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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

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: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp. Advarra says “a limited amount of company data” was “acquired” and its investigation is ongoing.

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

Preparing your organisation for cyber attacks and data breaches is complicated, and you should look for advice wherever you can get it. Misconfigured applications, databases and networks are one of the most common causes of delays and data breaches. Create a risk management regime. Secure your configurations.

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FCA Publishes Wholesale Banks and Asset Management Cyber Multi-Firm Review Findings

Data Matters

phishing) and systems (e.g., Testing – the FCA observed wide variations in the difference in approaches to firms’ cybersecurity testing. Of the sample firms, the scale ranged from almost no testing of cyber arrangements at all to extensive programs covering staff (e.g., simulated attacks).

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GE Employees Lit Up with Sensitive Doc Breach

Threatpost

Marriage, divorce and death certificates, beneficiary info, passports and more were all caught up in an email takeover hack.