Data Protection & Privacy

Rising Use Of AI Is Stretching The CISOs Thin to a Breaking Point

  CISOs are taking on AI governance without a matching increase in resources or expertise…

Taj Mahal security to be monitored by drone

In view of the continuing terrorist threat on the 17th century Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh police is…

Yahoo data breach could be biggest known cyber attack; 500 million accounts hacked in 2014

Yahoo Inc has said that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it…

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed US settlement with FTC

Zoom Video Communications Inc must implement a new information security program as part of its proposed settlement with U.S.…

BigBasket data of over 2 crore users leaked, now on sale in Dark Web

In a massive data breach, online grocery store BigBasket has allegedly leaked the data of 2 crore users on the dark web.…

Europes top court confirms no mass surveillance without limits

Europes top court has delivered another slap-down to indiscriminate government mass surveillance regimes. In a ruling the CJEU…

Govt sets up group under cyber security head to probe China Watching

Taking up the matter with the Chinese Ambassador, the Government has set up an expert committee under the National Cyber Security…

SIA issues policy on ethical use of facial recognition

In the US, the Security Industry Association (SIA) has released its new policy principles guiding the development and deployment…

UK Court of Appeal rules police misuse of facial recognition

Recently, in a landmark case, a court of appeal ruled that the South Wales police unlawfully used facial recognition technology…

Security Industry Association releases policy principles to be followed in the use of facial recognition technology

The Security Industry Association (SIA), the globally renowned trade association representing security solutions providers, has…

BCAS issues security guidelines for drone operating systems

Aviation security regulator Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for drone operating systems, which act…

Bank of Ireland fined for cyber security failings

Ireland's Central Bank has imposed a A??1.66m fine on Bank of Ireland (BoI) for a regulatory breach that saw one of its…

Army directs soldiers to delete 89 apps over security concerns

The Indian Army has asked soldiers to delete 89 apps from their smart phones including Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and several…

Britain, Australia to probe Clearview AI's facial recognition tech

Britain and Australia announced a joint investigation of US-based Clearview AI's online harvesting of personal data for facial…

BlueLeaks exposes files from hundreds of US Police Departments

Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last…