eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The 911 call center needs a robust phone system, trained staff, and a decision-tree process to understand how to route issues to the appropriate emergency or non-emergency agencies to address a caller’s needs. These include new opportunities, clear priorities, and better security, performance, and resilience.

Risk 64

Risk Compliance Communications Insurance 64

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. NINJIO Cybersecurity Awareness Training. NINJIO prepares organizations to defend against cyber threats through their engaging, video-based training courses.

Cybersecurity 124

Cybersecurity Encryption Cloud Insurance 124

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

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

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

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

During the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of running a presentation on how to deal with the risk of ransomware cyberattacks on corporations for the benefit of members of the “ In the Boardroom ” training course dedicated to professionals who are or aspire to become board members of publicly traded companies.

Insurance 111

Insurance Risk Ransomware Encryption 111

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

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Last year, private healthcare giant BUPA suffered a breach affecting 108,000 health insurance policies when a rogue employee copied and removed information from the organisation. The information affected is said to have included names, date of birth, nationalities and insurance membership numbers.

Healthcare 83

Healthcare Insurance Manufacturing Risk 83

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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Security awareness 86

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 86

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

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. What you see is not what you get.

Cybersecurity 86

Cybersecurity Access Insurance Security 86

AIIM

APRIL 12, 2022

The classic example is the insurer that won’t pay for care that a doctor determines a patient needs. Insurers are about profit; doctors are about delivering the best care. With collaborative videoconferencing: Low-income patients without insurance can use the Emergency Room less often. Information Security. Telemedicine.

Computer and Electronics 104

Computer and Electronics Insurance Marketing Paper 104

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). And as these figures show many organisations still need to act to make sure the personal data they hold is secure.

GDPR 63

GDPR Government Education Compliance 63

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This month, we look at an unintended cyber security problem arising from Twitter’s plan to charge people for verification status. However, as Databreaches.net indicates, this is risky advice, because the attackers might yet use compromised medical insurance information to conduct identity theft.

Phishing 119

Phishing Retail Data breaches Insurance 119

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

This incident highlights how the North Korean regime trains cybercriminals to deceive people by impersonating tech workers or employers as part of their illegal activities. The recent information exposes the increasing dangers in the world of cryptocurrency and the urgent requirement for more robust security measures.

Data breaches 72

Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 72

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.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment. Criminals even offer training to those who are new. It’s crazy.

Financial Services 178

Financial Services Passwords Data breaches Authentication 178

KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

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Passwords 76

Passwords Phishing Ransomware Security awareness 76

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Among those that have started to prepare: 36% of businesses and charities have changed their cyber security practices; 21% of businesses and 10% of charities have invested in additional staff training; and. You might also be interested in our GDPR Staff Awareness E-learning Course. Larger organisations more prepared.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

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. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

Phishing 114

Phishing Passwords Ransomware Insurance 114

IT Governance

MARCH 14, 2018

A recent F-Secure report has found that phishing emails (16%) and malicious attachments (18%) together accounted for 34% of cyber attacks. Analysing past incident response investigations, F-Secure also found that 55% of all attacks were targeted and 45% were opportunistic. Help your staff avoid falling victim.

Phishing 65

Phishing Education Insurance Manufacturing 65

KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. And in the longer term, that training will adapt and keep pace with the threat as it evolves. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users. Did you know?

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Phishing Security awareness Military 68

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.

Phishing 116

Phishing e-Delivery Retail Insurance 116

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Banks, financial services, and insurance companies are especially vulnerable to fraud due to their access to large amounts of money and sensitive information for customers and employees alike. So of course, they have a fraud management solution to go along with the rest of their suite of software and solutions.

Analytics 111

Analytics Risk Authentication Financial Services 111

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

MAY 1, 2018

CIR management can help your organisation mitigate the risk of information security incidents and minimise losses. Incident response planning is mandated as part of all major cyber security regimes. What does cyber incident response (CIR) management do? Benefits of CIR management. Reducing incident impact and response times.

Risk 75

Risk Information Security IoT Insurance 75

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Attackers can compromise credentials because of extensive user password problems throughout most organizations; however, a number of security solutions provide credentials protection for both basic and advanced needs. Infrastructure Protection Defense against DDoS and DNS attacks starts with effective network security architecture.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 119

IT Governance

JANUARY 31, 2018

The charity discovered the incident after it was informed by email monitoring software that an employee’s account was sending an email with sensitive data to a non-secure external email account. Affected data is said to include names, email addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers.

Phishing 65

Phishing Personal data Passwords Data breaches 65

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Current attack trends add urgency, and catching up on doing basic security best practices isn’t enough. Ransomware attacks against local government entities at some point will run its course. Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove.

Ransomware 153

Ransomware Government Retail Security 153

ARMA International

APRIL 28, 2022

The plan was to meet the insurance coordinator at the Howard Avenue office at 8:30 a.m. I knew from previous education and training that documenting damage before moving or addressing anything was critical. I was aware that I would need documentation on damage and losses for insurance and internal purposes.

Records Management 97

Records Management Archiving Insurance Communications 97

IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The Scottish government therefore launched Safe, secure and prosperous: a cyber resilience strategy for Scotland in 2015 to help develop a culture of cyber resilience across the country. All public-sector bodies in Scotland are required to take urgent measures to develop cyber resilience and become “exemplars” of online security.

Government 72

Government Compliance Risk Insurance 72

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

JULY 5, 2018

The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon’s ill-fated £637 million acquisition of the professional services division of the British insurance outsourcer Quindell plc in 2015 has attracted a great deal of negative attention over the past few years. Visit our professional services sector web pages for further details.

GDPR 53

GDPR Compliance Personal data Data breaches 53

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

Tib3rius from White Oak Security discusses his experience as a web application security pen tester, his OSCP certification, and how he’s giving back to the community with his Twitch , Youtube , and tools he's made available on GitHub. So it can be argued that those who guard against that should be formally trained, knowledgeable.

IT 40

IT Security Access Education 40

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

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Hive Hive attacked the Costa Rica Social Security Fund, Missouri Delta Medical Center, and Memorial Health System in Ohio. SMBs are more likely to fall into this trap, as large corporations have extensive security. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect critical applications and devices, as can zero trust security principles.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 98

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. Indeed, the lack of a security warning – combined with the fact that the message has come from a genuine email address – makes this almost impossible to detect.

Phishing 90

Phishing Government Insurance Data breaches 90