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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked

IT Governance

These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), There’s issue number two.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked

IT Governance

These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), There’s issue number two.

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Information Security vs Cyber Security: The Difference

IT Governance

In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. You’re most likely to access data on your work computer or via paper records, but information can be found in many places. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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Highlights from DefCon 2018

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This year’s DefCon badges were electronic and contained a hidden game that could only be completed by connecting to the board over a serial interface and by interacting with other badge holders at the conference. The post Highlights from DefCon 2018 appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity. 509, SSH, PGP, etc.)

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With No Showing of Prejudice, Court Denies Spoliation Sanctions Against Defendant: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

In this employment discrimination action filed by a former employee of the defendant who was terminated on July 5, 2018 for alleged performance issues, the plaintiff submitted an EEOC charge of discrimination on August 1, 2018 and issued a Right to Sue letter on August 15, 2018. Case Background.

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Today is the Day to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery in Washington DC for 2018: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

This year’s Washington DC event includes nearly two days of educational sessions covers topics ranging from privacy to cybersecurity to social media to cloud computing. The post Today is the Day to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery in Washington DC for 2018: eDiscovery Trends appeared first on CloudNine.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. 3, 2018). See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. ,