IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Leon Teale is a senior penetration tester at IT Governance with more than ten years’ experience performing penetration tests for clients in various industries all over the world. In my research work for IT Governance, I’ve noticed a pattern where the same names repeatedly crop up. Presumably, this isn’t a coincidence?

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Preservica

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2002, I accepted the position of Statewide Records and Forms Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Electronic Government (DEG). Today, digital information and communications technologies are ubiquitous in the public sector and every agency is engaged in e-government. Playing Catch Up.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

One shocking statistic is that, even though 55% of the retailers had experienced a breach, only 33% of retailers prioritized multi-factor authentication (MFA) as the most effective method for preventing cyberattacks. Despite the above findings, retailers are pretty serious about the security of their businesses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Furthermore, at the time of the publication, the system did not use any authentication method upon access.” This gave the attackers easy access to the system and the ability to modify any value in the system, allowing them, for example, to tamper with the water pressure, change the temperature and more. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires encryption or equivalent security measures to protect private student records.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2022

That’s why we are suspending your account in 48h if you don’t complete the authentication process.”. When users enter their email address and password, the site states: “Authenticity Check is completed, your account has been proved authentic by our automatic system, all current problems are resolved”. Get started.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2022

Ideally, examples should be used to make the lessons clearer. One of the most common examples of interactive learning is gamification. For example, you could have a quiz with a leader board showing how everyone in the organisation or each department performed. Take information security staff awareness for instance. Learn more.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims. ” reads the joint advisory. ” continues the advisory.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When users attempt to log in, the phishing page uses the EvilProxy AITM (adversary-in-the-middle) kit to intercept requests between the legitimate website and the user, enabling it to steal credentials and session cookies that it can then use to bypass multifactor authentication when impersonating the victim on the legitimate website.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Authorization governs what activities users are permitted to take after being authenticated. To enhance security in a public cloud environment: Use strong authentication.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” For maximum security on your domains, consider adopting some or all of the following best practices: -Use 2-factor authentication, and require it to be used by all relevant users and subcontractors. -In

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Twilio provided an example of one of the fraudulent text messages. Security researchers at WithSecure discovered a series of phishing attacks that were stealing browser cookies to take advantage of authenticated Facebook sessions. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Data Privacy Restrictions Will Increase With the growing awareness and importance of data privacy, governments and corporations will encounter more stringent regulations globally. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an early example of this. These modern data types are becoming increasingly important in legal disputes.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In one, the email appeared to come from the FIFA TMS (transfer matching system) helpdesk and claimed that the recipient’s two-factor authentication mechanism had been turned off. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Source: Trellix. Get started.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

In one example, researchers discovered that crooks were using AI to find weak spots in organisations’ anti-malware detection algorithm , helping them design malicious software that can outsmart defences. The much-discussed language model boasts the power to create conversational prose that passes for authentic human writing.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Governance framework. What the NCSC says : The service provider should have a security governance framework which coordinates and directs its management of the service and information within it. Next, they should document a framework for security governance containing policies addressing key aspects of information security.

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IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2020

For example, millions of employees will likely to be forced to work remotely, as the UK government prepares for a lockdown scenario. This makes the message even more dangerous – not only because more people are being targeted, but because an all-staff message looks authentic. every time you receive an unexpected email.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

An example of the importance of data privacy is in the healthcare industry, where it’s critical to protect confidential patient information for patient trust and comply with regulations. Conduct regular reviews and remove permissions and authentications from employees who no longer need them. Manage third-party-related risks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Once data is mapped, organizations make better decisions on how that data is governed and reduce their risk footprint. Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

As an increasing number of connected devices are deployed within IoT ecosystems, enterprises need to identify and authenticate them. Injecting digital birth certificates to enable device identification and authentication. Therefore, manufacturing is the first critical link in the chain to establish trust across the IoT.

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2023

and cyber criminals are taking advantage of these sources to piece together detailed information that can lead to incredibly authentic scams. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. These trends don’t appear to have changed in the years since the report was published.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

However, many enterprise and large organisations and tech-savvy individuals will realise the benefits of multifactor authentication to secure their accounts. Education is also becoming increasingly important when protecting organisations. The post 11 cyber security predictions for 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Before that, he taught computer systems and network technologies in further and higher education. For more details on the first core requirement, risk management, see our interview with Andrew Pattison, head of GRC [governance, risk and compliance] consultancy Europe, from two weeks ago. What is your view on DORA as a whole?

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2023

By 2024, for instance, 75% of the entire world’s population will have its personal data protected by encryption, multifactor authentication, masking and erasure, as well as data resilience. Take Apple, for example. The post Make data protection a 2023 competitive differentiator appeared first on Journey to AI Blog.

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Brandeis Records Manager

DECEMBER 21, 2016

While those in our profession should be equipped to identify and segregate responsible journalism and authentic records, we live in a bigger world. Holocaust- and moon landing-denial hopefully provide two clear and non-partisan examples. If we can’t ascertain some facts in consensus, then the record is mute.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, when surveying the market for email security, survey results should include respondents from each category that might represent different needs. Organization type: corporate, education, utility, non-profit, government International regions: Asia, South America, North America, etc.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

One of the examples relates to the default settings users get when starting to use a new service. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. Misconfiguration.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 7, 2023

Orion combines these capabilities with other blockchain properties, offering tamper evidence, provenance, data lineage, authenticity and non-repudiation, all while utilizing a standard data model and transactional APIs. Ensuring the authenticity of data is crucial in preventing potential disputes over authorship in multi-party interactions.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Gartner (2021) has two related definitions: Digital Transformation: “can refer to anything from IT modernization (for example, cloud computing), to digital optimization, to the invention of new digital business models.” For example, IBM, Amazon Web Service, Microsoft, and Google offer AIaaS. Content Marketing Platforms (CMP).

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

The Bureau writes that cyber threat actors are seeking “to profit from a sudden growth in teleworking, increased use of virtual education systems for online classes, a surge in online shopping, public appetite for information related to the pandemic, and the criticality of maintaining functioning critical infrastructure networks.”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There was also a greater embracing of new ways of getting legal done, with can’t-be-ignored tech like GenAI, data management and handling the ever-growing modern data in discovery cracking open the remaining closed doors to innovation for law firms, government and corporate teams alike.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

There was also a greater embracing of new ways of getting legal done, with can’t-be-ignored tech like GenAI, data management and handling the ever-growing short message data in discovery cracking open the remaining closed doors to innovation for law firms, government and corporate teams alike.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Speakers Include: David Horrigan – Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, Relativity; Sophie Ross – Global Chief Executive Officer, FTI; Jessica Nolan – Sr. e-Discovery Data Management: Governance and Process Optimization. Government Data Demands: What You, Your Clients, and Your Companies Should Know.

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