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Using Al Assistants Securely

Al tools make work faster. But, they can also put data at risk. Many Al-powered tools and large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini,...

Deepfake Defense: Preparing Hospitality Teams for the Next Wave of Cyber Threats

AI Is Redefining the Threat Landscape  Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace. Alongside its benefits, it is also enabling a new generation...

AI-Powered Phishing: Rethinking Hospitality’s Defense

AI has taken phishing to a new level, transforming the familiar face of the world’s most common cybercrime. What were once clumsy, typo-ridden scams have...

EU Data Act 2025: Navigating Hotelier Compliance

The EU Data Act, coming 12 September 2025, brings new compliance rules for data access and sharing in hospitality. In this week’s Venza Echo, we...

What Texas’s Privacy Law Enforcement Means for Hoteliers

Texas just made history. The state’s Attorney General has filed its first-ever enforcement action under the TDPSA, marking a major shift in U.S. data privacy...

U.S Privacy Laws Effective in 2025

Several new U.S. Data Privacy Laws are set to take effect this year. Hoteliers, is your business prepared for compliance? In this week’s Venza Echo,...

Otelier Data Breach: Hotelier Impact

Millions of guest records were exposed in the recent Otelier data breach. Leading hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt are among those impacted. What...

Beyond Awareness: Defending Hospitality from Vishing

Vishing phone scams are a growing threat to hospitality, and awareness alone isn’t enough. This week’s Venza Echo wraps up our series on vishing with...

Common Hotel Phone Scams

Hoteliers, what phone scams are putting your teams at risk? This week in the Venza Echo, we uncover the top scams targeting hospitality staff, from...

Vishing: The Phone Scam Threat Facing Hospitality

Hoteliers, vishing remain a top cybersecurity threat for 2025! As phone scams grow in sophistication and scale, attackers are exploiting front desk staff with AI-powered...

FTC Orders Marriott to Establish 20-Year InfoSec Program

Marriott faces a 20-Year FTC mandate on cybersecurity! Following three major breaches that impacted 344 million guests, the hotel giant must implement robust cybersecurity measures...

Quishing in 2025: The Rise of QR Code Phishing

Thousands of phishing emails embedded with malicious QR codes are reported daily, making quishing one of the most pressing cybersecurity threats for 2025. This week...