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New Connecticut Breach Notification Requirements and Cybersecurity Safe Harbor Effective October 2021

Hunton Privacy

Connecticut recently passed two cybersecurity laws that will become effective on October 1, 2021. On June 16, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5310, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. On July 6, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6607, An Act Incentivizing the Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. On May 6, 2021, an unauthorized third party acquired certain records stored in our systems,” states the letter. ” concludes the letter. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways. Provides certain exemptions from public disclosure for materials provided to the state in response to an investigation of a breach of security.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?' I'm being asked to do something here.'"