IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2021

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. There were at least 92 GDPR fines in Q4 2020, with more than a quarter of them coming from Spain. The surge is most likely tied to COVID-19.

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OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 22, 2020

With the investment in technology and personnel training we are currently seeing, 2020 will be a year of reckoning for digital transformation initiatives in the public sector. Here are the four technology predictions for the public sector in 2020.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Welcome to the second part of our cyber security review of 2020, in which we look back at the biggest stories from July to December. With COVID-19 under control, the UK government announced that lockdown measures would be eased from 4 July, with pubs, cafés, cinemas and museums allowed to reopen. million (about £2.9

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Why should you integrate data governance (DG) and enterprise architecture (EA)? Data governance provides time-sensitive, current-state architecture information with a high level of quality. Automating Data Governance and Enterprise Architecture. Data Governance and Enterprise Architecture for Regulatory Compliance.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, data protection bodies across Europe issued at least 46 administrative fines under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , with the penalties totalling nearly €2.9 Download GDPR Fines Quarterly Report: Q2 2020. million in fines in Q2 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And as you make this transition, you need to understand what data you have, know where it is located, and govern it along the way. As organizations look to migrate their data from legacy on-prem systems to cloud platforms, they want to do so quickly and precisely while ensuring the quality and overall governance of that data.

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IT Governance

JUNE 4, 2020

See also: Catches of the month for May 2020. Catches of the month for April 2020. Catches of the month for March 2020. Palo Alto Networks discovered that healthcare agencies, governments, universities with medical centres, medical publishing firms and insurance companies have been targeted by sophisticated scams.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

The first half of 2020 ended on a familiarly bad note, with 92 security incidents accounting for at least 7,021,195,399 breached records. You can take a look at every data breach and cyber attack that we recorded in June in this blog. Duluth student alerted school district about security breach (unknown). Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

APRIL 30, 2020

With only 49 reported data breaches and cyber attacks this month, you might have thought April was a calm month in the cyber security department. Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. So how can we account for dip in reported data breaches?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

million) recovering from security incidents, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020. That’s where our Cyber Security as a Service can help. The post The cost of a data breach in 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Organisations spend $3.86 million (about £2.9

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report , a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. response to COVID-19.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In a Christmas in which we’ll be relying on technology more than ever – whether for online shopping or staying in contact with loved ones – we must all be aware of cyber security threats. According to the UK government , the 2019 festive period saw online shoppers in England and Wales lose, on average, £775.

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Collibra

JULY 20, 2023

In our final blog on the four principles of data mesh, we’ll focus on federated computational governance (or FCG). Previously, we’ve published blogs on an overview of data mesh , domain-driven ownership , data-as-a-product and self-service data-infrastructure. Federating the governance model can have several benefits.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In our latest round-up of phishing scams, we look at a novel Instagram scam that targets victims through their direct messages, review the latest campaign that imitates Microsoft Office’s log-in page and discuss how even a cyber security training provider can fall for a malicious email. Instagram ‘help centre’ scam steals your login details.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Million Alert! Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats, as cyber criminals take advantage of people desperate for bargains. In this blog, we look at some of the scams you should look out for and what you can do to protect yourself.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

government released a “White Paper” addressing how U.S. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems , Case C-311/18 (July 16, 2020). Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems , Case C-311/18 (July 16, 2020). national security law did not provide equivalent privacy protections to those available in the EU.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

German government warns that technology to regulate power consumption in Huawei network appliances could be used for sabotage purposes. government officials as well as European security authorities, which have warned of the risks associated with Chinese telecoms equipment.” In November 2019, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. 22, 2020, the U.S. On Sunday, Feb. ” GAP #1.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Cyber security firm Tessian found that 57% of employees are more reliant on email to communicate with colleagues when working remotely than they were in the office. According to Tessian, organisations are right to be concerned, with phishing attacks increasing by 27% between March and July 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2020 ends a decade, and the new year prompted me to think “Wow it’s been two decades since we started Vormetric.” Data security is still a problem. Vormetric and the technologies and products we built over the years solved a lot of those low level security problems in the old “operating system” world. Governance.

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Data Matters

MAY 4, 2022

By adding these two global market leaders, we are expanding our expertise to better support our clients with the ever growing risks associated with national security and cybersecurity matters across our multi-disciplinary practices.”. political parties. political parties.

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IT Governance

MAY 5, 2020

Coronavirus continues to dominate the cyber security landscape (and pretty much every other part of our lives), with cyber criminals cashing in on the disruption. In this blog, we discuss some of those scams and explain what you need to do to stay safe online. Tesco isn’t the only supermarket to be imitated in a scam like this.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Several devices have been infected when the victims open the zip file downloaded from the URL embedded in the malicious email that lures the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (ATA) , Energias de Portugal (EDP) , and more recently the DPD firm – an international parcel delivery service. Figure 1: Lampion malware email templates.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As technology becomes capable of defeating a higher proportion of current and legacy security efforts, cybersecurity in 2020 will be defined by the need to stand out. Therefore, governments and organizations, such as NIST, are racing to become cryptographically quantum resilient. National Initiatives in 2020.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Download Free GDPR Guide | Step By Step Guide to Data Governance for GDPR?. Data governance maturity includes the ability to rely on automated and repeatable processes.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With organisations’ cyber security requirements becoming more complex and the threat of cyber attacks growing each year, many decision-makers are turning towards cyber security as a service. This approach, also known as managed cyber security, works by outsourcing cyber security to a third party. You’ll save money.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As government agencies get back to work after summer barbeques, family vacations and once-in-a-lifetime getaways, the focus is on the priorities for the rest of 2019. Cybersecurity remains one of the top concerns and priorities for our government. Quantum Computing is Coming-Is the Federal Government Ready? In fact, the U.S.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2022

According to the study, 48% of executive managers said that employees had received no cyber security training in the last two years. Meanwhile, 32% said they didn’t have a cyber security programme within their organisation and only half of organisations have a formal cyber security incident response plan. Cyber threats in 2022.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic keeping us stuck inside and struggling to find ways to remain productive, now might be the perfect time to take an online cyber security training course. Let’s take a look at five of the best online courses for cyber security. Certified Cyber Security Foundation Training Course.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. Unfortunately, the number of breached records doesn’t tell the full story, as there were a whopping 105 incidents – making February 2020 the second leakiest month we’ve ever recorded. Puerto Rico government loses $2.6

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. As of the publication of this blog post, the Library’s website remains offline.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. The true figure, as always, will be higher than this – in part because organisations rarely disclose how many records were involved in security incidents. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In recognition of the exceptional caliber of the firm’s work, Who’s Who Legal honored Sidley with two “Firm of the Year” awards and two “Country Firm of the Year” awards at its 2020 Who’s Who Legal Awards. Sidley’s accolades include “Firm of the Year” awards in: Data – Security. Trade & Customs. USA: Illinois.

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