by Jarra Gruen | July 19, 2018 | Compliance, Cyber Security, Did You Know?, GDPR | 0 Comments

Uber has hired its first chief privacy officer, as well as a former TomTom executive in charge, ensuring the ride-hailing company complies with the EU’s data protection laws.

by Jarra Gruen | July 18, 2018 | Compliance, Cyber Security, Did You Know? | 0 Comments

23 NYCRR Part 500 officially went into effect on March 1, 2017. Almost one year later, on February 15, 2018, all covered entities were required to submit the first certification of compliance under 23NYCRR. On March 1st, covered entities had to be compliant with Sections 500.04(b), 500.05, 500.09. 500.12, and 500.14(b). The next major deadline will take place on September 3, 2018 as the eighteen-month transitional period ends, and covered entities are required to be compliance with the remaining 23NYCRR’s sections (specifically 500.08, 500.13, 500.13(a) and 500.15).

by Jarra Gruen | July 11, 2018 | Did You Know?, Microsoft, New Technology, Office 365 | 0 Comments

The Go offers the look and feel of Microsoft’s larger Surface tablets in a 10-inch package that weighs just over a pound and costs $399. That’s half the cost of the cheapest Surface Pro tablet and comparable to Samsung’s 9.7-inch Galaxy Tab S2, but still $70 more than the 9.7-inch iPad.

by Jen Nguyen | July 5, 2018 | Bitcoin, Cyber Security, Did You Know?, Microsoft | 0 Comments

2018 is the year of decentralized database. Cryptocurrency dominated the first half of this year, with bitcoin stopping short of $20,000 at its peak. But what about the technology behind bitcoin? What do we know about blockchain?

by Jen Nguyen | July 2, 2018 | Compliance, Cyber Security, Did You Know? | 0 Comments

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 —The toughest privacy bill in the nation is here. Despite lobbying effort by special interest groups, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 has been signed by Governor Jerry Brown and the bill will...

by Jarra Gruen | June 21, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Did You Know?, New Technology | 0 Comments

The German government this week signed a letter of intent with Airbus and Volkswagen’s Audi unit to test a flying machine in and around Audi’s home city of Ingolstadt.

by Jarra Gruen | June 20, 2018 | Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cyber Security | 0 Comments

In what has become a recurring theme in the digital currency industry, another cryptocurrency exchange platform has suffered a cyber intrusion. Suspected cybercriminals have hacked Bithumb, the South Korea-based exchange platform.

by Jarra Gruen | June 11, 2018 | Cyber Security, Did You Know?, internet, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The policy’s fate was sealed back in December 2017, when FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order was approved in a 3-2 vote along party lines. Pai’s order, which goes into effect today, rolls back the net neutrality protections that were put in place by former chairman Tom Wheeler. They promise — in name, at least — unrestricted access to online content minus the burden of regulation. But in fact, the new ruling clears the way for massive internet service providers to do practically whatever they like — including paid prioritization, throttling, and otherwise messing with traffic as it moves across the internet. It will take a long time to see the practical effects of the new rules, but make no mistake: this is a big deal, and it’s the first step in a long, slow process that will reshape the internet in very ugly ways.

by Michael Trachtenberg | May 31, 2018 | Cyber Security, Did You Know?, New Technology | 0 Comments

By Michael Trachtenberg, CTO Today’s tech world is primarily infatuated with one thing -- security. That is for good reason. With the number of breaches and data privacy violations, it is evident that a focus on security is long overdue in the...

by Marc Lande | May 27, 2018 | Compliance, GDPR | 0 Comments

  Five steps to take after the GDPR deadline and how to become compliant  It is OK if you are not completely GDPR compliant after the May 25th deadline. In fact, Gartner predicts that by the end of 2018, half of all businesses affected by GDPR will...