Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2021

Ciaran Martin , former head of the NCSC , provided disconcerting info about the supply chain ransomware attack that disrupted 20% of Swedish food retail capacity, pharmacies, train ticket sales.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The SolarWinds hack came to light in mid-December and has since become a red hot topic in the global cybersecurity community. The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. Last Watchdog gathered observations from a round table of cybersecurity thought leaders.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2021

The new backdoor was spotted by researchers from cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, it was discovered while investigating an unsuccessful attack carried out by FIN8 aimed at an unnamed financial institution in the U.S. The group focuses on organizations in the insurance, retail, technology, and chemical industries in the U.S.,

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Data Matters

JUNE 3, 2019

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released two Risk Alerts, on April 16, 2019 and May 23, 2019, highlighting the importance of privacy and cybersecurity compliance for SEC-registered investment advisors and broker-dealers under Regulation S-P. April 16 Risk Alert – Privacy Notices and Safeguard Policies.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. Data privacy is more of an art than a science, a matter of balancing legal obligations, user rights, and cybersecurity requirements without stymying the business’s ability to get value from the data it collects.

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CGI

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to compete in the cybersecurity talent tug of war. Across business and technology media alike, I’ve seen frequent coverage of the hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity and IT security job openings that are not getting filled. Find and train from within and then compensate correctly. harini.kottees…. Tue, 10/24/2017 - 07:00.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Although the news headlines are flooded with incidents affecting areas from critical infrastructure and healthcare to retail and education, we have a great opportunity to address this challenge. The extent and impact of these attacks has turned ransomware into a global problem, affecting public and private organizations.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. cybersecurity. The majority of these Exam Priorities are not surprising because they reflect the Commission’s continued focus on retail investors, conflicts of interest, fee disclosure, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and AML programs.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

The attacker typically pretends to be someone from a legitimate business, like a bank or retailer, in an attempt to get personally identifiable information from the recipient. Cybersecurity Awareness Training. Some of the best cybersecurity awareness programs come from: Ninjio SANS Institute KnowBe4 ESET.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In 2017, Equifax Inc, suffered a cybersecurity breach, with hackers able to access the personal data of around 13.8 The ICO has also indicated an intention to take action on cybersecurity breaches using the fining powers now available to it under the UK General Data Protection Regulation ( UK GDPR ).

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Himes on Congress’s About-face on Cybersecurity Episode 226: The Cyber Consequences Of Our Throw Away Culture. While exact numbers are hard to come by, large scale studies of companies found that more than a third had been hit by ransomware in the past year, with the retail, government and education sectors particularly hard hit.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For example, higher than average traffic on a website or application for a particular period can signal a cybersecurity threat, in which case you’d want a system that could automatically trigger fraud detection alerts. A machine learning model trained with labeled data will be able to detect outliers based on the examples it is given.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. Also read: Hyperautomation and the Future of Cybersecurity. More Companies Ditching Cookies.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Train your staff. Those concerns are certainly justified.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 16, 2019

Continued Focus on Retail Investors. The Exam Priorities continue OCIE’s trend in recent years to prioritize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Cybersecurity. Other Relevant Focus Areas. Selected focus areas include: Disclosure of the Costs of Investing.

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Retail Compliance Risk Marketing 68

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? A prospective client or customer types your company name and their browser does the rest.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

Meanwhile, the UK’s NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) announced that it had joined the RTF (Ransomware Task Force) , which contains expertise from governments, software firms, cybersecurity vendors, non-profits, and academic institutions from across the world. Keeping your organisation secure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Ellen has extensive experience in cybersecurity, and specifically, the understanding of IoT risk. Is there IoT security awareness training for employees who use the technology? Yes, and Ellen uses the example of a retail grocery store to effectively demonstrate the point.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Mike Jordan, senior director of the Shared Assessments Program, a Santa Fe, NM-based intel-sharing and training consortium focused on third-party risks, points out that at least one of the banks that had data exposed in this latest huge data leak wasn’t even a customer of the allegedly culpable contractor.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 7 @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. Did You Know?

