IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 107

IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber insurance is big business these days. With the ever-present danger of data breaches and cyber attacks, organisations must be sure that they have the financial backing to respond appropriately. The most common reasons that insurers reject cyber insurance claims are organisations’ failure to. Protect data in transit.

Insurance 89

Insurance Data breaches Risk Information Security 89

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

Insurance 70

Insurance Cybersecurity Risk Education 70

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A few weeks ago, we blogged about the decision of the English High court in AA v. Given the level of interest in the case, we have prepared a deeper-dive into the facts and the implications of the decision, with a focus on the important role played in the case by cyber insurance. Persons Unknown & Ors. This is set out below.

Insurance 81

Insurance Risk Data breaches Personal data 81

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data included shoppers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, countries of residence and membership numbers.

Data Privacy 85

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 85

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

That includes banks, insurances, payment institutions, stock market, and many financial management firms (trading, crypt-assets, etc). Key Management System (KMS) are “dedicated control systems” that protect cryptographic keys, define role-based access controls and policies, and enforce them by mean of encryption.

Financial Services 83

Financial Services Cloud Cybersecurity Encryption 83

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised. For now, it’s unclear what damage the data could cause if exposed, so we’ve omitted the figure from our tally.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Phishing 111

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

Data Privacy 118

Data Privacy Privacy Security Encryption 118

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Increased interest in cyber insurance. With more than 800 million records being leaked in 2017 ( find out more in our Breaches and Hacks Blog Archive ), it’s not surprising that cyber insurance business has increased in recent months. Insurers assess an organisation’s cyber risk to set premium levels.

Insurance 71

Insurance Risk Government Paper 71

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. RA Group launched their data leak site on April 22, 2023, and on April 27, we observed the first batch of victims, three in total, followed by another one on April 28.

Ransomware 93

Ransomware Encryption Healthcare Insurance 93

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. have notified 330,000 people that their personal data might have been compromised as part of the MOVEit Transfer data breach.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Security 52

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

Data breaches 83

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Security Insurance 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2018

This year, the major regulation that will be implemented, is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , which takes effect on May 25, 2018. GDPR enables consumers to view, limit and control how companies collect and process their personal data. And this isn’t just happening in New York.

Compliance 88

Compliance GDPR Encryption Data Privacy 88

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. It follows a mammoth start to the year, with more than 277 million breached records in January , and brings the running total for the year to over 300 million pieces of compromised personal data. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2023

The Los Angeles Times reported that San Bernardino County paid half the total of the ransom ($511,852), while the remaining part was covered by the insurance carrier. The ransom was paid to “restore the system’s full functionality and secure any data involved in the breach.” entities in the past. We are in the final!

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Insurance Encryption Cybersecurity 98

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The compromised databases included names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance policy details, medical record numbers, account balances and dates of service — of both guarantors and patients. In early 2015, health insurer A nthem Inc. AccuDoc kept payment records from several Atrium Health locations. Sticky problem.

Data breaches 118

Data breaches Insurance Risk Ransomware 118

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Over 17 percent of all cyberattacks involve ransomware —a type of malware that keeps a victim’s data or device locked unless the victim pays the hacker a ransom. Because many new types of ransomware target backups to make recovery harder, keep data backups offline. The first thing to keep in mind is you’re not alone.

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Encryption Analytics Data breaches 113

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data is no longer publicly available. Data breached: >223,000,000 records. Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Data breached: 5,500,000 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

OneHub

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The second is to make sure they use encryption, preferably bank-level. Here’s what every business needs to know about using an encrypted file sharing service and how to safely share documents. What Is Bank-Level Encryption? . There are different degrees of encryption, including 128, 192, and 256 bits. Here’s why.

Encryption 40

Encryption Data breaches Access Marketing 40

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Unlike some of those regulations, this rule is not linked to compromised consumer data. The rule was jointly issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (“Board”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). Background. The Board subjects all U.S.

Cybersecurity 117

Cybersecurity Insurance Financial Services Marketing 117

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches. victim of a cyber attack (unknown) Berkshire Partners LLC announces data breach (unknown) United HealthCare Services, Inc. victim of a cyber attack (unknown) Berkshire Partners LLC announces data breach (unknown) United HealthCare Services, Inc. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news….

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The news agency has transferred its emergency distribution to clients to six live blogs that provide a better overview. “If The agency launched an investigation into the incident with the help of an external security firm and its insurance company. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Insurance Encryption IT 113

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, along with our rundown of the biggest incidents of the month. Biggest data breaches of April 2023 1. million people.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

Data Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Death, taxes and data breaches. These threats lead to direct costs on victims, and these costs have also grown exponentially in recent years, as readers of the famed annual Ponemon data breach report well know. In 2021, the average total cost of a data breach rose to $4.24 The next closest industry was financial at $5.72

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Security Compliance Cloud 97

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Security 95

Security Ransomware Cybersecurity Authentication 95

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Erin: Do you think cyber insurance should play a bigger role in companies’ cybersecurity strategies?

Cybersecurity 190

Cybersecurity Privacy Cloud IoT 190

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. It’s led to a growing trend for organisations to purchase cyber insurance, which Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh believes will continue in 2022. This market squeeze will certainly affect the cyber insurance industry itself. “We

Security 142

Security Insurance Authentication Passwords 142

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

Earlier this month, Delaware revamped its data breach notification law, with changes to go into effect April 14, 2018. 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.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Insurance Encryption Passwords 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect.

IoT 72

IoT Encryption Agriculture Data collection 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 6, 2018

For most enterprise IT security professionals, there are some common reasons that we need to protect a given data set. Minimizing the chance of a data breach of PII. Protecting sensitive financial data, intellectual property or secrets. Data Security Protection Layers, Risks, and Controls. Implementing best practices.

Security 54

Security Encryption Cloud Access 54

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. In this blog, we look at the top five cyber security risks that businesses face, and explain how you can prevent them. Ransomware. No defences are foolproof, though.

Risk 144

Risk Security Passwords Phishing 144

KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

This article prompted me to buy the new black XL T-shirt you see in the blog. Blog post with (lots of) links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. However, the dark side of AI looms when it has turned against people. Users beware.

Insurance 67

Insurance Security awareness Phishing Ransomware 67

Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

Financial Services 68

Financial Services Cybersecurity Insurance Risk 68

IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The 2014 breach saw Andrew Skelton, a disgruntled senior internal auditor, upload the details of 99,998 staff to data sharing websites. The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. The first data leak class action in the UK.

Personal data 58

Personal data Data breaches Risk Insurance 58

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2019

Prepare for an attack by backing up your data. That way, when crooks encrypt your systems, there’s no need to worry. This might seem futile – the police will almost certainly be unable to recover your data, let alone catch the crooks – but evidence of the attack is necessary for filing a cyber insurance claim.

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Insurance Encryption Paper 99