For more than two decades, the Internet and associated information technologies have driven unprecedented innovation, economic value, and improvement in social services. Many of these benefits are fueled by data about individuals that flow through a complex ecosystem. As a result, individuals may not be able to understand the potential consequences for their privacy as they interact with systems, products, and services. (more…)

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is a Microsoft security product that is designed to help enterprise-class organizations detect and respond to security threats. ATP is a preventative and post-detection, investigative response feature to Windows Defender. ATP’s features are standard in many high-end anti-malware packages.

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In 2019, Gartner estimated worldwide spending on information security-related products and services would be $124 billion – increasing 8% from 2018. In spite of this investment, the breaches and malicious attacks continues to grow. As organizations recover from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of these breaches extends beyond the bottom line.

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The GDPR, implemented in the EU in May 2018, continues to generate shockwaves internationally. The immediate impact for businesses headquartered in the APAC region has been the extension of the scope of application of European data protection law from an “establishment” concept limiting the law’s application to organizations with “bricks and mortar” operations on the ground in the EU
to a broader set of criteria making the GDPR applicable to APAC businesses.

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