Meet DORA, the EU’s newly enacted Digital Operational Resilience Act, which is designed to strengthen IT security in the financial sector. It will be de rigueur for financial institutions; including banks, credit providers, securities and trading companies, and information and communication technology (ICT) organizations. DORA comes into full force in 2025, by which time companies and organizations should be compliant.
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A new Surfshark study shows a big year-over-year decrease in data breaches in 2022 as compared with 2021. According to the report, 310,855,487 accounts were leaked worldwide last year, which is down from 959,327,963 in 2021. Russia had the highest breach density at 104.8 million Russian accounts leaked, 3x the number they had in 2021.
CDP and marketing cloud vendor Zeta Global announced an agreement to purchase LiveIntent, which helps companies do email-based advertising. The deal will let Zeta expand its identity graph, enter the publisher monetization business, and accelerate its mobile and retail media products. Zeta will pay $77.5 million in cash and $172.5 million in common stock, with potential for additional payments based on performance.