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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in November 2023 – 519,111,354 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. 519,111,354 records known to be breached. This is part of the reason this category is lower than last month (24% vs 32%). This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 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. We’ve also included more details on the top 3 biggest breaches of the week. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

In our examples, the clothing brand secures a segregated design team with physical locks on the doors, extra computer security to prevent digital theft, and a backup solution for their marketing data. If the marketing data computer crashes, the design company will need to respond and restore the computer and the data.

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

The Last Watchdog

Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65 The culprit: lax practices of a third-party data and analytics contractor. Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. There is impetus for change – beyond the fear of sustaining a major data breach. Uphill battle.

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Federal Privacy Commissioner Published Guidance on What Is “Sensitive” Personal Information

Data Protection Report

Whether to report a breach of security safeguards to the OPC and notify impacted individuals. The combination of these seemingly innocuous categories can drastically increase the sensitivity of an individual’s personal information. In other cases, combined personal information (e.g., Health Information. Financial Information.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? the security posture of vendor partners). ENTIRELY, CERTIFIABLY PREVENTABLE.

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