Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper October 13, 2021 The Biden administration's executive order on cybersecurity and possible effects for financial services firms Safer supply chain, more information sharing, additional compliance Having faced more cyberattacks than other sectors, banks and other financial services firms have been at the forefront of the fight against cybercrime in recent years. To protect themselves, banks have substantially invested in cyberattack prevention and increased their incidence-response capabilities. Blogs March 2, 2020 Blog: Cybersecurity Trends in 2020: What to Expect and How to Prepare By Curt Dalton, Managing Director - Global Leader, Security and Privacy practice, Protiviti Cyber attacks continue to rank among the leading business concerns in 2020, according to the eighth annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks, a joint survey by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. Drawing on responses from 1,063 board members and executives from around the world, the… Flash Report April 11, 2024 The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024: Could this framework become the data privacy panacea? On April 8, 2024, U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced the American Privacy Rights Act. This act aims to establish a comprehensive set of rules that govern the usage of citizens' data. The bipartisan draft legislation seeks to create a national standard for data privacy and security, addressing the unregulated sale of online data.… Newsletter July 4, 2022 Private Equity Insights: PE Challenges with ESG, Future of Work, and Cybersecurity As we head into the second half of 2022, it’s a volatile business climate in private equity. Inflation is on the rise, fueled by strong consumer demand. The labor market has stayed hot and unemployment levels low, with the gap between job openings and available candidates in the millions. PE deal activity and exits have slowed but they remain above longer-term trends. That said, public listings… Survey March 10, 2023 Talent, culture, cybersecurity and resiliency represent top risk issues for higher education institutions The level of uncertainty in today’s global marketplace and the velocity of change continue to produce a multitude of potential risks that can disrupt an organisation’s business model and strategy on very short notice. Unfolding events in Eastern Europe, changes in government leadership in several countries around the globe, escalating inflation, rising interest rates, ever-present cyber threats,… Newsletter January 25, 2022 Security & Privacy Insights – January edition 26% Rampant Rise in Ransomware Attacks Leaving APAC Companies Defenseless Three Notorious Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) groups accounted for more than 60% of all ransomware attacks According to Cognyte’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Research Group[1], ransomware attacks nearly doubled in the first half of 2021, with 1,097 organisations experiencing a ransomware event, compared to 1,112 events for… Newsletter March 15, 2022 Framing the Data Privacy Discussion in the Boardroom Data proliferation and data privacy regulatory activity across the globe have created the need for focused boardroom discussions. While cybersecurity continues to be an issue for boards, a more targeted focus on data privacy is increasingly necessary to ensure compliance across a rapidly expanding number of privacy regulations. Privacy risk represents a unique challenge driven by the volume and… Flash Report March 3, 2021 Virginia Becomes the Second State to Enact Consumer Privacy Law The Commonwealth of Virginia passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law on March 2, 2021, following overwhelming bipartisan support for a state consumer privacy law. The November 2020 election results provided the much needed impetus to strengthen consumer privacy for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State officials wasted no time in introducing the privacy bill. Now that the bill is… Flash Report July 17, 2020 European Court of Justice Invalidates the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework July 17, 2020 On Thursday, July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) implemented a landmark ruling in case C-311/18 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (more commonly referred to as “Schrems II”). While it concluded that Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) issued by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data to data processors… Blogs April 12, 2023 Australia’s Privacy Act is fundamentally changing: What this means for your organisation Background On 16 February 2023, the Attorney-General’s Department released its Privacy Act Review Report (the Report) following a two-year review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act). The Report contains 116 recommended amendments to the existing Act to strengthen the protection of personal information and the control individuals have over their information. 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