Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA is proposing amendments to: the UK onshored versions of EU technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS); its Approach Document on Payment Services and Electronic Money (Approach Document); and. its Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG).

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme that outlines five key controls, including patch management, that can prevent up to 80% of cyber attacks. Weak passwords.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

It supports the same security measures as data security but also covers authentication, data backup, data storage and achieving regulatory compliance, as in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data breach victims also frequently face steep regulatory fines or legal penalties.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

biometric information consisting of data generated by electronic measurements of an individual’s unique physical characteristics used to authenticate or ascertain the individual’s identity, such as a fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image. Risk of Harm Analysis No Longer Requires Law Enforcement Consultation.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The following considerations should help to harden your organisation’s posture and reduce the impact of a cyber event: Review and share your Incident Response Plan, Crisis Management Plan and Business Continuity and DR plans with key team members and make sure they address all current threats. Check your cyber insurance policy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., of cyber attacks IBM handled. 70% of attacks were on banks.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

federal government to hijack and tamper with government domain name entries. All of these can be extinction-level events. It should include an inventory of who can access registrar accounts, implementation of two-factor authentication, and password hygiene checks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Security breaches in this sector can be incredibly disruptive to society and are attracting considerable attention from governments and regulatory bodies around the world. Business and industry leaders, as well as national governments, cannot be complacent in the face of the real-world implications of CNI.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Cyber insurance has in some regions encouraged victims to pay as it is cheaper than remediation in some cases. However, many enterprise and large organisations and tech-savvy individuals will realise the benefits of multifactor authentication to secure their accounts. Ransomware will continue to increase. How should you prepare?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Spouses may request freezes for each other by phone as long as they pass authentication. Needless to say, it’s a good idea to keep these PINs somewhere safe and reliable in the event you wish to unfreeze. Online: TransUnion. By Phone: 888-909-8872. By Mail: TransUnion LLC. Box 2000 Chester, PA 19016.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

There are hardware elements such as having a redundant data center, where the enterprise can fail over during an event. In the event of ransomware, the enterprise needs to have access to an uncorrupted copy of its data, so it can refuse to submit to cyber criminals’ demands. Also see the Best Business Continuity Solutions.

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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. See the Top Rootkit Scanners.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

to record, retain or transmit information by a covered entity governed by the medical privacy and security rules pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 27, 2018

By March 1, 2019, Covered Entities must have security policies in place that govern the security of third-party service providers and, by that deadline, must implement such written security policies. They also became obligated to report cybersecurity events to the NYDFS.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With over 6,000 registered attendees and 37% being first timers, the high level of excitement generated by participants about being in person with peers was palpable in the sessions and events held. The once taboo topic of sexual harassment in our industry also came roaring to the surface.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

With over 6,000 registered attendees and 37% being first timers, the high level of excitement generated by participants about being in person with peers was palpable in the sessions and events held. The once taboo topic of sexual harassment in our industry also came roaring to the surface.

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IGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Please join the IGI and Preservica on November 16th at 11am ET for a webinar addressing The Governance & Preservation of Long-Term Digital Information. Barclay Blair, Founder and Executive Director, Information Governance Initiative (IGI). CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Lori Ashley, Industry Market Development Manager, Preservica.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The plan must enable FIs to promptly respond to and recover from security events affecting customer information. It must also address the goals of the plan, internal processes for responding to a security event, and documentation and reporting regarding security events and related incident response activities. Board reporting.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The regulations lay out a number of general principles to govern verification responsibilities. The regulations require businesses to use a two-factor verification process, at a minimum, to authenticate consumers with password-protected accounts who submit access or deletion requests. General Rules (§ 998.323).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

These platforms make it possible for security teams to analyze consolidated threat feeds from various external alerts and log events. TIPs contextualize these threats, offering security teams more information, usually at a faster rate than vendor threat feeds.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Known Disruption & Damages Ransomware attackers used stolen credentials to access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal setup without any multi-factor authentication (MFA) protection. Government services: The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides free assessment tools.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The attackers used the entry they gained into the companies to fan out into businesses and government agencies, stealing data and forcing some to have to temporarily shut down their operations, causing tens of millions of dollars in damages. Collateral Damage. In addition, the median cost of these tsunamis was $90 million.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. The HSE Security Operations team requested that the Server team restart servers.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 30, 2019

Catalog all legal obligations and potential liabilities under statute, regulation, contract and common law in the event of a cyber incident involving legally protected information held or accessible by service providers. Proof of adequate cyber insurance coverage.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Twitter’s verification chaos creates authentication conundrum. As a result, the personal data of 244,850 patients was compromised – which likely includes patients’ names and numbers, but protected health information such as dates of birth and health insurance numbers might also be affected. Get started.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

‘LIKE A COMPANY BATTLING A COUNTRY’ Christianson said several factors stopped the painful Ryuk ransomware attack from morphing into a company-ending event. “The authentication for that was entirely separate, so the lateral movement [of the intruders] didn’t allow them to touch that,” Schafer said. .”

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the unlikely event regulations are able to be filed by February 29th, they will be effective on April 1st. Require businesses that provide financial incentives for different types of products or services based on the value of consumers information (e.g., a link to the business’s privacy policy.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): Uses at least two (2FA) or more methods to authenticate a user, such as biometrics, device certificates, or authenticator apps.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 24, 2023

GDPR and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are just two very public representations of data protection, and we are seeing increased policy discussions around access to data in social media applications like Tik Tok. They demand and expect action from governments, enterprises, cloud providers, and companies.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

The SolarWinds attack affected a number of government agencies, while the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack nearly shut down the U.S. There also were a range of top executives from other fields, including finance (JPMorgan Chase, TIAA and US Bancorp), insurance, education, and critical infrastructure water and energy.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). Added features include GPS and smartphone tracking, internet history analysis, image recovery and authentication, and chip-off analysis.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2020

Among other requirements, the Bill requires the provision of identity theft prevention services in certain data breaches, establishes a new regulatory reporting requirement in the event of a cognizable data breach affecting 50 or more residents of D.C., In the event a breach affects 50 or more D.C. Harm Threshold.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

“From there, the actor was able to distribute phishing emails that looked authentic but included a link that, when clicked, inserted a malicious file used to distribute a backdoor we call NativeZone,” Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post late last week.

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Data Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

These are (i) government entities; (ii) entities subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; (iii) entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; (iv) nonprofits; and (v) institutions of higher education. Entity exemptions.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

These were companies spanning all sorts of different industries; big tech, general infosec, antivirus, hosting, finance, e-commerce, cyber insurance - I could go on. A Lot Happens in 11 Months I onboarded 5 new governments onto HIBP: Austria, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark (and a 6th one about to be announced any day now).

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