IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Government payment scheme. This scam claims that the UK government is paying all residents £258 to help them during the disruption caused by COVID-19. That doesn’t sound too far-fetched, and it is in a similar format to the nationwide text that the government sent when the UK went into lockdown. Supermarket vouchers.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 31, 2023

Of course we want to mitigate the risk of AI. And do they have any experience working with real life governments or policy? Well, in a well-timed blog post just last week about how best to regulate AI, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman called for “an International Atomic Energy Agency for superintelligence efforts.”

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. We offer a variety of resources to help understand and mitigate threats, from training courses and consultancy services to free guides. Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Per the Ecuadorian government, these attacks were fueled by attempts to intimidate the media. Remember: Culture eats strategy for breakfast and is always top-down.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

MAY 20, 2020

Palo Alto Networks has discovered that healthcare agencies, governments, universities with medical centres, medical publishing firms and insurance companies across the UK, Australia, Canada, Italy and the US have been targeted by sophisticated scams. Phishing scams. The post Secure Together: Britons scammed out of £3.5

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog, we look the costs organisations incur when addressing cyber security and explain how you can manage them. Some businesses are responding to this by building an internal security team and encouraging employees in security-adjacent roles, such as IT, to take cyber security training courses. Get started.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. Information relating to nearly 4.5 Data breached: 4,452,782 records. TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

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IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The information comprised names, addresses, gender, dates of birth, phone numbers, National Insurance numbers, bank details and salaries. However, as the US food giant Mondelez learned earlier this month , cyber security insurance has its own pitfalls. Keep up to date with the latest security news with our weekly newsletter.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Other news UK government accused of being misleading over new encryption laws techUK, a trade association representing more than 1,000 businesses in the technology sector, including Apple and Meta, has accused the UK government of underplaying the significance of the new Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill.

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Data Matters

MAY 9, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Spring 2019 National Meeting (Spring Meeting) in Orlando, Florida, from April 6 to 9, 2019. ceding insurer could be eligible for the same reduced collateral requirements that would apply to qualifying EU reinsurers under the revised CFR Model Laws.

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IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

A version of this blog was originally published on 8 January 2018. of respondents, and a message saying the recipient was eligible for medical insurance was clicked by 39.2% Organisations can help employees gain this knowledge with the help of our Phishing Staff Awareness Course. of recipients.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

Cyber security experts and governments urge victims to never pay the ransom. Another way to lessen the burden of recovering from a ransomware attack is to purchase cyber insurance. Our Phishing and Ransomware – Human patch e-learning course teaches your staff everything they need to know about ransomware.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to Delta Dental’s breach notification, affected personal data included addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or other state identification numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, tax identification numbers, individual health insurance policy numbers and health information.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

It added: “We are working with local law enforcement, GEMA, GBI, and insurance officials to recover the funds. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. The post Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for July 2022 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Get started.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected. Furthermore, thanks to laws like HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), data breaches in the healthcare sector are more likely to be reported. We’ll publish a separate USA report for November later this week, so keep an eye on our IT Governance USA blog.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Roger covers these three scams in a short [VIDEO] and in detail on the KnowBe4 blog: You Need to Pay a Bill Using Gift Cards. Blog post with 2:13 [VIDEO] and links you can share with your users and family: [link]. Blog post with links: [link]. Blog post with links: [link]. Maliciously Modified Gift Cards in Stores.

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IT Governance

MAY 5, 2020

In this blog, we discuss some of those scams and explain what you need to do to stay safe online. Take a look at our dedicated blog on coronavirus phishing scams for more stories like this. Why would the government take money away from the NHS and give it to citizens? GBP” – may be too tempting to ignore.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

“The increase in nation-state attacks and major incidents overall continues to apply pressure to drive visibility of an organization’s security program by boards, corporate executives and cyber insurers,” Dudley said. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. GB Signature Performance, Inc.

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IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

Patients’ names, dates of birth, addresses, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, medical diagnoses, treatment and/or clinical information, test results, prescription information and health insurance details were all affected. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for July 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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InfoGovNuggets

JANUARY 13, 2018

I’ve taken a bit of a break; one of the readers of this blog asked if I’d stopped writing it. Not that there aren’t issues on governance, information, or (and) compliance that come up daily. Is this blog of value? Do government agencies need to comply with the US Constitution? Is it worth your time?

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AIIM

JANUARY 9, 2020

AIIM believes that information management is a vibrant ecosystem that includes end-users, suppliers, consultants, analyst firms, business functions, and government entities. After all, it's one thing to blog on a personal blog with perhaps tens of readers. Can You Afford NOT to be Part of an Association?

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IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

As is standard, GlaxoSmithKline says that interviewees or those who have been offered jobs might be asked to provide passport information or other personal identification, such as a National Insurance number. Organisations can tackle that threat with our Phishing and Ransomware – Human patch e-learning course.

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IT Governance

MAY 6, 2020

Of course, between frontline workers, furloughed staff and organisations reeling from cyber attacks or other disruptions, there are millions of people who’d bite your hand off to have such trivial workplace conversations. The post Secure Together: fake puppy sales and face mask scams appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. However, the High Court ruled the supermarket was vicariously liable because, despite Skelton’s criminality, he was acting in the course of his employment when he leaked the information online.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 7, 2020

In our first review of 2020, we look at a new twist on a PayPal scam, and discuss data breaches at an IVF treatment facility and in the Singapore government. The breach began at ST Logistics, a third-party vendor that both government departments use. Latest PayPal phishing scam goes for more than just your login details.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2019

In this blog, we recap the essentials of compliance, explaining how the Regulation works, who it applies to and how you can avoid the same mistakes that Google made. This will typically cover public authorities such as schools and other educational institutions, government departments, hospitals and the police. The basics.

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Adam Shostack

MARCH 23, 2020

I know many readers are here for the threat modeling, and I could claim that this is the “what are we going to do about it” post, which it is, but I don’t want to have to blog all threat modeling all the time. Those people typically lack health insurance. We’re going to see a lot of those businesses disappear.

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IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

There are two ways you can do this: by outsourcing the security efforts to another organisation or by purchasing cyber insurance to ensure you have the funds to respond appropriately in the event of a disaster. Find out more >> A version of this blog was originally published on 8 May 2017. Share the risk with a third party.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

Of course, as you probably know by reading this blog, the DLA Piper situation isn’t unique. Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine , which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

Patients were also offered free one-year membership to an identity protection service, covering insurance, credit monitoring and identity theft recovery. Fortunately, there are always clues that reveal the true nature of malicious emails, and our Phishing Staff Awareness E-Learning Course teaches you how to spot them.

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eDiscovery Daily

AUGUST 12, 2018

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding pre-litigation considerations titled Preparing for Litigation Before it Happens that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Who Uses Information Governance? Tom’s overview is split into seven(!) parts, so we’ll cover each part separately. Inefficiency.

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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. The agency manually verifies the data and stores it in a government database. Related: Fido champions passwordless authentication.

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IT Governance

APRIL 17, 2019

Transfer the risk (with an insurance policy or via an agreement with other parties). The post ISO 27001 checklist: a step-by-step guide to implementation appeared first on IT Governance Blog. There are four approaches you can take when addressing a risk: Tolerate the risk. Treat the risk by applying controls.

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