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

IT Governance

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. Salesforce customers faced 15-hour delay as org investigates security incident (unknown). Ransomware. Financial information.

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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. In 2016, companies with fewer than 100 employees made up 33.4% What Does the SBCAA Seek to Accomplish? In contrast, the U.S. of the U.S. Until the U.S.

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. My name is Bruce Schneier, and I am a security technologist. Before the. Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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A consumer perspective on FinTech disruption (part 3)

CGI

The blog series is based on the findings of CGI’s 2016 survey of 1,670 consumers across 8 countries, which assessed consumer perspectives on 12 leading digital FinTech services.* They want and expect banks to increase their level of security. Consumers are afraid of data and identity theft, as well as fraud. Add new comment.

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

eDiscovery Daily

It was adopted in April 2016, and will officially supersede the Data Protection Directive and be enforceable starting on May 25, 2018. Discuss steps to take to insure compliance with the GDPR. The United States, however, while endorsing the OECD’s recommendations, did nothing to implement them within the United States.

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3

eDiscovery Daily

Here are three cases related to privilege issues, including one where the court granted a quick peek request by the plaintiff, citing the “court’s heavy caseload and limited resources”: Putting Information on File Share Site without Protection Waives Privilege, Court Rules : In Harleysville Insurance Co. Los Alamos National Security, LLC et.

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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. September saw students around the globe returning to classes, only to be met with an avalanche of cyber attacks. Indeed, ransomware was the most common threat across all sectors.