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Elementary Data Breach Questions Remain, My Dear Capita

Data Breach Today

Beyond $25M in Estimated Cleanup Costs, The Game Remains Afoot for Victim Details In the annals of attempting to downplay the impact of a data breach, here's a new one: British outsourcing giant Capita says the hackers who hit it - steling data pertaining to customers, suppliers and employees - accessed "less than 0.1%

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4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup

Everteam

You need to show them not only why you need to perform a data cleanup, but prove the ROI behind it. For information you use regularly, you will want it available on higher storage tiers (Tier 1 storage) for frequent and fast access. It’s not a matter of if a breach will happen , but when. Risk Avoidance.

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12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices (+ Real Success Stories)

eSecurity Planet

Organizations that invest in employee data security training can considerably mitigate the risk of data breaches and minimize the potential consequences of security incidents. Use access restrictions and conduct regular assessments to ensure that permissions are appropriate for the user’s job.

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Avast, NordVPN Breaches Tied to Phantom User Accounts

Krebs on Security

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Top 10 Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) in 2023

eSecurity Planet

A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) shields cloud workloads from a range of threats like malware, ransomware, DDoS attacks, cloud misconfigurations, insider threats, and data breaches. Features Constantly checks cloud setups for misconfigurations, access control issues, and other security gaps that attackers could exploit.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Accordingly, California lawmakers almost immediately began the amendment process by introducing Senate Bill 1121 (SB-1121) as a cleanup meant to make technical corrections to the law. Because the CCPA was passed in one day, it was for the most part poorly written. Private Right of Action. No such language is present in the CCPA.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Accordingly, California lawmakers almost immediately began the amendment process by introducing Senate Bill 1121 (SB-1121) as a cleanup meant to make technical corrections to the law. Because the CCPA was passed in one day, it was for the most part poorly written. Private Right of Action. No such language is present in the CCPA.

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