Business TREND. Businesses Calling for More Data Security. Rules, Laws, Actions

Which businesses? 

• Toyota
• IBM
• NEC
• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
• Thomson Reuters
• Cisco Systems
• Mastercard
• Airbnb

What do they want protected? software source codes, algorithms and encryption keys

Why do they want this protected? Critical corporate information

What regulations/laws do they fear? Anything that requires the disclosure thereof

What these businesses are asking for is part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s initiative for “data free flow with trust”

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