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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. According to a report from Protenus and DataBreaches.net, over 41 million patient records were breached in 2019, almost tripling healthcare industry breaches from the prior year.

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How Defence in Depth Can Help Organisations Tackle Complex Cyber Security Risks

IT Governance

The war against cyber crime has, for some time, been a losing battle. Organisations are reporting record numbers of data breaches, while the costs associated with those incidents continue to spiral. Meanwhile, global spending to prevent cyber attacks is predicted to increase by the same percentage during that period.

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. It’s now back with a vengeance, and 2023 should see it begin to appear in more headlines. Trade Cyberthreats.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

2022 will go down as the year where some semblance of normality returned. Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. These were truly precedented times. million (about £1.5

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Weekly podcast: Reports galore! DCMS, Microsoft and Cisco

IT Governance

This week, we delve into the government’s FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check report, Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report Volume 24, and Cisco’s latest Data Privacy Benchmark Study. After – we think – 160 episodes and approaching 200,000 listens, I have to announce that our days are numbered.

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Prometheus and Grief – two new emerging ransomware gangs targeting enterprises. Mexican Government data is published for sale.

Security Affairs

In today’s world, information and data means money and the people that are stealing the information have now reached new levels of sophistication. The number of cases reported has exploded in the last few years and continue to grow rapidly. The number of cyber attacks in the region is significantly growing.

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Your DPO questions answered

IT Governance

Organisations have had to get a lot more serious about data processing and information security since the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect earlier this year. JT: Form an incident response team and create realistic incident response plans derived from an asset-based risk assessment.