A Comprehensive Assessment of the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD)

Most nations need to protect sensitive data for any number of reasons. Assuring legal compliance, protecting national security, preventing abuse and prejudice, improving global competitiveness, and upholding ethical standards are all vital requirements. Data privacy enhances the safety, security,...

Imperva Reaches New Heights as it Opens PoPs in Cape Town and Rio

Imperva is reaching new heights as we expand our global network of data centers with new points of presence PoPs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Cape Town, South Africa. The two cities, often compared to each other for their many similarities including their breathtaking coastlines, white sandy...

ICO challenges adtech to step up privacy protection

The UK Information Commissioners Office ICO wants the advertising industry to come up with new initiatives that address the risks of adtech, and take account of data protection requirements from the outset. The ICO is an independent body set up to uphold information rights. The technology that is...

Banning Surveillance-Based Advertising

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: "Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising." From the Introduction: The challenges caused and entrenched by surveillance-based advertising include, but are not limited to: privacy and data protection infringements opaque...

digitaleconomyaward.ch Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1252018

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Greening the Digital Economy

COVID-19 and related quarantine protocols have pushed the world even more online than it already was. Global energy consumption for all things digital has been increasing by about 9% per year between 2015 and 2020, and is tracking to be responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas GHG emission by...

Imperva Boosts Capacity to Meet Demand in Malaysia

Imperva is enhancing support for its customers in Asia by increasing capacity at its PoP in Kuala Lumpur KL, Malaysia. Home to hundreds of multinational companies, KL’s thriving high-tech economy and strong financial center positions it well as a global hot-spot for business. Imperva is boosting...

India's Startup Story - The Future of India's Digital Economy

India's goal of reaching a $1 trillion digital economy by 20221 is said to be fuelled, in part, by the spurt in the growth of startups across the country. The number of Internet users in India is growing at an enormous rate with close to 500 million internet users today2. Indians are at the...

U.S. Top Law Enforcement Call Strong Encryption a ‘Serious Problem’

BOSTON—Top U.S. law enforcement and policy makers touched the third-rail issue of encryption Wednesday with several high-ranking officials lamenting their inability to crack open phones, laptops and communications protected with strong encryption. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made...

An open letter concerning my resignation from the Digital Economy Board of Advisors

Yesterday I resigned from my position as a member of the Department of Commerces Digital Economy Board of Advisors. It has been an honor to serve on the Board; however, I believe it is the responsibility of leaders to unequivocally denounce bigotry, racism, hate, and violence, and to respect...

U.S. Government Wades Into Vulnerability Disclosure

Security researchers and software vendors have spent decades trying to work out the process of vulnerability disclosure, with limited success. Now the federal government is joining the fray in hopes of getting the two sides to play nice. The National Telecommunications and Information...