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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

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In this article, we’ll talk more about the HIPAA, the importance of compliance, some common HIPAA violations, and more! Some of the data that it covers are: Electronic health records Billing details Health insurance information The Importance of Compliance There are severe consequences to not abiding by the HIPAA rules.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. The CEH certification from the EC-Council was introduced in 2003 and is now in version 11. As of mid-2022, the cost is $749 USD. CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker).

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Attacks Targeting Oil and Gas Sector Renew Questions About Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

This was evidenced by blackouts throughout the Northeast in the 1970s and 2003, which were responsible for spurring the creation of NERC and its reliability standards. This is not the case with oil and gas pipelines, where cybersecurity regulations may actually divert resources from actual operational security and toward pure compliance.

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Transition to Electronic Government: Signs of the Time

Preservica

DEG didn’t survive the 2003 change in administration and its core functions were re-absorbed back into the Department of Administration technology divisions. Use of digital technologies is often out ahead of the organizational controls needed to ensure efficient and comprehensive record keeping.

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UK ICO Launches 2012/13 Annual Report

Hunton Privacy

He outlined the seven key “e”s of the ICO’s role: enforce, educate, empower, enable, engage, and to be effective and efficient. The ICO was able to educate some organizations to improve their compliance, but ultimately will issue monetary penalties if organizations will not comply; and. Enforcement.

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eDiscovery for the Rest of Us: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Two

eDiscovery Daily

That case and the subsequent rule changes effectively forced civil litigants into a compliance mode with respect to their proper retention and management of electronically stored information (ESI). Zubulake v. UBS Warburg , 220 F.R.D. 212 (S.D.N.Y. This resulted in significant sanctions against UBS.