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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

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What (currently ignored) privacy area might result in early enforcement action when the GDPR is in force?

Data Protector

And also, what standard of evidence is necessary to be generated, just in case privacy regulators exercise their Article 30(4) right to request it. The potential fine for not informing individuals, as their personal data is being collected, about retention periods is of course significant. I think not. I’m not aware of many cases.

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Ireland: DPC Produces “Significant Outputs” for 2022 Concluding 17 Large Scale Inquiries

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

In addition, as of 31 December 2022, the DPC has 15 cross-border decisions under Articles 60 and 65 at various stages from draft decision to investigation stage. Another key focus of the DPC was to continue engagement with data controllers on Article 37 GDPR compliance (designation and notification of a DPO).

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?' I'm being asked to do something here.'"

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Of particular concern to state-level policymakers and enforcement authorities are business practices that in their view may contribute to security incidents. The insurance industry has not been immune from such scrutiny, and the imposition of business practice requirements intended to enhance cybersecurity sector-wide.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 8 – 14 January 2024

IT Governance

Securities and Exchange Commission Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Public USA No 0 NETGEAR Source (New) Telecoms USA No 0 Note 1: ‘New’/‘Update’ in the first column refers to whether this breach was first publicly disclosed this week, or whether a significant update was released this week.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

Is there something more secure? Simon Moffatt from CyberHut joins The Hacker Mind to discuss how identity and access management (IAM) is fundamental to everything we do online today, and why even multi-factor access, while an improvement, needs to yield to more effortless and more secure passwordless technology that’s coming soon.