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What Is Data Minimisation? Definition & Examples

IT Governance

It might not seem like a crucial task, at least compared to measures specifically designed to prevent data breaches, but data minimisation is a core principle of the GDPR. By keeping your data processing activities to a minimum, you reduce the threat of data breaches and privacy violations.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Integrated risk management (IRM): Evaluates daily risk impacts through the lens of specific technologies and less from a data, business objective, or strategy perspective. Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC): Tracks data risks in a daily regulatory context with less attention paid to technologies, strategies, and business goals.

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What is Vishing? Definition, Examples and Prevention

IT Governance

The manager is told that a data breach may have exposed their personal information and is asked to provide their username and password to access the company account so that it can be checked. Phony government agency In this scam, the caller claims to be from a government department and asks you to confirm identification details.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways. Expanded Definition of “Personal Information”. Additional Considerations for Businesses.

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What Is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Definition & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

This includes scanning data in transit between devices or networks, as well as data at rest stored on servers, endpoints, or in the cloud, to ensure comprehensive coverage for detecting and preventing potential data breaches or illegal access.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. The biggest data breaches of 2022.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between January and March 2022, which accounted for 75,099,482 breached records.