Security and Trust
News and updates about security, trust, and data privacy.
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Workday Secures Independent Verifications of Its Approach to Responsible AI
We’re not only building AI that serves our customers needs, but we’re doing so responsibly. We understand that a high quality responsible AI governance framework facilitates AI innovation and adoption because it helps drive trust.
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Our Commitment to Our European Customers
Empowering our global customers to thrive has always been at Workday’s core and in today's dynamic geopolitical and AI regulatory landscape, particularly in the European Union, we are focused on providing customers with the tools and assurances they need to confidently adapt to today’s uncertainty.
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How to Implement Data Governance: Best Practices
Enterprise data is growing faster than many governance strategies can keep up. For data leaders, implementing the right strategy—and the right technology to support it—can make all the difference.
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Workday Celebrates Global Ethics Day
To recognize the importance of ethics in the workplace, Workday leaders share how integrity and ethical behavior impact how they show up as leaders and influence their approaches to innovation and transformation. We also celebrate Workday’s receipt of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies Award.
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Workday Podcast: Embracing Skills-Based Hiring in the Public Sector
Chandler Morse, vice president of public policy at Workday, chats with a leader at Opportunity@Work on the progress being made toward skills-based hiring in governments and agencies.
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What Workday Is Doing to Move Global Privacy Forward
Workday is committed to safeguarding global privacy by anticipating regulatory changes and supporting customers with compliance across diverse privacy laws worldwide. Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove shares more about our proactive approach, including our dedicated privacy team, ongoing employee education, and the integration of privacy and AI principles into our products and practices.
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What the New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Means for Cross-Border Data Transfers
The seamless transfer of data between the United States and European Union plays a vital role in driving the digital economy and enabling multinational companies to effectively manage their global workforces. Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove shares an update on what the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework means for Workday customers, and for the future.
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Safeguarding Privacy While Innovating With AI at Workday
Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove discusses the growing focus on the convergence of data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI). Learn how Workday balances privacy with the need to maximize value from AI technology.
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Upholding Ethics and Integrity to Fuel Innovation and Technology Excellence
For the third consecutive year, Workday has been named one of The World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere Institute, an honor we share with more than 50 Workday customers and partners. Chris Fedrow, chief compliance officer at Workday, discusses the importance of integrity.
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4 Trends Shaping the European Banking Sector, Part 2
In this article, we’ll discuss the challenges facing the European banking sector, the risks and barriers organisations face on the path to digital transformation, and how the sector will benefit from increased agility.
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How We Infuse Security Into Everything We Do
Safeguarding our customers’ data is a top priority at Workday. Stephen Boyle, Workday’s chief trust officer, discusses how we infuse security into everything we do.
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Take 5 With Rich Sauer: Leading With Trust and Empathy
In this edition of Take 5, we talked to Rich Sauer, our chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs. Rich discusses his leadership philosophy and workplace values, his involvement in our employee belonging councils, and a passion of his after hours: renovating a century-old house.
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Workday’s Take on Global Data Transfers: An Update and What’s Next
Barbara Cosgrove, vice president, chief privacy officer at Workday, discusses Workday’s position on the creation of the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum, what this means for the industry at large, and what to expect next for global data transfers.
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Trust Within a Changing World
Workday’s Rich Sauer, chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs, introduces how we define trust, why it matters in today’s changing world of work, and the impact it has on our business.
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Workday Response on CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j
Workday's security team continues to investigate and address the Apache Log4j Java library remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228).
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Standard Contractual Clauses: Enabling Future Cross-Border Data Flows
Barbara Cosgrove, vice president, chief privacy officer at Workday, discusses the European Commission's newly released, final version of new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which provides clarity for companies that transfer personal data outside of Europe.
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Video: A Discussion on AI Ethics, Privacy, and Regulation With Amie Stepanovich of CU Boulder
The increasing use of AI and ML is raising new questions around privacy, ethics, and regulation. Workday’s Jim Shaughnessy talked with Amie Stepanovich from the University of Colorado, Boulder to learn more.
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Schrems II: The Path Forward
Following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) decision in the “Schrems II” case, some wondered what it would mean for cross-border data transfers and whether they remained valid. Upon more analysis, they remain intact—with some caveats.
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Schrems II Data Transfer Decision: What It Means for Workday Customers
Today, an update regarding the validity of data transfer mechanisms was announced by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) as a result of what has become known as the “Schrems II” case. To provide clarity on what this ruling means, and what to expect from Workday in our ongoing commitment to data privacy protections, we're sharing this brief FAQ.
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8 Ways to Help Ensure Your Company’s AI Is Ethical
Based on our experiences, here are eight lessons for technology companies looking to champion a commitment to ethical artificial intelligence (AI) across their organization.
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Workday’s Commitments to Ethical AI
Applications that use machine learning (ML) can make predictions that help inform better decisions. Here's our six key principles for responsibly integrating ML.
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Workday Is First Company to Attain New Asia-Pacific Privacy Certification
We're proud to announce Workday is the first company to be certified by TrustArc to the APEC Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) System. The PRP System is intended to strengthen privacy protections and trust across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Workday Receives EU Approval on Binding Corporate Rules
With GDPR fast approaching, data protection is top of mind for Workday’s customers. Today we're sharing that we’ve obtained approval for global Binding Corporate Rules for Processors (BCRs) that focus on safeguarding customer data. Read more from Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove.
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Three Workday Features That Support GDPR
The responsibility to comply with data privacy obligations is not one that our customers, and those considering Workday, bear alone. Barbara Cosgrove, vice president, chief privacy officer at Workday, highlights three features of Workday that directly address GDPR requirements.
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Workday Joins the General Assembly of the EU Cloud Code of Conduct
Barbara Cosgrove, vice president, chief privacy officer at Workday, announces that Workday has joined the General Assembly of the EU Cloud Code of Conduct, a group of cloud service providers working to demonstrate and assure companies and regulators of their compliance with privacy laws in advance of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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GDPR: Privacy by Design at Workday
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a harmonized approach to data privacy laws across Europe, is set to take effect next year. Learn how privacy by design guides how Workday builds products, develops software, and operates our services.
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Workday Certifies to Privacy Shield
As part of our strong, ongoing commitment to privacy and protecting our customers’ data, Workday moved quickly to self-certify for the Privacy Shield, which provides an even better mechanism for the transfer of European data to the U.S. than the overturned Safe Harbor privacy framework. Read more from Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove.
