Reducing the risk of cyber attacks in the wake of Ashley Madison - a lesson learned

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Cyber attacks are on the rise, are becoming increasingly significant and costly for its victims, and are here to stay, write Rafi Azim Khan and Steven Farmer from Pillsbury Law

The wide-reaching and high profile nature of the recent Ashley Madison cyber attack demonstrates just how vulnerable global businesses who have customer data at their core can be, and the human imp...

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