IT Governance

MAY 20, 2020

We take a look at some of those challenges in this latest round-up, which discusses the cyber security risks associated with the pandemic and the ways lockdown threatens our ability to work productively and safely. The post Secure Together: Britons scammed out of £3.5 Cyber crime. Phishing scams. Britons have been scammed out of £3.5

Security 118

Security Phishing Insurance Risk 118

CGI

AUGUST 31, 2016

Insurers’ role will be critical in improving cybersecurity standards. And, of course, our world is becoming increasingly digital in nature, with all kinds of services—from finance to health, energy and tax affairs—becoming digitally delivered. Wed, 08/31/2016 - 08:00. Where such data exists, often it is not shared.

Insurance 40

Insurance Cybersecurity Risk Marketing 40

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

What follows is the process I went through trying to work out what an earth this thing is, the confusion surrounding the data, the shady characters dealing with it and ultimately, how it's now searchable in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), which may be what brought you to this blog post in the first place.

Insurance 121

Insurance Data breaches Mining IT 121

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?' I'm being asked to do something here.'"

Phishing 85

Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 85

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.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Sales 88

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.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

The criminal group had been mailing malware-ridden USBs to various entities in the transport, insurance, and defense industries under the guise that they originated from a trusted source, such as Amazon and the US Department of Health and Human Services. About the author: Jessica Amado, Head of Cyber Research at Sepio.

Cybersecurity 91

Cybersecurity Access Insurance Security 91

IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The information comprised names, addresses, gender, dates of birth, phone numbers, National Insurance numbers, bank details and salaries. Morrisons argued that it wasn’t responsible for Skelton’s actions and that it had taken all the necessary precautions to secure employees’ data.

Data breaches 82

Data breaches Insurance GDPR Compliance 82

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]. Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Blog post with links: [link].

Security awareness 89

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 89

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. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

The link could direct users to a mock-up of YouTube’s website and ask them to log in for security purposes. But the cyber security research group Securonix has unearthed a new campaign from a threat group dubbed Tactical#Octopus. Can you spot a scam?

Phishing 114

Phishing Passwords Ransomware Insurance 114

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch server exposing personally identifiable information belonging to nearly 90% of Panama citizens. Exposed data includes full names, birth dates, national ID numbers, medical insurance numbers, and other personal data. The database contained 3.4 Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 56

Authentication Insurance Personal data Ransomware 56

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected. It usually also involved temporarily taking down systems to limit the impact of the security breach. 519,111,354 records known to be breached.

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

The organisation’s head of security, Cory Hardman, said that the breach occurred when an employee at a third-party email delivery vendor downloaded the details of OpenSea users and newsletter subscribers. Although many people are enticed into NFTs because the market is unregulated, that also creates major security risks. Get started.

Phishing 116

Phishing e-Delivery Retail Insurance 116

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

The days of allowing security blind spots to remain unchecked are over and a [sic] getting a complete view of what’s happening and when should now be the new normal in terms of security protocol.”. After discovering the breach, WMed contained the breached email account and worked with a third-party cyber security team to help recover.

Phishing 98

Phishing Manufacturing Insurance Data breaches 98

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. That’s true with all forms of cyber attack, which is why experts regularly remind organisations that security breaches are a matter of ‘when, not if’.

Ransomware 87

Ransomware Phishing Insurance Systems administration 87

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.

Phishing 75

Phishing Insurance Manufacturing Government 75

Info Source

JULY 6, 2023

For example, if your experience as an end customer in an interaction with your bank, insurance carrier, car dealer etc. Reduce onboarding journey time Increase the transparency of the process Meet confidentiality and data security requirements Immediately focus on new customer / employee / patient / student etc.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Communications Financial Services Insurance 52

IT Governance

MAY 5, 2020

Coronavirus continues to dominate the cyber security landscape (and pretty much every other part of our lives), with cyber criminals cashing in on the disruption. In this blog, we discuss some of those scams and explain what you need to do to stay safe online. Tesco isn’t the only supermarket to be imitated in a scam like this.

