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State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 lures, Google warns

Security Affairs

Google is warning that nation-state actors are exploiting the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to target health care organizations and entities involved in the fight against the pandemic. “We’ve also seen attackers try to trick people into downloading malware by impersonating health organizations.”

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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Many of these photos are tagged with the identity of the people in them. This wider application of the technology also means that we are losing any expectation of privacy while in public.

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. The price tag of the ransom is just one of the many costs of these attacks, and remediation can often exceed this fee many times over. Prevalence.

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To Our Researchers

Archives Blogs

The National Archives is committed to the health and safety of our staff, volunteers and the public. National Archives staff has continued to serve the public by responding to as many inquiries as possible while working remotely. Staff has also been tagging and transcribing records in the Catalog.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

The price tag can add up quickly. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that deals with how healthcare providers, insurance companies, and other businesses safeguard personal health information. Organizations face fines of up to USD 7,500 per violation.

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Top five metadata management best practices

Collibra

You can tag the image with more keywords of who captured it, the place or the event, or the subject of the photo. With metadata, this tagging helps uniquely identify the image so that you can share it with the right people and for the right purpose. Conducting regular audits helps health assessment and identifying areas of improvement.

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Keeping Up with New Data Protection Regulations

erwin

A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue. By adopting a data governance platform that enables you to automatically tag sensitive data and track its lineage , you can ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

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