Verizon has just released its 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), which started to be published 15 years ago. The Report underlines that “the past year has been extraordinary in a number of ways, but it was certainly memorable with regard to the murky world of cybercrime. From very well publicized critical infrastructure attacks to...
The Government of India has withdrawn the Data Protection Bill that was pending before Parliament. The Government was reviewing the same and was expected to make some changes. It would appear that the Government intends to draft a new legislation entirely, possibly as part of a larger legislation covering the digital ecosystem. Based on past...
Matouk Bassiouny law firm published an interesting article on M&A transactions in Egypt where data is the main company asset, on IFLR here. With the entry into force of the Egyptian Private Data Protection Law in 2020 (PDPL), which is based on the EU General Data Protection Regulation, rights of Egyptian data subjects are upheld...
The Kenyan Office of Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) is increasing its control over businesses to respect mandatory registration pursuant to the Kenyan 2021 Data Protection Regulation which entered into force on 14 July this year. The ODPC is asking businesses like bars, restaurants, dispensaries, schools and betting companies to register with the data commissioner regardless...
Forbes has published an article on why data privacy should be a priority for enterprises to expand and retain clients. A must read that you can find here.
For the 17th year, IBM has commissioned to the Ponemon Institute and then analysed and published The Cost of a Data Breach Report which “offers IT, risk management and security leaders a lens into factors that can increase or help mitigate the rising cost of data breaches”. The study was run through more than 3,600...
The Internet Crime Centre (IC3) of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an Announcement warning that cyber-frauds via business email compromise (BEC) cost businesses USD 43b in losses between June 2016 and December 2021. The Announcement defines BEC as “a sophisticated scam that targets both businesses and individuals who perform legitimate transfer-of-funds...
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