Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted.

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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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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 10, 2024

They must also build a solid data foundation, including a governance framework, to take full advantage of the benefits of AI. The OpenText™ Advantage For decades, enterprises have turned to OpenText's information management solutions to organize, connect, govern, and protect all data sets. Information management makes data better.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 17, 2023

Some time ago, banks and governments started shifting their attention towards using digital assets in their operations and economies. Banks and governments are actively seeking CBDC because it is a more secure alternative to crypto. Unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum, CBDC is backed by the government and is legal tender.

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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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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. Encryption protocols can also verify the authenticity of sources and prevent a sender from denying they were the origin of a transmission.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

To highlight the importance and usefulness of the Cyber Essentials scheme, we’ve produced a series of blog posts summarising each of the five security controls that, according to the UK government, could prevent “around 80% of cyber attacks”. It consists of two elements: Authentication – a technique used to verify the identity of a user.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

An attack may come at any time of the day or night – so ensure that it is clear in the plan who has authority to make emergency out of hours decisions, for example as necessary to protect the wider global network. Check your cyber insurance policy. Ensure you have third party support available if you need it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Protect stored data by masking the permanent account number (PAN) when it is displayed and rendering it unreadable when it is stored—through cryptography, for example. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 2, 2020

Governance and oversight of the plan, including identifying the critical members of your response team, to ensure ongoing review and updates to the plan, including the tracking of relevant information from government sources and your own monitoring program. The NYDFS has a special webpage devoted to the pandemic.

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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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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. Use dedicated data security software.

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IT Governance

MAY 5, 2020

For example, it’s addressed simply to ‘Customer’, whereas official correspondence from most organisations is tailored to refer to the recipient by name. Why would the government take money away from the NHS and give it to citizens? Why would the government take money away from the NHS and give it to citizens?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

There’s plenty of advice on how to spot phishing scams , but without any real-world examples that explain how they work, it can be easy to see the threat as purely theoretical. Twitter user @SplatterShah shared two examples: In both examples, the messages contain what appears to be a legitimate Discord link but with one small difference.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. That's an example of AI. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. prompts users to choose a multi-factor authentication (MFA) option. These days, ID.me

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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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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Do you use push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)? The users were able to impersonate an infinite number of entities (such as banks, retail companies and government institutions) for financial gain and substantial losses to victims. Budget Ammo] Cyber Insurers Turn Attention to Catastrophic Hacks. Learn anytime, anywhere!

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

Governments and cybersecurity experts are reporting a surge in COVID-19-related phishing activity. Where appropriate, employers may consider providing specific examples to illustrate how to spot malicious messages or engaging a security firm to send test phishing messages. Multi-Factor Authentication. The path forward.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 17, 2021

On August 11, 2021, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)1 issued guidance establishing risk management principles and practices to support the authentication of users accessing a financial institution’s information systems and customers accessing a financial institution’s digital banking services (the Guidance).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Top Five Reasons for Choosing FIDO2 Devices for Enterprise Authentication. Strong yet convenient authentication has become a paramount factor of a robust security posture for modern, digital, cloud-first enterprises. Why do you need passwordless authentication? Thu, 09/08/2022 - 06:01. Enhance identity verification with MFA.

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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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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

For example, snapshots have been used to improve recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs). It provides a way to centrally protect and govern data across multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. But this approach works like a still camera, taking a picture of an environment at a specific time.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Government assistance can be essential to individual wellbeing and economic stability. This was clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments issued trillions of dollars in economic relief. Related: Fido champions passwordless authentication. The agency manually verifies the data and stores it in a government database.

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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). No Reasonable Method.

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Information Matters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They also have a long history of being at the forefront of security methods, from the development of the vault to multi-factor authentication. They also have a long history of being at the forefront of security methods, from the development of the vault to multi-factor authentication.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. For example, customers might want to change passwords for other sites or check their bank account for signs of fraud. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast. Unsurprisingly, the judge dismissed the case.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. Insider threats are also an important area of focus for organizations.

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Data Matters

MAY 6, 2022

Digital health companies should take note of new data privacy and security developments under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that can affect product planning and customer negotiations. The examples go on and on. implement stronger authentication solutions, such as multifactor authentication.

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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. “For example, they do not have a CISO or a Security Operations Center established.”

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 30, 2019

Last year, for example, a physician group settled a HIPAA enforcement action based on a website service provider’s exposure of patient billing data. Proof of adequate cyber insurance coverage. Do “reasonable” cybersecurity controls extend to third parties?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For example, Experian’s 2021 Global Identity and Fraud Report stated that 82% of surveyed businesses had adopted customer recognition strategies. Finally, it also is useful for companies looking for a governance, risk, compliance ( GRC ) solution. Government organizations are arguably the most at risk of fraud attempts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Threats to cryptography are generally prevented by using common cybersecurity hygiene practices defined in clear and achievable governance. This type of threat poses interesting questions on the design of systems that have long life cycles – for example cars, transport infrastructure, core banking applications, and blockchain applications.

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