IT Governance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft’s exam description notes that the qualification demonstrates candidates’ “fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts, as well as Azure services, workloads, security, privacy, pricing, and support”. Those who enrol in our Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 Training Course will discover that the exam is included as part of the course.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

UK organisations are overlooking the importance of cyber security staff awareness training, instead investing in expensive and unnecessary technologies, a VMware and Forbes Insight study has found. So, why are businesses trapped in this cycle of investing in cyber security solutions they don’t need? Same solutions, same results.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There has never been a better time to get into cyber security, with growing demand for experts promising increased salaries and job opportunities. In this blog, we provide tips for getting your cyber security career started no matter your background. Of course, any prior experience is a massive advantage, despite the skills gap.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 25, 2019

My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. And second… Governance. Government – well for sure, I’d wager that’s increased given who’s been running the country these past two years. But Governance? Data Governance. We’ll start with Governance.

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IT Governance

APRIL 15, 2020

The video conferencing platform Zoom has been heavily criticised in recent weeks , amid a series of allegations related to its inadequate cyber security and privacy measures. It’s worth emphasising, then, that for all of Zoom’s security faults, the blame for this incident lies with users rather than the platform. Cyber attacks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Army told Reuters it removed an app containing Pushwoosh in March, citing “security concerns.” Reuters said the CDC likewise recently removed Pushwoosh code from its app over security concerns, after reporters informed the agency Pushwoosh was not based in the Washington D.C. regulatory filings present it as a U.S.

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Managing Your Information

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

If you are considering taking our BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection, you might have some questions about whether this is the right course for you. Who is the course for? . The course is suitable for: . Compliance professionals including those working in Information Governance and Information Assurance .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. The Russian Government has announced on Monday that it has successfully concluded the test on its RuNet intranet and the complete disconnection of the country from the Internet.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2022

Of course, one must recognize that the word “disruptive” can also have a negative connotation, as any student who has disrupted a class has painfully understood. Admitting that causality is inferential, there seems to be some progress towards defensive and deterrent actions of organizations as well as governments. Building Defenses.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 4, 2021

Second drafts of the new overarching national personal data protection and data security laws have just been published, and give a clearer picture of the impending new national frameworks in China. Draft Data Security Law. Authors: Carolyn Bigg , Venus Cheung and Fangfang Song. Draft Personal Information Protection Law.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The government advisory’s recommended mitigations include the following: Implement best practices to block phishing emails.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

( image ) As I begin to dig into the work of my next book, I’ve found myself thinking about politics and government far more than I anticipated. For initial thoughts and stats, see Government By Numbers: Some Interesting Insights ). I focus on the US for this exercise, as I am writing from my own experience.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Brexit is clearly a pressing issue for many organisations, but we urge you to exercise caution whenever you receive communications out of the blue relating to the UK’s departure from the EU. See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As such, “conducting tabletop and disaster recovery exercises with everyone remote may be an adaptation, but it isn’t an insurmountable one”. Organisations can also teach their staff about the fundamentals of incident response with our Cyber Incident Response Management (CIRM) Foundation Training Course. Beware of elevated privileges.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If not, you cannot govern it. Effective (and ideally automated) information classification is the bedrock to ensuring the application of appropriate information security controls to the relevant systems and processes. Do we have an effective information classification process? The reforms at a glance. Increased penalties.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The situation might seem hopeless, with cyber criminals outnumbering overworked and underfunded information security personnel, but there are plenty of ways you can improve your defences, even on a tight budget. Green papers. This green paper explains each requirement and how you can comply. Videos, blogs and podcasts.