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 21, 2017

On March 17, 2017, retailer Neiman Marcus agreed to pay $1.6 million as part of a proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) to a consumer class action lawsuit stemming from a 2013 data breach that allegedly compromised the credit card data of approximately 350,000 customers.

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Ascent Innovations

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Retail & POS. Savings on the user training and improved user productivity. Cybersecurity Monitoring & Threat Management. RFQ (request for quotation). Purchase Requisition. Public Sector. Azure DevOps. Task Recorder. Automated Testing Suite. Global Address Book. Office 365 Add-in. Vendor Collaboration Portal. Operations.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The first section of the Report covers operations issues related to anti-money-laundering (AML), cybersecurity and technology governance, outside business activities, books and records, regulatory event reporting, and fixed income markup disclosure. Firm operations.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

This technology enables computers to be trained to process large amounts of data and identify trends and patterns. Such machine learning has been adopted in industries such as motoring, healthcare and retail. The 2018 Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report expects organisations to increase their use of encryption.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

which involve feeding training adversarial data to the classifier. The most common attack type we observe is model skewing, where the attacker attempts to pollute training data in such a way that the boundary between what the classifier categorizes as good data, and what the classifier categorizes as bad, shifts in his favor.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

Related: Free ‘VRMM’ tool measures third-party exposure Just take a look at Europe’s GDPR , NYDFS’s cybersecurity requirement s or even California’s newly minted Consumer Privacy Act. Accounting for third-party risks is now mandated by regulations — with teeth. We do white papers and thought leadership at conferences.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

which involve feeding training adversarial data to the classifier. The most common attack type we observe is model skewing, where the attacker attempts to pollute training data in such a way that the boundary between what the classifier categorizes as good data, and what the classifier categorizes as bad, shifts in his favor.

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Mining Cloud Paper Artificial Intelligence 91

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

ERP solutions are built to meet the needs of organizations across multiple industries including retail, consumer products, industrial, energy and utilities and government (including defense). It can all be handled by the on-site IT team once they have been trained properly. The software may also need to be replaced down the line.

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Cloud Energy and Utilities e-Delivery Risk 92

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. Common responsibilities include overseeing risk assessments, training employees on data protection principles, and working with government authorities. The EEA includes all 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 80

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2019

When CyberTown, USA is fully built out, it’s backers envision it emerging as the world’s premier technology hub for cybersecurity and data science. Janke: Cybersecurity is the fastest growing segment in technology and is the number one risk-concern of the Fortune 500. LW: What are the key drivers behind this development?

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Cybersecurity Data science Retail Government 133

Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

Protection of Retail Investors . For both broker-dealers and investment advisers, OCIE will continue to emphasize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Retail-Targeted Investments. Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Assets.

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Cybersecurity Retail Compliance Marketing 68

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The revised SAT, which the NAIC adopted in February 2020, incorporates a requirement for producers to act in the “best interest” of a retail customer when making a recommendation of an annuity. NAIC Proposes New Letter Committee to Address Innovation, Technology, and Cybersecurity in the Insurance Sector.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. LogicManager.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. LogicManager.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. Twitter's ongoing verification chaos is now a cybersecurity problem. The US retail store Bed Bath & Beyond recently confirmed that it suffered a data breach after an employee was caught out by a phishing scam.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. For customers like retailers, as well as banks and business software providers, an outage like this can be a blow to your reputation as well as a financial loss. To reduce human error episodes: Host cybersecurity training sessions every quarter.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The final month of the year is usually the busiest for retailers, but it was disastrous for Intersport as it fell victim to a ransomware attack. These are common scams and are often run using accounts that impersonate celebrities – although the use of deepfake footage takes this to another level. trillion (about £8.9

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