All You Need to Know about SOX Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, more commonly known as SOX or Sarbox, is a US law that aims to protect investors from accounting fraud, particularly in relation to publicly traded companies. Named after the two congressmen…
All You Need to Know about HIPAA Compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was originally passed by the US Congress in 1996 during the Clinton administration and while its primary purpose was to allow workers to carry forward insurance…
5 Outstanding eDiscovery Features
With data protection regulations making their way onto every country’s legislative agenda, from the European Union and the US to the Middle East and Latin America, companies are now faced with the considerable task of complying…
Data Protection Regulations in Latin America
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has created a domino effect across the world as its biggest trade partners rushed to align their existing data protection legislations to its strict requirements or passed…
All You Need To Know about GLBA Compliance
Although better known for its privacy stipulations, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), also called the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, is a US federal law whose original purpose was to allow different types of financial…
5 Best Enforced Encryption Features
Faced with increasingly restrictive data protection regulations and the very real threat of cyberattacks, businesses big and small have recently made data security a top priority. But, as they invest in complex strategies…
All You Need to Know about Brazil’s New Data Protection Law
On 14 August 2018, Brazil passed a comprehensive general data protection law, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) which aims to align existing legislation to the new international standard set by the EU’s General Data…
Japan Receives the First Adequacy Decision Under the GDPR
On 23 January 2019, Japan became the first country to earn an adequacy decision from the European Commission (EC) after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. These decisions, which …
Data Security and Macs: The Myths, Challenges and Solutions
As macOS gains ground in the enterprise due to the increasing adoption of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and corporate-owned personally-enabled (COPE) policies, the security of the devices running it is often overlooked.…
The US Federal Privacy Law Picks Up Steam
As the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) created a domino effect across the world, leading to more and more countries adopting data protection legislations, the US, that was, until recently, strongly…