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ICYMI –December in privacy and cybersecurity

Data Protection Report

December tends to be a busy time for everyone, so you may have missed a privacy update or two. How did Illinois’ highest court rule: a. The exception applied to the workers’ data because the exception applies to all health care workers’ biometric data. Answers are below. 1. As of December 18, 2023, unless the U.S.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in August 2023 – 79,729,271 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance found 73 publicly disclosed security incidents in August 2023, accounting for 79,729,271 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). As always, you can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, divided into their respective categories. Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2022 – 31.5 million records breached

IT Governance

As tempting as it is turn our backs on 2022 and look forward to the new year, let’s take a moment to consider the security incidents that occurred, for better or worse, at the back end of last year. As always, you can find the full list below, divided into their respective categories. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 11 – 18 December 2023

IT Governance

We’re also introducing two new categories this week: ‘AI’ and ‘Key dates’. An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November.