Phishing 90

Phishing Government Insurance Data breaches 90

IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

If you’re familiar with ISO 27001 , you’ll know that it’s the international standard for information security and contains the certification requirements that are expanded upon throughout the ISO 27000 series. This response is appropriate if the risk is too big to manage with a security control. Share the risk with a third party.

Risk 67

Risk Information Security Insurance Security 67

IT Governance

JANUARY 7, 2020

Security researchers at ESET are warning people about a new scam targeting PayPal users. You don’t often see these in phishing scams, perhaps because it creates an extra step between users clicking the link and landing on the fraudulent page, but it gives the illusion that the page the victim is about to enter is secure.

Phishing 94

Phishing Passwords Access Government 94

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.

Personal data 58

Personal data Data breaches Risk Insurance 58

IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

Almost a third of these make it past default security systems, leaving your organisation in a permanently perilous situation. Universities are a prime target for phishing scams, because they process vast amounts of personal data and often have insufficient cyber security measures. Your employees receive an average of 4.8

Phishing 79

Phishing Personal data Passwords Access 79

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.

Healthcare 66

Healthcare Phishing Ransomware Communications 66

eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

I referenced the fact that all 50 states (plus DC, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) have security breach notification laws , but I was not aware of any specific guidelines or opinions relating to a lawyer’s duty regarding data breach notification. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr. Were you familiar with ABA Formal Opinion 483?

Data breaches 57

Data breaches Cybersecurity e-Discovery Computer and Electronics 57

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Google will bring up links to anything with your name, including: company websites, personal blogs or websites, social media profiles like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and local media you may be featured in. Dates of birth and postal codes are common answers to security questions. This will help keep you safe, wherever you are.

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Cloud 86

Rocket Software

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Of course, at Rocket, we believe in the power of cutting-edge technology to keep operations running smoothly for enhanced outcomes. Especially during a time when the IT industry is experiencing a talent shortage , modernizing these workflows can mean the difference between securing new hires and losing them to other IT sectors.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Financial Services Insurance Compliance 52

KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

This article prompted me to buy the new black XL T-shirt you see in the blog. Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Soon, the CEO of security firm Adversa AI had GPT-4 spouting homophobic statements, creating phishing emails, and supporting violence." Things could get much worse.

Insurance 73

Insurance Security awareness Phishing Ransomware 73

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. Is this blog of value? Bank regulators marked Wells Fargo down because of its management, and as a result the bank will pay higher insurance and be subjected to higher regulatory scrutiny. Is it worth your time?

Government 28

Government Insurance Access Compliance 28

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. It’s possible – probable, in fact – that the rise in customers’ complaints actually correlates with organisations improving their security and privacy measures.

GDPR 86

GDPR Compliance Personal data Data breaches 86

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 10, 2019

The stolen information included not only identifying details, such as names and Social Security numbers, but also healthcare information, including diagnoses and lab results. The lawsuit claims that the defendants failed to implement “basic industry-accepted data security measures,” leading to the breach. million US citizens.

Data breaches 41

Data breaches Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics Insurance 41

Data Protection Report

JULY 9, 2018

See our previous blog posts on GDPR here and here. On the security front, as of March 2018, all 50 U.S. These new and amended state data breach laws expand the definition of personal information and specifically mandate that certain information security requirements are implemented. Several U.S. State Laws Round Up: .

GDPR 40

GDPR Data breaches Personal data Insurance 40

IT Governance

APRIL 17, 2019

We’re not going to lie: implementing an ISO 27001 -compliant ISMS (information security management system) is hard work. They should have a well-rounded knowledge of information security (which includes, but isn’t limited to, IT) and have the authority to lead a team and give orders to managers, whose departments they will need to review.

Risk 75

Risk Information Security Compliance Security 75

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. However, we’ve decided to consolidate our records onto a single page.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

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.

Insurance 68

Insurance Blockchain Big data Risk 68

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Public USA No 0 NETGEAR Source (New) Telecoms USA No 0 Note 1: ‘New’/‘Update’ in the first column refers to whether this breach was first publicly disclosed this week, or whether a significant update was released this week.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52