Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

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Security 96

Security Ransomware Cybersecurity Authentication 96

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The report also found that 30% of organisations had skills gaps in more advanced areas, such as penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture.

Security 122

Security Insurance Education Government 122

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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. Incident details: Network security incident, where allegedly AlphV gained unauthorised access and made demands to the hospital’s leadership, suggesting a ransomware attack.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 107

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. The incident is one of a series of major data breaches in Thailand in recent months that have been analysed by the security company Resecurity. Data breached: 19,718,687 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Cyber Insurer Provides Help. As Spectra Logic had the foresight to take out cyber insurance , Chubb representatives were professional and helpful, according to Mendoza. Forensic analysis of the breach came to a quick conclusion – a phishing attempt had tricked a user with privileged access into clicking on a malicious link.

Ransomware 132

Ransomware Insurance Cybersecurity Passwords 132

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good.

Cybersecurity 190

Cybersecurity Privacy Cloud IoT 190

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Our online security team has uncovered a massive data breach originating from a misconfigured Amazon Bucket, which was operated by a Turkish Legal advising company, INOVA YÖNETIM & AKTÜERYAL DANI?MANLIK. Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Insurance Paper Access 105

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City confirmed the security incident and is working to recover from the ransomware attack that impacted its services, including the police department. The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023.

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Encryption Systems administration Cybersecurity 113

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

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. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Security Breach Notice Act. The amendments to Vermont’s Security Breach Notice Act include expanding the definition of Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), expanding the definition of a breach to include login credentials and narrowing the permissible circumstances under which substitute notice may be used.

Data breaches 107

Data breaches Privacy Education Data Privacy 107

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

Here's an article about Ralphs, a California supermarket chain owned by Kroger: the form proceeds to state that, as part of signing up for a rewards card, Ralphs "may collect" information such as "your level of education, type of employment, information about your health and information about insurance coverage you might carry."

Insurance 121

Insurance Data Privacy Education Privacy 121

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Voice-based queries use natural language processing (NLP) and sentiment analysis for speech recognition so their conversations can begin immediately. And if AI can guide a Roomba, it can also direct self-driving cars on the highway and robots moving merchandise in a distribution center or on patrol for security and safety protocols.

Artificial Intelligence 86

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 86

Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

Cybersecurity 88

Cybersecurity Privacy Insurance Risk 88

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics. Other methods.

Ransomware 137

Ransomware Cybersecurity Phishing Encryption 137

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In addition, ML techniques power tasks like speech recognition, text classification, sentiment analysis and entity recognition. When incorporating speech recognition, sentiment analysis and dialogue management, conversational AI can respond more accurately to customer needs.

Analytics 103

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Marketing Education 103

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Risk Analytics 68

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

Arizona and 15 other states (the “Multistate AGs”) filed the suit in December 2018, asserting claims under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (“HIPAA”) as well as various applicable state data protection laws. Notably, the lawsuit was the first-ever multistate litigation alleging claims under HIPAA.

Data breaches 58

Data breaches IT Insurance Privacy 58

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

The link could direct users to a mock-up of YouTube’s website and ask them to log in for security purposes. But the cyber security research group Securonix has unearthed a new campaign from a threat group dubbed Tactical#Octopus. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

Phishing 114

Phishing Passwords Ransomware Insurance 114

IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown).

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Personal data 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro. and which used emails with subjects pertaining to finance or urgent concerns on insurance policies. The emails used in these campaigns used subjects pertaining to finance or urgent concerns on insurance policies.” ” continues the report. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”

e-Delivery 74

e-Delivery Insurance Retail Government 74

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Or even basic low level threat analysis. Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. Often it’s legal that is aware of security frameworks that are “whale tested,” and have a good sense of what works and what does not.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. Often it’s legal that is aware of security frameworks that are “whale tested,” and have a good sense of what works and what does not.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

Security 80

Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 80

IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

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. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

Collibra

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Data governance is about managing data and processes so data can be used as a consistent, secure and organized asset that meets policies and standards. Likewise, healthcare organizations operate in a highly regulated industry, which often has standards or regulations around data privacy and data security. Defensive.

Government 59

Government Data Privacy Privacy Communications 59

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. Genetic Data: California Data Breach Notification and Data Security Law Amendment Bill.

Privacy 98

Privacy Insurance Security Data breaches 98

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. IT governance and security. Riskonnect.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

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. Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. IT governance and security. Riskonnect.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

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. million unique Social Security numbers. Other databases contained health insurance data, such as patents’ names, dates of birth, addresses and medical data.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

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. Source (New) Cyber security India Yes 54 GB Arden Claims Service Source (New) Finance USA Yes 50,032 Ashford Inc. VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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. The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Source (New) Education USA Yes 1,493 Kimber Mfg.,

Data Privacy 106

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 106

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In our vertical market sizing and analysis, we cover horizontal use cases e.g., accounting, HR management, as well as vertical specific use cases e.g., bank account opening, mortgage processing and insurance claims processing. The major Capture & IDP use cases in the Insurance sector also relate to Case Management.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40