HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

Insurance 40

Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches Financial Services 40

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Never use duplicate usernames or passwords across any of your online accounts to limit your exposure in case of a data breach. Leave cash, your checkbook and your Social Security card at home (in a secure location, of course). Vary login credentials across accounts. Change passwords repeatedly. Use ATMS carefully.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I'll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks. So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches?

Data breaches 75

Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 75

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment. billion hitting financial services organizations — an increase of more than 45 percent year-over-year in that sector. Here are excerpts of our discussion, edited for clarity and length.

Financial Services 178

Financial Services Passwords Data breaches Authentication 178

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

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

You might not think of it as a major aspect of security and yet, stolen credentials are really the key to data breaches today. Of course, there were some guesses and backward steps there too, as well. There's a caveat to this of course because they essentially elongate the use of passwords still. That's a great use case.

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

Data Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved and the federal banking agencies jointly announced on December 18 a notice of proposed rulemaking, Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations and Their Bank Service Providers (NPR). On December 15, 2020, the U.S.

Security 68

Security Cybersecurity Insurance Communications 68