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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

million patients when hackers gained unauthorized access to databases operated by a third-party billing vendor. One might assume top-tier financial services firms and healthcare vendors would have solved third-party cyber exposures by now. Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. Also, health and financial data, among other categories of more sensitive data, is often treated as a more protected category of data under general data-privacy laws – subject to stricter protection requirements.

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Cybersecurity: Managing Risks With Third Party Companies

Cyber Info Veritas

This is according to a recent survey conducted by Soha Systems, and according to one of the speeches delivered by the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, Mr. Benjamin Lawsky, “ A company’s cybersecurity is only as strong as the cybersecurity of its third-party vendors ”.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches

KnowBe4

The prevalence of credential use should come as no surprise, given the number of attacks that have focused on harvesting online credentials to provide access to both cloud platforms and on-premises networks alike. The cyber heists caused more than just financial losses. In 2022, they reportedly stole around $1.7

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Investors, business clients, and more continue to look for secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyberattacks, and protect data as it travels from the cloud to edge networks and end-users and back. Satori is a data access startup for monitoring, classifying, and controlling access to sensitive data.