Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

A “breach of security” will now exclude unauthorized acquisition of encrypted data unless the acquisition includes, or is reasonably believed to include, the encryption key and the person who owns or licenses the data has a reasonable belief that the encryption key could render that personal information readable or useable.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Insurance Encryption Passwords 40

eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The global cost of ransomware has risen from $325 million to $20 billion from 2016 to 2021, and on average, only 65% of encrypted data was restored after a ransom was paid. Here are our top picks based on our analysis of the DR market. In many ways, DR is playing catch up with the rise in effectiveness of cyber criminals.

Ransomware 142

Ransomware Cloud Encryption Marketing 142

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

Entities covered by the Regulation, which includes not only banks and insurers, but also other financial service institutions and licensees regulated by the DFS that utilize third-party service providers, will be required to implement third-party risk management programs by March 1.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Compliance Financial Services Risk 40

ARMA International

AUGUST 7, 2023

While we are still a far cry from AI lawyers replacing human lawyers, AI could revolutionize the legal industry by automating mundane tasks such as legal research, document review, and contract analysis. This includes measures such as encryption, two-factor authentication, and regular security audits.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Data Privacy Privacy 52

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

That includes social security and social insurance numbers, bank account numbers, phone numbers, birth dates, email addresses and self-reported income; in short, just about everything on an identity thief’s wish list. They were not using two-factor authentication and clearly no one was monitoring the audit logs.

Data Privacy 199

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Cloud 199

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Companies regulated by federal law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), that have procedures for a security breach that follow the rules of their primary regulator, would be deemed in compliance with the proposed law. under HIPAA). under HIPAA).

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Encryption 40

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

Insurance 340

Insurance Communications Authentication Access 340

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. OCR will take action to enforce the HIPAA Right of Access.

Risk 40

Risk Compliance Privacy Phishing 40

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

XDR is often considered an evolution of EDR, moving beyond endpoint data analysis and threat response to look at telemetry data across clouds, applications, servers, third-party resources, and other network components. Unlike EDR, NDR focuses less on actual devices and more on network traffic behavior analysis via packet data.

Security 120

Security Encryption Analytics Cloud 120

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And this often happens when the hacker, the so-called threat actor, starts encrypting the computer systems. Encrypting computer systems can bring business operations to a standstill, partially because attacks usually occur when the company is least ready to respond e.g., at Christmas, during the summer, and on weekends.

Insurance 122

Insurance Risk Ransomware Encryption 122

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Rise of Harvest Now, Decrypt Later Attacks A large, emerging concern are "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" (HNDL) attacks, where hackers intercept and store encrypted long-life data with the intention of decrypting it once quantum computers become capable of breaking current encryption standards.

Risk 87

Risk Encryption Blockchain Authentication 87

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 98

ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. And so, a lot of times once the encryption occurs, that's really the final stage. They found what they believed to be sensitive data and then they perform the encryption. By no means. Of the of the incident.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Authentication Communications 40

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites. Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access.

Security 104

Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 104

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access.

Ransomware 259

Ransomware Cybersecurity Phishing Security 259

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

While several open-source tools exist for disk and data capture, network analysis, and specific device forensics, a growing number of vendors are building off what’s publicly available. Critical capabilities include timeline analysis, hash filtering, file and folder flagging, and multimedia extraction. The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy.

e-Discovery 139

e-Discovery Computer and Electronics Marketing Compliance 139

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

insurance giant Beazley Worldwide reported that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, a figure admittedly skewed by some very large demands. Everyone must get more proficient at inventorying and proactively managing access and authentication. A poll of IT pros in the U.S., Canada, Germany and the U.K.

Ransomware 196

Ransomware Access Cybersecurity Insurance 196

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach. Encrypting Critical Data Assets. Source Authentication.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. It’s led to a growing trend for organisations to purchase cyber insurance, which Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh believes will continue in 2022. This market squeeze will certainly affect the cyber insurance industry itself. “We

Security 142

Security Insurance Authentication Passwords 142

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. The vendor surveys report that: Cisco: Analyzed that 35% of all attacks in 2023 were ransomware.

Cybersecurity 70

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 70