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    3 Ds to Compliance and Beyond with the New Lease Accounting Standards
    The clock is ticking as organizations get set to meet the requirements of new lease accounting standards. Issued in February 2016, FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 842 requires lessees to report assets and liabilities related to leases of one year or more on the balance sheet. The new lease standard takes effect starting December 2018 for public companies and a year later for…
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    On the Road to Digital Transformation, One Map Does Not Fit All
    It seems that everywhere one looks today, another organization is going through a digital transformation. And that is, in fact, true. According to a recent global Gartner survey of over 3,000 chief information officers (CIOs), 95 percent of respondents can feel the effects of digitalization – and expect their job to change because of it. The underpinning factors of digitalization…
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    Hidden Vulnerability: GDPR Data in Unexpected Places
    The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — one of the most comprehensive data privacy regulations in history is effective as of May 25, 2018. This regulation imposes strict requirements on how the personal data of EU subjects is collected, used and stored — both within the EU and by foreign companies doing business within the EU, including small web-based businesses that…
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    GDPR: Legitimate Interest vs. Consent
    For the past several months organizations around the globe have been updating privacy policies to include their lawful basis for holding and processing a user’s information, in an effort to comply with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The law, which took effect May 25, 2018, is considered to be among the toughest privacy laws in the world. Protiviti has been…
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    GDPR and EU AML Directives – A Regulatory Tug-of-War?
    The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, effective 25 May 2018, will be felt for some time to come. One area where GDPR will present a significant ongoing challenge for the financial services industry relates to the personal data collection and processing obligations created under anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. The tension between the AML and privacy requirements is not new…
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    A Look at Full Meltdown: A Vulnerability Created by Patching Spectre and Meltdown
    The introduction of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities produced patches from big-name vendors such as Intel, AMD and Microsoft. These vulnerabilities allowed memory leakage due to the exploitation of the CPU’s speculative execution. A Swedish security researcher, Ulf Frisk, discovered that the January and February Microsoft Security patches mitigated Meltdown but produced a new threat: The…
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    GDPR: Here’s What’s Happened So Far
    After four years of preparations and numerous revisions, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the most-lobbied piece of legislation in the history of the European Union, was finally approved by the EU Parliament in April 2016. Following a two-year transitional period, GDPR became enforceable on May 25, 2018. Within hours of the regulation taking affect, popular U.S. news sites were…
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    How Well Are We Adjusting to GDPR?
    Enough time has passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, allowing GDPR-relevant people whose personal data is being collected, held or processed time to exercise their rights and clear their inboxes of privacy-update emails. For Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the past few months have yielded a list of companies suspected of not meeting GDPR-mandated…
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    Companies Must Commit to Mastering the Basics to Strengthen Their Cybersecurity Posture
    The cyberthreat landscape is highly complex and always evolving, and cybercriminals are becoming only more creative and sophisticated with their tactics. As explained in our 2018 Security Threat Report, companies today face a monumental challenge in trying to keep pace with these dynamics, safeguard their critical systems and data, and protect their employees, customers and partners. Among…
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    Top Signals for Cloud Adoption
    How Has the Cloud Evolved? Cloud started as a peripheral technology option, offering companies and individuals convenience and flexibility at the cost of control and security. As time has passed, however, cloud technologies have matured and become more robust, secure, controllable and flexible. This evolution has been possible due to growing consumer needs. What’s fascinating is how cloud…
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