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AIIM

MAY 12, 2022

Late last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC had agreed to pay $125 million to help settle charges of “widespread and longstanding failures by the firm and its employees to maintain and preserve written communications” over the course of several years.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 18, 2017

IT Governance runs two levels of GDPR training courses across the UK to train staff on the Regulation, giving them the knowledge required to manage a GDPR compliance project. The courses are also available Live Online or as distance learning for those who can’t get to a classroom. EU GDPR Foundation Training Course.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Although there’s room to interpret which course of action is best for you, any decision should be supported by an instruction in the Standard. Understand your GDPR and PECR compliance gaps by contacting IT Governance for a privacy audit. The post 7 mistakes that ISO 27001 auditors make appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This week, we discuss a Bank of England cyber resilience exercise, the latest cyber security news from the US Office of Personnel Management, the highlights of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and a surprising admission by a Japanese cyber security minister. Here are this week’s stories.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Now, Cliff supports clients with their cyber security requirements, helping them prevent and manage cyber incidents. For more details on the first core requirement, risk management, see our interview with Andrew Pattison, head of GRC [governance, risk and compliance] consultancy Europe, from two weeks ago.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2019

Anyone with an interest in information security will have encountered ISO 27001 , the international standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). It’s a supplementary standard that provides advice on how to implement the security controls listed in Annex A of ISO 27001.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2019

The UK government decided that it makes sense to continue using the existing framework, given that it already applies in the UK. That is, the “prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security”.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here’s a scenario for how AD is factoring into ransomware attacks: The attacker gets a toehold inside the network by phishing an employee login , or via a targeted credential stuffing exercise, or through cross-site scripting. Even so, it will take a long while more before ransomware runs its full course. I’ll keep watching.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Russia plans to conduct the country from the Internet for a limited period of time to conduct a test aimed at assessing the security of its infrastructure. ISPs should be able to route traffic through nodes under the control of the Russian Government to allow the connections between Russians entities. ” reported ZDNet.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2021

There are also new requirements around transfers of data outside of the UAE and requirements to keep data secure, and to notify the new data protection regulator, and in some circumstances data subjects, of data breaches. Data security. The PDPL imposes strict requirements around data security. Exceptions. 44) of 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strongly advised public companies to improve their cybersecurity. While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A 2018 InsuranceBee survey found that 83% of organisations didn’t have any money reserved to recover from a cyber attack, and a quarter were unaware that security incidents had significant financial consequences. Secure wireless networks. Software providers regularly release updates to fix security flaws that they’ve discovered.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Company boards, CEOs and general counsels cannot, of course, categorically prevent either breaches or rumors. They can, however, engage in probing internal due diligence of their companies’ cyber governance and compliance posture before it is too late — that is, before a cyber event occurs. Cyber Security Beyond Cybersecurity: CLGAs.

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IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2020

Cyber security experts have found that the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a surge in phishing scams , with both individuals and organisations at risk. For example, millions of employees will likely to be forced to work remotely, as the UK government prepares for a lockdown scenario. Scammers are cashing in on coronavirus.

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IT Governance

MAY 28, 2019

The GDPR is as broad as possible when it comes to the security measures that organisations should implement. The second reason the GDPR’s security requirements are broad is that the threat landscape changes over time. It could be a simple tick-box exercise, with the unchecked steps forming the gaps that need to be addressed.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2018

Data protection governance – the extent to which data protection accountability, responsibility, policies and procedures, performance measurement controls and reporting mechanisms to monitor compliance are in place and operating throughout your firm. The PIMS should also address staff training and awareness.

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Risk 75

IT Governance

MAY 17, 2018

This week, we discuss the exposure of millions of Facebook users’ data, security failings in train passenger networks and Kaspersky Lab’s relocation to Switzerland. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 18 May 2018. Here are this week’s stories. million people”.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

But, according to security researchers at Abnormal Security, cybercriminals are becoming brazen and are taking their shots at very large prizes. According to Abnormal Security, nearly every aspect of the request looked legitimate. Blog post with screenshots and links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

AUGUST 5, 2020

Accountability and Governance. Accountability issues for AI are not unlike governance issues for other technologies e.g. the ICO suggests that your organisation should set its risk appetite; ensure there is senior buy-in and that compliance is conducted by diverse, well-resourced teams and not left to the technologists.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) gives data subjects the right to access their personal data from data controllers that are processing it and “to exercise that right easily and at reasonable intervals, in order to be aware of, and verify, the lawfulness of the processing”.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Also, the Decree governs the transition from the current to the future regime. The provisions of the Privacy Code adopted to implement the e-Privacy Directive will of course remain in force.

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