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The Netherlands declares war on ransomware operations

Security Affairs

The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services to curb them. The Dutch government announced that it will not tolerate cyberattacks that pose a risk to its national security and will employ intelligence or military services to counter them.

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President Biden Signs Two Bills Aimed at Enhancing Government Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. The Cybersecurity Act amends certain provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 2520) (the “Cybersecurity Act”) and the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act (S.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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RSAC insights: CyberGRX finds a ton of value in wider sharing of third-party risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

With RSA Conference 2021 technical sessions getting underway today, I sat down with Fred Kneip, CEO of CyberGRX , to hash over the notion that a lot of good could come from more systematic sharing of the risk profiles that large enterprises routinely compile with respect to their third-party contractors. level of security maturity to a 2.8,

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China Issues Second Version of the Draft Personal Information Protection Law for Public Comments

Hunton Privacy

On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”). The Draft PIPL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. Decedent’s Personal Information. Specific Data Processor. Inversion of Burden of Proof.

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UAE: Federal level data protection law enacted

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data Protection (“ PDPL ”), which was issued on 26 September 2021. There are also new requirements around transfers of data outside of the UAE and requirements to keep data secure, and to notify the new data protection regulator, and in some circumstances data subjects, of data breaches.

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Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Global GPS giant Garmin and leading camera-maker Canon are two recent examples of ransomware attacks on large businesses. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that businesses will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds with the global ransomware damage costs reaching $20 billion by 2021. Data security. To Sum It Up.