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The role of the DPO just got bigger and more powerful

Traditionally, we find the DPO (Data Protection Officer) in large and very large enterprises. Small and Medium-sized businesses most probably do not have a DPO. But that is going to change now. Why? After nearly two years of deliberations, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) finally chaired the Personal Data Protection (PDP) bill, 2019 in the Indian Parliament. This bill will ultimately pave way for the strongest data protection law in the world’s largest democracy.
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Four Takeaways as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Turns 4

May 25 2022, marked four years since the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Although the scope of the law is limited to personal data originating from activities in the European Economic Area, the ensuing requirements have had a global impact. This is evident in similar laws that have been proposed or passed and measures multinational organizations have taken to comply with privacy requirements. In parallel, there has been a convergence of a principles' based approach to cybersecurity in many jurisdictions worldwide.

Careers Within Preventative Cybersecurity

Businesses have become the custodians of massive amounts of data over the past several decades. Some of it is unstructured and ostensibly useless, but much of it contains valuable, sometimes very personal information. More data, more problems. As information proliferated so has the phenomenon of data breaches. Information leaks cost businesses millions of dollars, months of their time, and a good deal of trust from the consuming public. It is a bad situation but also one that breeds opportunity.

Continuous Data Protection at Rubrik

Rubrik Continuous Data Protection (CDP) helps our customers protect mission critical VMware workloads with near-zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO). Recovery operations are available in both local and remote locations. It also integrates seamlessly with Rubrik Orchestrated Application Recovery to provide near-zero RPO and low Recovery Time Objective (RTO) disaster recovery for our customers.

Securing the Hotel Industry from Cyber Threats: Pandemic Lessons and 8 Best Practices to Improve Data Protection

Cybersecurity threats have been a headache for the hospitality industry for many years. When the COVID-19 pandemic turned this industry upside down, attempts to stay in business put many hotels in an even riskier position in terms of security. For example, many organizations followed the example of hotels in Amsterdam that diversified their services and turned guest rooms into offices for remote employees. Such moves generated profit for the hotels but also created new vulnerabilities.

Data Assessment in Healthcare: Knowing What Data You Have Is Half the Battle

When it comes to protecting personal healthcare information or a medical facility from cyberattacks or data breaches, the first step that must be taken is a thorough and exhaustive data assessment. The data assessment will provide your organization with a complete understanding of: Why? Because a cybersecurity team cannot be expected to protect something if it does not know it exists in the first place.

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Experts offer advice for Data Protection and Privacy Day 2022

Data Protection Day as it's marked across Europe, or Data Privacy Day, internationally, is an annual marker in a very challenging cybersecurity challenging calendar. Consumer data is regularly stolen, and enterprises and public sector organisations are often in the headlines because of incessant attacks from cybercriminals as well as from accidental privacy misadventures.

How Data Privacy Has Evolved in the Age of the Breach

As Data Privacy Day once again rolls around, we can look back at some healthy improvements when it comes to privacy that organizations made over the previous 12 months. We can also use this yearly reminder on such an important topic to look forward to the coming year to pinpoint where additional changes are needed.

Data Privacy Day, Part 1: What you need to know about data privacy

Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event aimed at raising awareness about data privacy and protection practices among businesses as well as internet users. In this blog series, we’ll attempt to do the same. This first blog post will shed light on data privacy as a whole, important data privacy laws, and some data collection practices that can help you adhere to these laws.