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New GLBA Safeguards Rule: What Does It Mean for Financial Institutions?

July 21, 2022November 15, 2023 Compliance

In 2003, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act’s (GLBA) Safeguards Rule established important standards for financial institutions to protect the confidentiality and security of consumers’ nonpublic personal information. Given…

PCI DSS Compliance and Remote Work

Starting with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, companies across the world that wanted to maintain business operations and abide by new government-mandated regulations concerning the movement of individuals, have…

Top 5 Ways DLP can help with GDPR compliance

June 14, 2022October 24, 2023 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was issued by the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of Ministers of the European Union with the purpose of strengthening and unifying data…

PCI DSS Compliance: All You Need to Know

June 6, 2022October 11, 2023 Banking & Financial Institutions Compliance Data Loss Prevention

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security requirements that helps organizations protect their payment systems from data breaches, fraud, and theft of cardholder data. It resulted…

Data Protection in Japan: All You Need to Know about APPI

April 5, 2022October 11, 2023 Compliance

Japan’s data protection law, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), adopted as early as 2003, was one of the first data protection regulations in Asia. It received a major overhaul in September 2015 after…

Data Protection Legislation Around the World in 2022

March 8, 2022March 28, 2022 Compliance

By 2023, 65% of the world’s population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy regulations, according to Gartner. Lawmakers’ efforts have intensified in the last two years, with many data…

How DLP Helps with Germany’s Hospital Future Act

October 19, 2021May 11, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

On 18 September 2020, the German Federal Government (Bundestag) passed the Hospital Future Act (Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz or KHZG) to support the digitalization of the national healthcare system. The law makes EUR 3…

All You Need to Know about FISMA Compliance

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is a United States federal law passed in December 2002 as part of the E-Government Act. FISMA requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide…

Germany’s Patient Data Protection Act: All You Need to Know

September 22, 2021June 10, 2022 Compliance

On 3 July 2020, Germany’s Federal Parliament, the Bundestag, passed the Patient Data Protection Act or Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz (PDSG). It entered into force less than four months later, on 20 October 2020. The PDSG…

TISAX Assessments: How DLP helps

September 7, 2021January 12, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

In 2017, German automotive group Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) set up the Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange (TISAX), a mechanism through which organizations can submit to audits in compliance…

How to Reach LGPD Compliance With a DLP Solution

August 31, 2021April 21, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) demands companies to comply with strict requirements related to the collection and processing of consumers’ personal data. We’ve reviewed the LGPD and compiled the most important…

PCI Compliance Checklist

July 29, 2021January 10, 2022 Banking & Financial Institutions Compliance

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security requirements that were adopted as a general standard by financial institutions for the protection of payment systems from data breaches,…

All You Need to Know About Virginia’s CDPA

July 21, 2021 Compliance

On 2 March 2021, Virginia became the second US state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) draws heavily from existing laws such as the California Consumer Privacy…

All You Need to Know about TISAX

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Compliance

The rise of smart and connected cars in the last decade has led to a sharp increase in cyberattacks involving automobiles. According to Upstream Security’s 2020 Automotive Cybersecurity Report, the number of annual automotive…

5 Tips for a Successful CMMC Compliance Checklist

April 30, 2021 Compliance

The US Department of Defense (DoD) released the first version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) on 31 January 2020. The new framework aims to protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled…

GDPR Data Encryption Requirements

April 26, 2021 Compliance Encryption

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires organizations that fall under its scope to secure sensitive data against data breaches defined as the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss,…

How DLP Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Protect their Data

April 9, 2021May 11, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Pharmaceutical companies are both producers and collectors of vast quantities of sensitive data stemming from not only selling pharmaceutical products but also developing them. From initial research to the patent filing,…

All you need to know about the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

As companies still struggled to come to terms with the compliance requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), they were hit by a surprising piece of news: voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act…

DPA Compliance in the UK during COVID-19

March 17, 2021 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

Data protection in the United Kingdom currently falls under the incidence of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA). The DPA was adopted into the UK’s national legislation while the country was still part of the European Union.…

NIST 800-171 Compliance Checklist

March 1, 2021June 28, 2023 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

NIST Special Publication 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations, focuses on information shared by federal agencies with non-federal entities.…

5 tips for RBI Compliance

February 1, 2021May 10, 2022 Banking & Financial Institutions Compliance Data Loss Prevention

On 2 June 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published the Cyber Security Framework in Banks. Addressing an increasingly complex threat landscape, the framework aimed to bring banks’ cybersecurity strategies up to international…

5 Tips for a Successful PCI DSS Compliance Strategy

January 18, 2021January 10, 2022 Banking & Financial Institutions Compliance Data Loss Prevention

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an international proprietary information security standard developed by the PCI Security Standards Council for organizations that handle cardholder information…

Data Protection Legislation Around the World in 2021

January 8, 2021October 11, 2023 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

2020 brought several major developments in the world of data protection legislation. Most notably, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into force in January in the United States and the Court of Justice of the…

China’s Personal Information Protection Law: What We Know So Far

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 Compliance Data Loss Prevention

On 21 October 2020, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress published the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) for public comment. The PIPL is China’s first attempt to integrate…