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We blog regularly about the future of digital identity and data protection, the fraught state of cybersecurity and privacy, and messes like blockchain, software engineering, and social media.

From Information Security to Digital Competitiveness

Exploring new strategic opportunities for CIOs and CISOs. For as long as we’ve had a...

An unpublished letter on The Right To Be Forgotten

In response to “The Solace of Oblivion”, Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, September 29th, 2014....

PKI as nature intended

Few technologies are so fundamental and yet so derided at the same time as public...

The worst privacy misconception of all

I was discussing definitions of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with some lawyers today, one of...

Crowd sourcing private sector surveillance

Oc 18. 2014 A repeated refrain of cynics and “infomopolists” alike is that privacy is...

Dumbing down Snowden

Ed Snowden was interviewed today as part of the New Yorker festival. This TechCruch report...

Four Corners’ ‘Privacy Lost’: A demonstration of the Collection Principle

Tonight, Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners program aired a terrific special, “Privacy Lost” written and...

Unintended consequences

The “Right to be Forgotten” debate reminds me once again of the cultural differences between...

The Rite To Be Forgotten

The European Court of Justice recently ruled on the so-called “Right to be Forgotten” granting...

Simply Secure is not simply private

Another week, another security collaboration launch! “Simply Secure” calls itself “a small but growing organization...