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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. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). This legislation was enacted on an extraordinarily accelerated timeframe as part of compromise with the sponsor of a comparable privacy ballot initiative, which had qualified to be placed before state voters on Election Day in November 2018.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Protections Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). This legislation was enacted on an extraordinarily accelerated timeframe as part of compromise with the sponsor of a comparable privacy ballot initiative, which had qualified to be placed before state voters on Election Day in November 2018.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

This guide will provide a high level overview of encryption and how it fits into IT through the following topics: How Encryption Works To understand how encryption works, we need to understand how it fits into the broader realm of cryptology, how it processes data, common categories, top algorithms, and how encryption fits into IT security.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites. Endpoint detection and response (EDR): Provides more advanced security than AV with more intelligent analysis of endpoint activity and automated remediation.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

The hope is that the strategy outlined herein will help corporate directors and executives who support them ( e.g. , legal, information technology security, privacy, compliance, and audit) make practical use of the various technical guidelines available without misaligning their systems from the broader corporate mission.