Krebs on Security
JULY 23, 2020
In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. Securities and Exchange Commission each announced they were investigating the company.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 9, 2022
Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.
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Data Matters
JUNE 24, 2021
In the Order, the SEC alleges that First American’s disclosures concerning the vulnerability were deficient because senior executives were not provided all available and relevant information, specifically that First American’s information security personnel had identified and failed to remediate the vulnerability months earlier in January 2019.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
MARCH 14, 2019
The proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule add a number of more detailed security requirements, whereas the proposed changes to the Privacy Rule are more focused on technical changes to align the Rule with changes in law over the past decade. The Safeguards Rule, which originally went into effect in 2003, is process-oriented.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
On May 29, 2009, the President promised to avoid security regulations even though he acknowledged that “the vast majority of our critical information infrastructure in the United States is owned and operated by the private sector.” by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks.”
Data Matters
JANUARY 2, 2018
In any event, betting against federal data breach legislation has been the right call every year since California adopted the first state notification law in 2003. A number of countries are suggesting data localization as a way to secure their systems, which would mean significant changes for companies operating there.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. Within this network, there is a vulnerable Windows system that has not been patched with the necessary security updates to protect against EternalBlue. What is the EternalBlue vulnerability?
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