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July 7, 2020: "Privacy experts urging schools to ensure student security as classes are moved online" The Morning Show

July 2020: "White Paper NIST Technical Note (TN) 2066" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

June 25, 2020: "Address Privacy Risks in Online Meetings" IANS

June 25, 2020: "What Your Customers Are Thinking About Privacy Now" SecureWorld

June 9, 2020: "Singapore Contact Tracing Wearables Spark Pushback, Petition" SecureWorld

June 2, 2020: "[Podcast] COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Privacy and Cybersecurity Problems" SecureWorld

June 2020: "Cybersecurity Woman of the Year 2020" Inteligenca

May 17, 2020: "The Spies Who Eavesdrop on Your Work from Home: Part 2 – Apps" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

May 5, 2020: "The Spies Who Eavesdrop on Your Work from Home: Part 1 – IOT" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

May 2020: "Advance your security operations center with AI" TechTarget

April 24, 2020: "Staying Protected While Connected – Video Conferencing Best Practices for Businesses and Consumers" Security Magazine

April 18, 2020: "What Business Leaders Need to Know About Privacy Breach Notifications" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

April 17, 2020: "IANS Security, Privacy and Compliance Law Update: Q1 2020" IANS

April 6, 2020: "Mistakes That Linger" Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast

April 4, 2020: "You Will Be Judged by the Company You Keep" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

April 2020: "Q&A with Rebecca Herold, IEEE Impact Creator" IEEE Transmitter

March 28, 2020: "Fired Because Photo of Surgery Room Was a HIPAA Violation" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

March 28, 2020: "HIPAA and Calling Out Full Names In Waiting Rooms" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

March 28, 2020: "Why You Should Use a Right to Audit Clause" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

March 25, 2020: "Revisiting the Theory for How Eddie Tipton Committed the Largest Lottery Fraud in History" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

March 21, 2020: "Top 4 Reasons Encryption Is Not Used" Privacy Security Brainiacs Blog

February 17, 2020: "Some impacts of the coronavirus on information security, privacy and IT industry events" Peerlyst

February 13, 2020: "Police Use Life360 Family Tracking App to Bust Dad" SecureWorld

February 3, 2020: "Ask the Experts: What's most rewarding about your career in cyber security?" Synopsys

January 31, 2020: "The NIST Privacy Framework: What It Is and How to Use It" IANS

January 28, 2020: "11th Year of Iowa Data Privacy Day Proclamations!" LinkedIn

January 28, 2020: "Staying up-to-date for Data Privacy Day" Digital Risks

January 28, 2020: "Five Common Privacy Problems in an Era of Smart Devices" ISACA Now

January 17, 2020: "NIST Privacy Framework V 1.0 Is Here!" Peerlyst

January 16, 2020: "Work Smart in 2020 to Meet CCPA and Other Privacy Requirements" IANS

January 4, 2020: "Computer Fraud, Phishing, and Cyber Insurance Claims Pose Significant Risks and Coverage Issues" Merlin Law Group

January 3, 2020: "After a Record Year for Cybercrime, Little Hope Hackers Will Slow Down" Credit Union Times

January 3, 2020: "Five podcasts on technology matters you have to master in 2020" Price Waterhouse Coopers Luxembourg

January 3, 2020: "Data Privacy Laws Up for Debate in 2020" Credit Union Times

January 2, 2020: "Keeping HR safe from cyber attacks" HR Magazine

December 27, 2019: "What's going on in privacy and information security" Shared Security Podcast

December 27, 2019: "Episode 95: Special Guest Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor" Security Boulevard

December 23, 2019: "Global Privacy: What to Expect in 2020" IANS

December 18, 2019: "Looking back at 2019: Your Best Cybersecurity Moments" Bora

December 6, 2019: "Top 25 Most Dangerous Vulnerabilities, Smart City Privacy, DuckDuckGo vs. Google" Security Boulevard

December 9, 2019: "IOT security and privacy risks" Privacy Piracy Podcast

November 27, 2019: "'Tis the Season for Holiday Scams" Credit Union Times

November 13, 2019: "Microsoft to apply CCPA protections to all US customers" TechTarget

November 11, 2019: "When You Know Too Much: Protecting Security Data from Security People" Dark Reading

November 11, 2019: "How to Protect Your Meetings from Cyber Criminals" Successful Meetings

November 4, 2019: "What you need to know about 'grand-sharenting'" Considerable

November 4, 2019: "Podcast: Does a connected world allow for data privacy?" PwC TechTalk

October 25, 2019: "Looking back at the fourth PwC Luxembourg Cybersecurity Day" Corporate News - Luxembourg

October 25, 2019: "Explosion of Data: The Poison That Makes Hospitals Sick" Paper Jam

October 25, 2019: "Segasec Wins Cybersecurity Solution of the Year Award at PwC Cybersecurity Day" Chronicle Luxembourg

October 23, 2019: "Privacy Program Maturity Levels" IANS

October 21, 2019: "How Healthcare Organizations Handle Endpoint Management" Health Tech Magazine

