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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2019 – 1.39 billion records leaked

IT Governance

which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. Hackers breach the Philippines United Student Financial System for Tertiary Education (unknown). UK government commits email privacy blunder (300). Hong Kong government dental clinic loses patients’ personal data (383). That brings the annual running total to 7.28

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The Problem With the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act

Security Affairs

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. In 2016, companies with fewer than 100 employees made up 33.4%

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Additionally, I am a Fellow and Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government --where I teach Internet security policy -- and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen.

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eDiscovery and the GDPR: Ready or Not, Here it Comes: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

In 1980, in an effort to create a comprehensive data protection system throughout Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its “Recommendations of the Council Concerning Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Trans-Border Flows of Personal Data.”. The important point is to be prepared.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2020 – 267 million records breached

IT Governance

The education sector accounted for 20 of the 102 publicly disclosed incidents listed this month – with the majority being ransomware. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2020 – 267 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Part 3: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about effecting risk management and change management?

ARMA International

Take the example of the pandemic: only some governments engaged pandemic experts to develop actions plans. The end state is to use DT to optimize the use of resources, increase ROI, and improve governance, strategic risk management, and compliance, as illustrated by the five levels in Figure 3. Figure 3: Digital capability levels.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Principle 5.