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By design, Brave Today doesn’t let the company or third parties build user profiles. Brave Software, maker of the Brave Web browser, is introducing a news reader that’s designed to protect user privacy by preventing parties—both internal and third party—from tracking the sites, articles, and story topics people view. Brave Today, as the service is […]

Consumer Rights under the CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS ACT (CPRA) OF 2020 Purpose and Intent. In enacting this Act, It is the purpose and intent of the people of the State of California to further protect consumers’ rights, including the constitutional right of privacy. The implementation of this Act shall be guided by the following principles: […]

Spotting a Common Scam  These scams seek to collect personal information about you, often appearing to come from a real business or agency. Someone may pose as an official disaster aid worker, or send you a fraudulent COVID contact tracing email. If you receive a message with a link, you should not click it as it may download malware to your device to […]

Brave Browser, the privacy-focused web browser, announced today that it grew in usage by over 130% in its first year of the release of its ‘Stable’ version. Source: Privacy-focused Brave browser grew over 130% in the past year Brave Browser Review 2020: Should you make the switch? Why you should download Brave Browser NOW!

Here’s why it may be impossible to delete your personal information from Houseparty and other social media services – despite privacy legislation! Source: So you thought your personal data was deleted? Not so fast | WeLiveSecurity How to erase your iPhone — Apple Support

Tracking allows the companies to improve their algorithm and app experience, but this experience comes at the cost of your digital data. In this guide, we’re going to focus on the search engines and browsers that you’ll want to use if you care about your online privacy. Popular search engines and browsers do a great […]

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, announced that August 2020 ended in over 2 billion total searches via its search platform. Source: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast

Privacy eLearning & Staff Awareness Access staff awareness e-learning programs and train staff on best practice processes Ensure staff can spot and respond to cybersecurity and privacy risks Comply with data protection and information security legislation and standards Test learner knowledge to prove compliance for auditing purposes Train staff under one, manageable contract with these […]

TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out, a Wall Street Journal analysis has found. The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added […]

Search for a chief information security officer Twitter Inc had stepped up its search for a chief information security officer in recent weeks, two people familiar with the effort told Reuters, before the breach of high-profile accounts on Wednesday raised alarms about the platform’s security. Twitter said hackers had targeted employees with access to its […]

Amazon, IBM and now Microsoft ban the sale of facial recognition technology to police departments and are urging for federal laws to regulate its use. Source: Tech firms suspend use of ‘biased’ facial recognition technology Download a Security Risk Assessment steps paper! Download a vCISO template Subscribe to DISC InfoSec blog by Email Why Cities […]

With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large. Source: State-Based Contact Tracing Apps Could Be a Mess Big Tech’s Contact-Tracing Apps Might Make Things Worse | Mashable Coronavirus outbreak: What are the privacy risks behind ‘contact tracing’ apps? Ebola virus disease contact tracing activities, lessons learned Download a Security […]

ISO/IEC 27701 is the international standard that serves as an extension to an ISO 27001/ ISO 27002 #ISMS (information security management system). It provides guidelines for implementing, maintaining, and continually improving a #PIMS (privacy information management system). Develop a privacy information management system as an extension to your ISO 27001-conformant ISMS with ISO/IEC 27701. Supports […]

When It Come Down To It, Cybersecurity Is All About Understanding Risk Risk Management Framework for Information Systems How to choose the right cybersecurity framework Improve Cybersecurity posture by using ISO/IEC 27032 Cybersecurity Summit 2018: David Petraeus and Lisa Monaco on America’s cybersecurity posture CSET Cyber Security Evaluation Tool – ICS/OT Subscribe to DISC InfoSec […]

Big news is coming when NIST takes the wraps off a new privacy framework. Thanks to the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union, which took full effect in May 2018, privacy is at center stage worldwide. Penalties are being meted out for violations, and organizations of all kinds need to understand and […]

As you might have expected, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has created a spike in demand for data protection and privacy experts. Organisations are desperate to hire people who can guide them towards regulatory compliance and avoid large fines. In this latest blog discover what a DPO’s tasks are and how to become one. For many organizations, this isn’t […]

Discover how to write a GDPR data breach notification procedure to help you with your GDPR compliance. Including a free template example. Read now Source: How to write a GDPR data breach notification procedure – with template example – IT Governance Blog Personal data breach notification procedures under the GDPR Organizations must create a procedure […]

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Cyberattacks against hospitals increased over 1000% last year : cybersecurity IICS Delhi Ethical Hacking Digital Forensics services Source: Cyberattacks against hospitals increased over 1000% last year What happens when hackers attack a hospital?  Subscribe in a reader