IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us, kickstarting what retailers hope will be a successful trading period. In 2017, 91% of brick-and-mortar stores got involved with Black Friday, which looks set to continue this year. The post Shopping safely over Black Friday and Cyber Monday appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Unlike an attack on retailers, for example, victims have no alternative when systems are down. According to a report from the insurance broker Gallagher , 49% of local councils have been attacked since the start of 2017 and 37% were attacked in the first half of 2019 alone. Unfortunately, there’s no single solution.

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Preservica

JUNE 26, 2017

This theme is a clear reflection of the IGI 2017 Benchmark research, which revealed that 80% of companies aim to realize direct business value from their long-term digital information. Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO) Summit, Chicago (10th-11th May) 2017’s CIGO Summit saw 75 senior-level IG leaders gather to network and strategize.

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CGI

MAY 15, 2018

The time for government blockchain proofs of concept is now. Many government agencies also have been wading deeper into the blockchain waters. In July 2017, over 100 U.S. Also using POCs, agencies can quickly uncover potential challenges—from security to governance—associated with taking the next step from POC to production.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In 2017, Equifax Inc, suffered a cybersecurity breach, with hackers able to access the personal data of around 13.8 million individuals, including dates of birth, phone numbers, partially exposed credit card details and residential addresses. The breach included data held by Equifax Inc in connection with two of Equifax’s products.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Although the ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that retail sales fell to a six-month low in October because of reduced levels of disposable income, Black Friday is predicted to create a £10 billion shopping spree in the UK that will continue until Christmas Eve. Maintaining processes in the rush. Further support.

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Retail Security Data breaches Sales 58

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

November 2017 saw one of Australia’s biggest ever data breaches, in which sensitive personal information regarding almost 50,000 consumers and 5,000 public servants was exposed online. billion Indian citizens was reported to have been made publicly available when the country’s national ID database was breached.

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Encryption Privacy Digital transformation Data Privacy 63

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Michigan is known as the Wolverine State in deference to the ornery quadruped that roams its wild country. However, after a recent visit to Detroit, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids as a guest of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., or MEDC, I’m prepared to rechristen Michigan the Cybersecurity Best Practices State. But it does fit like a glove.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 25, 2022

RI Advice’s business model involved the provision of financial advice to retail clients via a number of contracted independent “authorised representatives” ( AR ). Introduction. RI admitted it was obliged to identify risks including cybersecurity and cyber-resilience, and have adequate controls and systems to manage those risks.

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CGI

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Tue, 10/17/2017 - 01:03. Early 2018 will mark the beginning of a new era for the UK’s retail banks. 2017 has seen the key pillars of the coming regime put into place. The customer revolution is coming to banking (but it won’t happen overnight). p.butler@cgi.com. The countdown has started.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. 1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. A Continued Focus on Retail Investors – what does this mean? compliance and risks in critical market infrastructure. cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Government experts analyzed 10 samples of malware involved in FASTCash attacks, state-sponsored hackers used them to compromise payment “switch application servers” within the targeted banks to facilitate fraudulent transactions. ” states the report. Further details, including IoCs, are reported in the alert.

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Info Source

MAY 29, 2020

Apart from gas, tourism, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and construction have been the main drivers of growth. In March, the government announced the allocation of EGP100 billion as an emergency response package. In March, the government announced the allocation of EGP100 billion as an emergency response package.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

NordVPN, TorGuard and VikingVPN disclose data breaches dating back to 2017 (unknown). A DDoS gang is extorting business posing as Russian government hackers (unknown). Victoria government insists patient data is safe after ransomware attack (unknown). Bradford, PA, government has swift response to ransomware attack (8,305).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 million credit and debit card records taken from hacked online and brick-and-mortar retailers over the past four years, including almost eight million records uploaded to the shop in 2019 alone. million stolen cards; 2017 saw some 4.9 million card records for sale. million more.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The surveillance regime the UK government has built seriously undermines our freedom,” Megan Golding, a lawyer speaking for privacy advocates, stated. We’re talking about an enormously powerful surveillance capability that no government has ever had in the history of humanity,” Stanley says.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 8, 2017

On June 5, 2017, an Illinois federal court ordered satellite television provider Dish Network LLC (“Dish”) to pay a record $280 million in civil penalties for violations of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and state law. submit to bi-annual compliance verification by the government.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

The program grew over the years into what it is today, a collaborative consortium of professionals from the banking, investing, insurance, healthcare, retail and telecom industries as well as academics and GRC (government, risk-management and compliance) specialists. Advancing best practices.