October 18, 2019: "10 Cybersecurity Myths We Need to Bust This Month" SecureWorld

October 11, 2019: "IANS Security, Privacy and Compliance Law Update: Q3 2019" IANS

October 7, 2019: "20 Public Cybersecurity Companies You Should Know" Built In

October 4, 2019: "PwC Luxembourg Cybersecurity Day: A tailor-made programme to help CISOs, DPOs and CEOs tackle cybersecurity challenges" IT Nation

September 30, 2019: "Odds of a Bad Bet" Wire

September 30, 2019: "Amazon Smart Glasses, Webkey Social Engineering, Erase Your Old Hard Drives!" The Shared Security Podcast

September 24, 2019: "PwC Luxembourg Cybersecurity Day: A tailor-made programme to help CISOs, DPOs and CEOs tackle cybersecurity challenges" PwC Luxembourg

September 16, 2019: "How a PIA can CYA" Dark Reading

September 11, 2019: "Why your next information security assessment questionnaire should include pizza" Tapad

September 6, 2019: " Des Moines, Iowa: It Takes A Village To Raise A Cybersecurity Company" Cybercrime Magazine

September 2019: "Electronic Device Security Experts Weigh in on Insecure Electronics Use by the Military" Electronics Point

August 31, 2019: "99 Inspiring Cybersecurity Quotes" Pinngle

August 29, 2019: "Electronic Device Security Experts Weigh in on Insecure Electronics Use by the Military" Electronics Point

August 26, 2019: "Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare for CCPA Compliance" IANS

August 2019: "https://knowledge.library.iup.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2671&context=etd" Indiana University of Pennsylvania

August 2019: "The Key Point Everyone is Missing About FaceApp" ISACA

August 2019: "From HIPAA to HITECH: A Case Study of Stakeholder Influences on the Shift in Government Response to Patient Privacy Violations" Indiana University of Pennsylvania

July 31, 2019: "What's the Harm in Posting About Our Kids on Social Media?" Medium

July 16, 2019: "IANS Security, Privacy and Compliance Law Update: Q2 2019" IANS

July 8, 2019: "Privacy and Security: Current Challenges and Best Practices" Security Magazine

July 2019: "AI Is Both Friend and Foe in Cybersecurity" Connected World

June 6, 2019: "Apple single sign-on option promises privacy for users" TechTarget

May 18, 2019: "Le "meurtre numérique" presque aussi grave que le meurtre réel" (The digital murder nearly as serious as the actual murder) 7Sur7

May 17, 2019: "Could digital "murder" become as big a crime as real-life murder?" Metro

May 14, 2019: "New ISACA Resource Illuminates Best Practices and Strategies for Continuous Oversight in the Cloud" Go Certify

May 13, 2019: "Is Your Picture Part of Secret AI Training?" SecureWorld

May 10, 2019: "The InFront Compliansphere" InFront Compliance

May 8, 2019: "Laid Off Worker Pleads Guilty in Medicaid Incident" Healthcare Info Security

May 2, 2019: "Seeing How Your 'Harmless Data' Is Used Against You" SecureWorld

May 2, 2019: "Understand the Ramifications of a Data Breach" IANS

May 2019: "Post-Shutdown, CISA Carves Out a Space in Cybersecurity" FedTech

April 30, 2019: "Can a Doorbell Camera Actually Make You Safer?" The Wall Street Journal

April 18, 2019: "How Travel Buyers and IT Managers Collaborate to Secure Sensitive Company Data" Security

April 15, 2019: "Data Breaches in Healthcare Affect More Than Patient Data" Healthcare Info Security

April 12, 2019: "IANS Security, Privacy and Compliance Law Update: Q1 2019 " IANS

April 10, 2019: "A Guide to Protecting Yourself From Fraud" AARP

April 2019: "Post-Shutdown, CISA Carves Out a Space in Cybersecurity" FedTech

April 2019: "How To Protect Your Instagram After Facebook Exposed Millions Of Passwords" Bustle

March 31, 2019: "Paying for Apps with Your Privacy" ISACA

March 23, 2019: "Hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords exposed internally" TechTarget

March 18, 2019: "Unsecure Fax Server Leaked Patient Data" Healthcare Info Security

March 12, 2019: "NIST Should Do It: Federal Legislation on IoT Security" SecureWorld

March 8, 2019: "Connected Cars: Security And Privacy Are Both Trust Hurdles" Forbes

February 26, 2019: "How to Resist Online Ads and Keep Your Money" Nerdwallet

February 25, 2019: "From Facebook to Instagram, targeted ads are everywhere online. Tips to avoid overspending." USA Today

February 8, 2019: "Defense Department eyes behavioral biometrics with new contract" TechTarget

January 26, 2019: "How Mueller could have gotten Roger Stone's WhatsApp messages" Quartz

January 25, 2019: "Disney to Shareholders: Vote Against Security and Privacy Proposal" SecureWorld Industry News

January 25, 2019: "What to Expect in 2019"CPO Magazine

January 23, 2019: "National Data Privacy Day Is Wishful Thinking" Forbes

January 17, 2019: "Why Do Phishing Attacks Continue to Plague Healthcare?" Health Care Info Security

