IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. Security breach costs Ripple cryptocurrency holders 23 million XRP (12). Social planning platform Evite admits to data breach that was first reported in April (10 million).

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware GDPR 111

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced on October 29, 2010, that he has sued health insurer WellPoint, Inc. The state alleges that WellPoint was notified of the security breach on February 22, 2010, and again on March 8, 2010, but did not begin notifying customers of the breach until June 18, 2010.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Insurance Security IT 40

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Cybersecurity insurance was a relatively new—and far from prevalent—concept. D-Link Systems Corp) focused on one company’s failure to “take reasonable steps” to secure sensitive consumer information against “reasonably foreseeable risks of unauthorized access.” Moreover, their powers are growing.

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Cybersecurity Risk Compliance 60

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 19, 2010

On August 10, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the Employee Credit Privacy Act , which prohibits most Illinois employers from inquiring about an applicant’s or employee’s credit history or using an individual’s credit history as a basis for an employment decision.

Privacy 40

Privacy Insurance Access Government 40

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It was clear most readers had no idea these new and more invasive requirements were being put in place at the IRS and other federal agencies (the Social Security Administration also is steering new signups to ID.me). Some 30 states and 10 federal agencies now use ID.me

Access 229

Access Authentication Insurance Personal data 229

Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

What follows below is an edited version of the debate in the House of Lords of the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill, held on 10 October. Where the Information Commissioner gives notices to data controllers, she can now secure compliance, with the power to issue substantial administrative penalties of up to 4% of global turnover.

GDPR 120

GDPR Personal data Government IT 120

KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

Phishing 89

Phishing Security Artificial Intelligence Security awareness 89