Corporate governance frameworks are vital for demonstrating a company’s ethical practices and values while balancing stakeholders’ and community interests. 2024 is filled with events that have made corporate entities perpetual targets for ethical and sustainability activism and regulatory scrutiny. As we close the mid-third quarter of the year, it’s time to revise your organization’s strategies… Continue reading Time to Re-evaluate Corporate Actions: Six Corporate Governance Trends in 2024
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Rise of Social Engineering: Types of Social Engineering Attacks (Part 2)
After a prelude to the concept of social engineering as an emerging form of cybersecurity attack, let’s explore the different forms your enterprise may likely encounter. First, let’s have a quick look at some stats on social engineering assaults: An average business encounters nearly 700 social engineering attacks annually. 50% of social engineering attacks… Continue reading Rise of Social Engineering: Types of Social Engineering Attacks (Part 2)
Rise of Social Engineering: Why Enterprises Should Worry about this in 2024? (Part1)
In the era of digitization and GenAI, social engineering is another rapidly rising cybersecurity threat that capitalizes on human vulnerabilities. CISOs and cybersecurity leaders are always on the lookout for emerging sophistication. Threat actors apply unique methods to make their attacks look more benign and convincing. In this two-part blog, we will unwrap social engineering… Continue reading Rise of Social Engineering: Why Enterprises Should Worry about this in 2024? (Part1)
FTC Rules Protect Against GenAI-led Impersonations: Rule Finalizes to Protect Businesses, and Government from Scams
February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized the rules to address AI-enabled impersonation scams to protect consumers, government, and business entities. Generative AI (GenAI) adoption spiked in 2022 with the release of OpenAI’s large language model (LLM)-based tool. The tool’s popularity and widespread adoption across businesses replaced many white-collar positions with AI,… Continue reading FTC Rules Protect Against GenAI-led Impersonations: Rule Finalizes to Protect Businesses, and Government from Scams
Unraveling GDPR Requirements and How Some of it Impacts the U.S. (Part 1)
Six years after its enforcement, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now an exclusive industry in the U.S. There are about half a million jobs for data protection officers (DPOs). Companies like Meta, Amazon, and Google are charged with fines worth billions of dollars fines for non-compliance. A takeaway is that GDPR’s extraterritorial… Continue reading Unraveling GDPR Requirements and How Some of it Impacts the U.S. (Part 1)