By Priyanka Roy On June 17, 2020
PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, GDPR, CCPA, ISO; the list of regulations that companies need to comply with these days is as long as the arm of the law. While it is daunting for organizations to keep track of all applicable regulations and formulate exhaustive plans to achieve compliance, these are blessings in disguise as […]
By John Donegan On April 15, 2020
After the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed, lobbyists from both sides of the aisle descended on Capitol Hill. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a DC-based lobbying group, has called for a federally mandated consumer data privacy law, as have some of the biggest players in tech, including Google, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, and Apple. […]
After Jerry Brown signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) paperwork in June 2018, shock waves reverberated throughout Silicon Valley. Lobbyists at the Information Technology Industry Council, a Google-backed think tank, quickly went to work drafting proposals for a federal law that would supersede the stringent California bill. Twelve states subsequently followed California’s lead and […]
By Rajesh Ganesan On April 14, 2020
With strict data protection laws in place around the world (including GDPR and CCPA), it’s vital that the data protection officer (DPO) and CISO work closely together. Although part of the DPO’s job is to audit the CISO’s security policies, it is essential that the DPO and CISO have a good rapport. Essentially, CISOs are […]
