This is a guest article contributed by Chelsea Lamb of businesspop.net on a subject that is extremely timely in 2021. Photo Credit: Pexels.com If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or have recently started a small business, it’s important to educate yourself about cybersecurity best practices. Cyber attacks on businesses are increasing, according to Insurance Journal; while there is almost daily news of high profile attacks, that is really just the tip of the iceberg. While you might assume that only major corporations are targeted, small businesses are often pinpointed by hackers because they tend to have less effective cyber defenses — and are Read More
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CCPA – Uncapped fines and New Data Privacy Rights, Preparing is Essential
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that goes into effect January 1 2020 is a big deal for companies that retain data on California individuals. CCPA creates new consumer rights and business compliance responsibilities. The privacy rights are intended to provide individuals with transparency, access, choice and ensure they are not be discriminated against for exercising their rights. However, the headline is CCPA is a big deal, because unlike the General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR) for the EU, whose penalties are capped at the larger of 4% of revenues and EUR 20 million, CCPA is uncapped. Without proper preparation, Read More
Cyberwar and Mayhem
Last month, I attended Blackhat and Def Con, Def Con is one of the biggest hacking conferences, many interesting new hacks were discussed and the conference learnings are worthy of much entertaining and interesting discourse. However, the headline is DARPA held the Cyber Grand Challenge, the world’s first all machine automated hacking competition just before the official start of Def Con. Three years in the making with a 2 million dollar prize for first place and a cost of over 50 million dollars for Darpa, it proved that machines, at machine-speed, can provide scalable cyber defense including the ability to identify Read More
