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Uber’s 2022/23 Data Breaches – A Postmortem Through the Prism of External Data Privacy Management

This postmortem document examines one of the more high-profile cybersecurity breaches of the last several years – the series of data breaches perpetrated against popular ride-sharing application and service, Uber. … Continue reading Uber’s 2022/23 Data Breaches – A Postmortem Through the Prism of External Data Privacy Management

This postmortem document examines one of the most significant cybersecurity breaches of the 21st century – the SolarWinds Cyberattack – and deconstructs the vulnerabilities and failures enabling its success. Part… Continue reading Solar Winds Attack – A Postmortem Through The Prism Of External Data Privacy Management

Scammers, particularly cyber thieves, make their living by finding the easiest ways to separate marks from their money. That is, this type of criminal doesn’t want to work too hard. … Continue reading How any Organization Looks in the Eyes of a Hacker – How to Avoid Being Seen as a Target

What is your organization’s privacy risk score? Do you know? How about the privacy risk scores of each employee and vendor/partner associated with your organization? Do you have that information… Continue reading Your Privacy Risk Score: What Is It and How is it Calculated?

“If you delete it, it’s gone forever!” – CISOs who have not succeeded at eliminating unsecured external data This is potentially the most dangerous misconception any CIO or CISO can… Continue reading How to Stop Data Brokers? Continuity is Critical

Information security, cyber security and the latest iteration, external data security are critical to the health and viability of any organization. Companies of all sizes and types routinely invest significant… Continue reading External Data Privacy Metrics and KPIs – A How to Guide for Strong Compliance

Challenge: Solution: Results: Customer: US-Based Professional Services Firm providing tax accounting, tax law, asset management and financial strategies to midmarket to enterprise-level organizations. Challenge: In April of 2021, [REDACTED] prepared… Continue reading Case Study: Securing External Data Privacy Protects Accounting Firm Talent from HR Poaching

There’s an old joke among economists that goes, “Ask three economists about the state of the economy and you’ll get five answers.” Though it’s not a laughing matter, the same… Continue reading Cyber Security Isn’t Enough – The Information Security Ecosystem Dies Without External Data Privacy

Ferris Bueller famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.” CISOs, CIOs and other IT leaders grappling… Continue reading The Rapid Growth of AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks

Welcome to the second part of our Enterprise Use Cases for External Data Privacy article series. In part one, we discussed the importance of External Data Privacy (EDP) and explored… Continue reading Enterprise Use Cases for External Data Privacy: Part II