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IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

These incidents were all reported to the ICO in November 2017, meaning the supervisory authority spent more than a year investigating. The retailer was hit by a cyber attack in July 2017 but the damage wasn’t discovered for almost a year. You can browse the ICO’s recent enforcement actions for evidence of this.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 16, 2019

In fiscal year (FY) 2018, the OCIE National Exam Program examined approximately 17 percent of SEC-registered advisers (RIAs), up from 15 percent during FY 2017 and 11 percent during FY 2016. Continued Focus on Retail Investors. On December 20, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As related to cybersecurity, the 2018 Exam Priorities make clear that OCIE’s examinations will focus on governance, risk assessments, access rights and controls, data loss prevention, vendor management, training, and incident response. According to OCIE, each of its examination programs will prioritize cybersecurity.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Protection of Retail Investors . For both broker-dealers and investment advisers, OCIE will continue to emphasize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Retail-Targeted Investments. 1 In general, the 2020 Examination Priorities continue recurring themes from recent prior years.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

Protection of Retail Investors . For both broker-dealers and investment advisers, OCIE will continue to emphasize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Retail-Targeted Investments. Information Security .

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Certain verticals, namely the government and transportation sectors, gave themselves a positive preparedness rating; meanwhile the hospitality, legal and retail sectors were much less positive about their cybersecurity preparedness. They don’t know what they don’t know, and this lack of preparedness often aids and abets cybercriminals.”

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Risk Cybersecurity Passwords Ransomware 182

InfoGovNuggets

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“PayPal Discloses Breach At Its TIO Unit,” The Wall Street Journal , December 2, 2017 B11. million users affected at newly acquired company that has kiosks in retail stores. Upwards of 1.6 When you acquire a company, make sure their cybersecurity is up to snuff. From Day One.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 29, 2019

FINRA will also focus on applicable contingency plans related to government securities repo funding and adequacy of firms’ liquidity pools. This is in addition to multiple actions related to market access in 2017: [link]. Wells Notices.

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Risk IT Compliance Marketing 60

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Football world-governing body FIFA has admitted that its systems suffered a sustained phishing hack earlier this year. After all, this is the second time the organisation has suffered a high-profile breach – the first was in 2017 when Russian hacking group Fancy Bears disclosed details of players who had failed drugs tests.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Countless hotel chains, retailers and restaurants have been breached in recent years – particularly in the US, which by and large doesn’t use chip-and-PIN. The most well-known malware attack is 2017’s WannaCry outbreak , but that’s not representative of how ransomware (or malware generally) works. They plant the malware.

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 96

IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. million for breaching the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). million (£4.2

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

Preservica

APRIL 11, 2018

Oxford, UK and Boston, MA: April 11 2018: The John Lewis Partnership, one of the UK’s leading retail businesses, has selected digital preservation specialist Preservica to build a secure cloud-based business archive. The business has annual gross sales of over £11.5bn. about/our-heritage/heritage-centre.html.

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CGI

APRIL 25, 2017

Tue, 04/25/2017 - 07:15. As a result, two of the top governance challenges facing organizations today are how best to manage the use and value of data assets, and who is best suited to take those responsibilities. Chief Data Officers: Who needs them? But then it gets a little more complicated. . This enterprise-wide reach is critical.

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CGI

MARCH 20, 2017

Mon, 03/20/2017 - 04:19. In an attempt to protect their enterprise risk, often organisations overburden their customers with high security, reducing the quality of the digital retail experience and customer satisfaction. Cyber Security at the heart of Fleet Fuelling. harini.kottees…. We protect against 43. million daily cyber-attacks.

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Security Retail Digital transformation Risk 40

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2019

NotPetya is a Windows-based piece of ransomware that infected organisations across the globe in 2017. The UK government and the CIA blame the attack on Russian state-sponsored hackers, claiming it was the latest act in an ongoing feud between Russia and Ukraine. That’s the $100 million question. The evidence points towards this.

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Insurance Ransomware Government Paper 53

IT Governance

MARCH 27, 2019

Things are particularly bad among investment banks, which saw a tenfold increase year-on-year (from 3 to 34), and retail banks (from 1 to 25). You might remember that in April 2017, seven British banks, including Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, were forced offline following a series of attacks.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

And that there were 274,136 visits to mobiles in 2017-18. But it is true that retail on high streets are in decline, compared to retail in other areas. ?Libraries t need to copy retail outlets, but many of the people who once visited libraries while shopping will now go to other places. My child lights up when it arrives.

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Information Matters

MAY 8, 2018

There is a lot of talk about how “data is the new oil” 1) The Economist, 2017. The need to build on this research has been given impetus by the recent UK government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper 4) Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2017. The Economist. online] 6 May. Unique Data.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Newspaper reports claim that the USB stick was found in London on 16 October 2017, and that the person who found the stick viewed the contents on a library computer before passing it to the Sunday Mirror. The post Heathrow Airport fined £120,000 for data breach appeared first on IT Governance Blog. How did the data breach occur?

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