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Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage. With cyber attacks amounting to a question of when and not if, cyber insurance becomes crucial for ensuring business continuity and mitigating the business impact of attacks – should they occur. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

The CLOP members said one tried-and-true method of infecting healthcare providers involved gathering healthcare insurance and payment data to use in submitting requests for a remote consultation on a patient who has cirrhosis of the liver. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible. ” .

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Vermont’s Amendments to Data Breach Law and New Student Privacy Law Effective July 1, 2020

Hunton Privacy

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Student Data Privacy. Security Breach Notice Act. The number of affected consumers exceeding 5,000 is no longer a basis for providing substitute notice.

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

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.

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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data. It has a battery, so it’s platform independent and you don’t have to rely on the computer’s operating system to turn it on or authenticate it. The hardware itself takes care of it for you.

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Connecticut Enacts Consumer Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law.

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Medibank Defends its Security Practices as its Ransomware Woes Worsen

IT Governance

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 Although the latter part of his statement might not be true – the unfortunate reality is that data breaches like this are now common – the broader argument is fair. The extent of the damage.

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