Zak Rubinstein

1touch.io

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.” Charles Dickens When privacy practitioners championed the use of the first generation and now outdated ‘Mapping Sold as Discovery’ technologies, ... Read More

“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell Remember the early part of the century when we printed emails at will without regard to the harm the extra printing was causing to the environment? There ... Read More

“In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics, you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there in the end.” -Tom Seaver Over the last few weeks, I have had a number of conversations ... Read More

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” –Friedrich Nietzsche As a Privacy stakeholder, whether you are in a Legal, Governance or Security function, you must be certain that you understand all usage of personal data and that it is ... Read More

So the word is out, 1touch.io has raised $14.2m based on its extraordinary growth and delivery to Privacy stakeholders (Security, Governance, and Privacy) of the holy grail in sustainable Data Privacy Initiatives: The ongoing, FULLY automated discovery of uses of personal data in an enterprise. Early technologies have focused on ... Read More

The Story Behind Our Series A “What’s your primary role?” Yoav and Barrel asked me on our first meeting. “Making sure we have a product we can sell”, I said “No. Try again”, they responded. “Making sure we get some customers”, I tried. “No. Try again”, they encountered. “I don’t ... Read More

We’ve all seen that ad on eCommerce websites. “Enter your email here to join our newsletter and receive 10% off on your next order!” All too often, we happily comply and are thrilled to purchase the item for $9 instead of $10. But as the saying goes, nothing in life ... Read More

While this may be counter-intuitive, the short answer is yes. While I can’t point to any specific studies, it does appear that organizations generally view regulations as a burden that requires resources, without much ROI (Return on Investment). Sure, there is an ROI in not getting fined, but since when ... Read More

“The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome” -George R.R Martin, A Clash of Kings, ‘Game of Thrones’ Hold on a second. Maybe we have it all wrong. I am not big on picking off the corpses of broken reputations like a carrion bird, but I think we need to ... Read More

GDPR and Data Discovery As estate agents go, it's all about location, location, location. We are a couple of months away from GDPR and it's interesting to note the different reactions to the upcoming May 25th deadline. The level of fear is palpable in some organizations, while others have a ... Read More