Survey Reflects Growth in How Corporations Manage and Protect Information
April 02, 2017
Many organizations are changing their approach to leveraging cybersecurity intelligence through enhanced cooperation, detailed information sharing, and broad-based collaboration. To characterize those shifts and offer perspectives that empower effective benchmarking, for the third consecutive year, Nuix engaged my firm to interview corporate security officials. The report reflects the perspectives of 29 cybersecurity executives across a range of industries.
Senate Votes to Repeal FCC Internet Privacy Rules
April 02, 2017
The FCC's move to stop Internet service providers from collecting customers' personal information without consent has itself been halted. The Senate voted 50-48 on March 24 to overturn the rules, with the House expected to follow suit.
Protecting Your Clients from Their Own Social Media
April 02, 2017
Postings of comments or photographs become part of the permanent record on the Internet. There is no such thing as deleting a post or erasing the past. Because of the potentially adverse consequences, trial lawyers are now duty bound to run a thorough social media search of their clients, adversaries, and witnesses in every case. To the extent an attorney fails to conduct such a search, not only will she be at a severe disadvantage in the case but her competence as a trial lawyer can be called into question.
Back in the GDPR
April 02, 2017
Any company operating globally should protect its value through exposure containment under both privacy shield and the forthcoming GDPR.
User Behavior Analytics and Your Company's Data
April 02, 2017
While cybersecurity spending at many organizations still tends to focus on perimeter defenses, security experts have begun to face the reality that it is nearly impossible to keep bad actors out of your network, and are turning their attention to better ways of mitigating threats posed by intruders once they've hacked their way in.
Streaming Pre-'72 Recordings Not Piracy Under Georgia Law
April 02, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that media companies streaming music recordings made prior to Feb. 15, 1972, over the Internet without paying royalties or licensing fees aren't violating the state's criminal record piracy law.
<b><i>Legal Tech</b></i><br>Making Sense of New Data Types in the App Age
April 02, 2017
While the threat of "big data" — massive amounts of data inside an organization — has cast a shadow over IT and legal departments for several years, the real challenge can oftentimes be the variety. It's why we believe the real challenge is less about "big data" and more about "new data types" — that quickly defeat traditional collection and review tools and strategies.
