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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Reporters Need to Understand Advertising. But Should They Be Making It?

John Battelle's Searchblog

The company I started in 2005 has been executing native programs since 2005. Can auto industry reporters, for example, create content for other areas not on their specific beat, like say, for an auto insurance brand? It has my opinion, my point of view, my voice and analysis, and every so often, a piece of reporting.

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Alleged Violations of a Privacy Policy

Hunton Privacy

A recent federal court decision offers a detailed analysis of several theories of liability for violations of a privacy policy. Pinero contended that sometime in early 2008, defendants disposed of her 2005 federal and state tax returns intact in a public dumpster. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., 08-3535, 2009 WL 43098 (E.D.

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Interview with Gus Tugendhat of Tussell

Information Matters

Since 2005 we’ve grown organically to a team of 9 people with a fairly even split between product and tech and those working in marketing and sales. In the wake of Carillion, there is a big appetite for market intelligence and supply chain risk analysis. Martin: What was the core business rationale for Tussell?

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Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

Krebs on Security

consumers, and roughly 1 million Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) for Canadian credit card customers. “The largest category of information accessed was information on consumers and small businesses as of the time they applied for one of our credit card products from 2005 through early 2019,” the statement continues.

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FFIEC Guidance on Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems

Data Matters

The Guidance replaces prior FFIEC-issued guidance on risk management practices for financial institutions offering internet-based products: “Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2005) and the “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2011). The 2005 guidance replaced a 2001 version of the same document.