Data Protection Report

APRIL 22, 2021

On April 14, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $3 million settlement with insurance company National Securities Corp. Readers may recall that NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulation went into effect in March of 2017. NSC reported a second cybersecurity event to NYDFS on May 12, 2020.

Cybersecurity 94

Cybersecurity Financial Services Phishing Compliance 94

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

Most notably, the new law requires any entity that has suffered a data breach that includes social security numbers to provide free credit monitoring services to affected residents for one year. Norton Rose Fulbright has been shortlisted for ‘Cyber law firm of the year’ at the Insurance Insider Cyber Ranking Awards 2017.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Insurance Encryption Passwords 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Part one covers January to June, and will be followed by part in the coming days.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

Phishing 77

Phishing Passwords Insurance Systems administration 77

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. insurance giant Beazley Worldwide reported that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, a figure admittedly skewed by some very large demands. Best security practices are a must.

Ransomware 196

Ransomware Access Cybersecurity Insurance 196

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach. Principle 5.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5 How to Land a Round of Funding Securing Data and Infrastructure is Hot. How Do VC Firms Work? Top Cybersecurity Venture Capital Firms.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Cloud Marketing Security 128