Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. The hackers used the Windows drive encryption tool BitLocker to lock the servers. “Earlier this year, Security Joes and Profero responded to an incident involving ransomware and the encryption of several core servers.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 24, 2020

On Wednesday, July 22, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) announced that it had filed administrative charges against First American Title Insurance Co. under the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation , marking the agency’s first enforcement action since the rules went into effect in March 2017. NYCRR 500.14(b):

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 27, 2017

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) recently published FAQs and key dates for its cybersecurity regulation (the “NYDFS Regulation”) for financial institutions that became effective on March 1, 2017. September 3, 2018 – the eighteen month transitional period ends.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Advanced Encryption. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance. Enhancing Risk Management. appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? Specifically, these tools address a number of security requirements, including patch management , endpoint encryption, VPNs , and insider threat prevention among others. Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Encryption of Non-public Information (Section 500.15). Encryption of Nonpublic Information (Section 500.15). Covered Entities must implement controls, including encryption, to protect nonpublic information held or transmitted by the Covered Entity both in transit over external networks and at rest.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Encryption of Non-public Information (Section 500.15). Encryption of Nonpublic Information (Section 500.15). Covered Entities must implement controls, including encryption, to protect nonpublic information held or transmitted by the Covered Entity both in transit over external networks and at rest.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

The two-year transitional period under the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS””) Cybersecurity Regulation , 23 NYCRR 500 (the “Regulation”), will expire on March 1, 2019, with the final remaining requirement becoming effective. Third-party service provider risk management program.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

Of those organizations, 57 percent have been breached in the last year – a number that is three times the rate of just two years ago (in our 2016 report, 18 percent reported a breach within the last year, and in our 2017 report, 34 percent reported a breach within the last year). Question: In a world where some 68 percent of U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. In March 2018, security experts at Kaspersky Lab have observed an attack powered by the Chinese APT group, the experts speculate the campaign was started in the fall of 2017. The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S.

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ARMA International

AUGUST 2, 2019

with Equifax in connection with a 2017 data breach that exposed sensitive, personal data of around 147 million people. See FTC press release Equifax to Pay $575 Million as Part of Settlement with FTC, CFPB, and States Related to 2017 Data Breach , July 22, 2019.). Equifax agreed to pay between $575 million and $700 million in total.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Areas such as financial services, technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and energy industries all needed systems with these two factors. The audit trail itself is visible to all participants yet allows encryption of individual transactions. How Blockchain Works.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This change is consistent with the New York Attorney General’s position since 2017, which found that many popular websites permitted purchases to be made with credit cards without requiring security codes. Biometric information that is used to authenticate or ascertain the individual identity.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

For example, the New York Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’) in March 2017 issued its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) (‘the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation’), a groundbreaking and far-reaching regulatory regime focused on financial institutions licensed in New York, including insurance companies.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. billion were made under property/casualty policies that were silent about cyber risks.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

Specific information security measures. The proposed Rule is much more detailed in terms of security measures that FIs must implement.

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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. In some instances, the attacker might choose to deploy ransomware across the network, encrypting important files and bringing operations to a halt. What is the EternalBlue vulnerability?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Cryptographic splitting has to do with encrypting data, splitting this encrypted data into smaller, random chunks, and then distributing those smaller chunks to several storage locations. At each storage location, yet another layer of encryption is added. And we keep the data encrypted all time.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A token acts as an electronic cryptographic key that unlocks the device or application, usually with an encrypted password or biometric data. Banking, financial services, and insurance industries constitute the largest share of adopters, with North America leading adoption, according to Orbis Research.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

In order to properly secure a cloud environment, you need a good design and clear use case so you can wield the platform tools effectively and extend them with third party services where needed. Your recent white paper shows it’s still at as high a level as in 2017? LW: Shifting gears a bit, what’s going on with ransomware?

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. In January 2017, seeking to provide practical advice for directors to address their oversight responsibilities, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) released its (revised) Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight (NACD Handbook). Encrypting Critical Data Assets.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

19, 2022, President Biden signed the National Security Memorandum, which implemented requirements from EO 14028 by setting out specific cyber requirements for government agencies and contractors, such as multifactor authentication, encryption, cloud technologies, and endpoint detection services. Press Release No. See James Rundle, S.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Series A SenseOn 2017 London, UK 61 $26.4 Series A GitGuardian 2017 Paris, France 63 $56.0 GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Series A Isovalent 2017 Mountain View, CA 48 $29.0

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2021

As a sidenote: Google abandoned their multi-year effort to have SSL Pinning in standard browsers back in late 2017. Dooley: Since most mobile application traffic travels across the public Internet, there are almost no good reasons to allow data to travel without encryption.

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