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The Education Sector Experienced the Highest Number of Data Breaches in 2023

KnowBe4

New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.

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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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IT Governance Podcast 2023-1: more ransomware attacks on the education sector, and DPC and Meta sued

IT Governance

This week, we discuss a series of ransomware attacks on 30 schools and colleges in the UK, legal action against both Meta and the Irish Data Protection Commission following last year’s massive Facebook GDPR fine, and the third stage of a cyber-defence-in-depth strategy: management.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. Educate your workforce. Encourage them to share information.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2023 – 867,072,315 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. Introducing our Data Breach Dashboard We’re excited to introduce our new monthly Data Breach Dashboard – a one-page overview of this month’s key findings that you can download for free. Where ‘up to’, etc.

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News Alert: CybSafe CEO Oz Alashe MBE recognized as “Security Industry Innovator” for 2023

The Last Watchdog

Boston, July 7, 2023 — CybSafe, the human risk management platform, has today announced CEO Oz Alashe MBE has been named as a SecurityInfoWatch.com , Security Business and Security Technology Executive magazines’ 2023 Security Industry Innovator Award winner.

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