January 15, 2019: "How to prepare for 2019 data breach trends" Origami Risk

January 10, 2019: "7 Cyber Risks to Watch Out for in 2019" Nehemiah Security

January 9, 2019: "Is Anonymization Possible with Current Technologies?" Privacy Analytics

January 4, 2019: "Marriott hack: Why do hotels collect passport data anyway?" Mashable

January 4, 2019: "2019 Brings New Security Challenges" Credit Union Times

January 2019: "7 Technology Executives Share New Year's Resolutions, Best Practices" CIO Drive

January 2019: "World's Top IT Security Influencers" CISCO Platform

December 19, 2018: "Email-Related Breaches: Why Are There So Many?" Healthcare Info Security

December 11, 2018: "Top IoT Concerns for Information Security and Privacy Professionals" SecureWorld

December 6, 2018: "This map shows where in the US cyber crime costs people the most" CNBC

December 5, 2018: "Phishing, Ransomware Attacks Continue to Menace Healthcare" Healthcare Info Security

December 3, 2018: "Dealing With the Aftermath of the 500 Million-Guest Marriott Breach" Credit Union Times

November 30, 2018: "Massive Data Breach Affects 500 Million Marriott-Starwood Customers" ThinkAdvisor

November 30, 2018: "Should you freeze your credit after the Marriott data breach? Here's what the experts say" CNBC

November 14, 2018: "Top 20 Cybersecurity Quotes You Need to Hear" SecureWorld

November 9, 2018: "California Credit Union Comes Face-to-Face With Wire Fraud" Credit Union Times.

November 8, 2018: "The Ultimate Smartphone Security Guide You Will Ever Need: A dead simple guide to keep your smartphone secure. Free tips to save millions of dollars - deal?" Techlegends.

October 30, 2018: "Dept. of Energy's voluntary smartgrid code faces uncertain future" IAPP.

October 24, 2018: "Texas Retirement Agency Portal Breach Affects 1.25 Million" Healthcare Info Security.

October 17, 2018: " NCSAM: Six Tips to Help Keep your Business Secure" Tripwire

October 12, 2018: "Facebook says 29 million users' personal information was stolen in recent hack" LA Times.

September 29, 2018: "Gmail's app policy could enable its own Cambridge Analytica scandal" Mashable.

July 30, 2018: "DNA Testing Privacy Risks: DNA Company Starts Working with Pharmaceutical Giant" Secure World.

July 27, 2018: "Biggest Pediatric Hospital Breach Reported" Healthcare Info Security.

July 16, 2018: "Travel-Related Breaches: Mitigating the Risks" Healthcare Info Security.

July 12, 2018: "3 Things You Must Know About Security and Privacy Training" CPO Magazine.

July 11, 2018: "Hospital Diverts Ambulances Due to Ransomware Attack" Healthcare Info Security.

July 2, 2018: "No Summer Break for Learning Lessons From Recent Data Incidents" Credit Union Times.

June 29, 2018: "Information Exposures & Misuse Continue to Plague Everyday Life" Credit Union Times.

June 22, 2018: "No more selling mobile location data, promise carriers" Tech Target.

June 21, 2018: "Not Providing Training? You Will Fail Privacy & Data Security!" CPO Magazine.

June 20, 2018: "Hacking Incident at Billing Vendor Affects 270,000 Patients" Healthcare Info Security.

June 15, 2018: "Dixons Carphone Breach: A Reminder of Post-GDPR Company Responsibility" Credit Union Times.

June 13, 2018: "Health System Seeks Patients' Help to Mitigate Email Mishap" Healthcare Info Security.

June 6, 2018: "Who has your data?" CityView.

May 26, 2018: "Alexa privacy fail highlights risks of smart speakers" NBC News.

May 23, 2018: "Malware Attacks: A Tale of Two Healthcare Incidents" Healthcare Info Security.

May 01, 2018: "Will privacy be a stumbling block for blockchain?" SC Magazine.

Apr 13, 2018: "Will Your Contracted Service Providers' Breaches Take Down Your Business?" CPO Magazine.

April 12, 2018: "As Breach Stats Grow, How Should Credit Unions React?" Credit Union Times.

April 5, 2018: "NJ AG Smacks Practice With Hefty Fine for Vendor Breach" Healthcare Info Security.

April 3, 2018: "Verifying Vendors' Security Programs" Healthcare Info Security.

April 3, 2018: "The Facebook Privacy Controversy Is a 'Wake-Up Call'" SecureWorld.

April 2018: "The GDPR Deadline Is Here – Are You Ready? New ISACA research shows the answer to that question is probably not." ISACA.

March 27, 2018: "Why Collaboration Across Industries is Key to Better Security" SIMBUS Blog Posts.

March 22, 2018: "Are You Protecting the Privacy of the Deceased?" CPO Magazine.

January 30, 2018: "Excellent Twitter Examples: Cybersecurity CEOs" Pro Resource

January 2018: "6 Ways Crooks Steal (Then Ransom) Your Data" California Lawyers Association.