unwelcome news that they suffered a data breach.

Here is a rundown for what you should to know.

BREACH DETAILS

· This is a sizable data breach of about 109 million customers

· Call and text interactions from May 1,

YouTube has announced that it will facilitate requests to remove AI generated content that is created to look or sound like you.

It is a nice gesture on behalf of YouTube, but the process to protect from deepfakes is not scalable.  The attackers will

Microsoft created Recall as a tool to benefit the user, but it has far more value to cybercriminals, hackers, data brokers, digital extortionists, and malicious insiders!

In today’s video, I discuss the risks and what Microsoft should do to protect us

Carta has a full blown reputation crisis underway, but all is not lost, if the company acts in a meaningful and ethical way!

In today’s video, I give my take on how they can recover and rebuild trust!
 
 
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Caesars Rewards Members are receiving notice of the data breach that occurred more than a month prior. The breach occurred in August 2023, but Caesars did not report it to regulatory officials until September 2023 and is finally notifying victims in

Cybersecurity and Privacy are both necessary for organizations to earn and maintain trust with their partners and customers.

This lively discussion brings together privacy, cybersecurity, and business leadership experts to unravel the benefits, risks,

Has the CRYSTALS-Kyber encryption algorithm, one of 4 quantum resistant methods that NIST has recommended to replace legacy encryption, fallen even before it has been rolled out? 

There is news that researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technolo

I am looking forward to the upcoming 2022 Silicon Valley CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Mountain View CA on Oct 27^th!  HMG Strategy always puts on a great event for CIOs, CEOs and CISOs.

I am on a panel, moderated by Mark Egan, with David Hahn, an

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, head of security at Twitter and now whistleblower, was explicit as he testified to Congress about Twitter Security Flaws. Mudge outright accused Twitter executives of misleading the government, users, and shareholders regarding

I had a great time talking with Min Kyriannis about the dangers of misinformation and how to begin disentangling the online web of lies and half-truths.

Happy Privacy Day to all those privacy professionals out there that work to make our digital world more safe, respectful, and private.

Now more than ever, respecting privacy in our rapidly digitizing world, is important.  Over the past many years, pri