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Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2024 – 5,336,840,757 Records Breached

IT Governance

The number of records breached this month was high – particularly compared to March – largely due to two outlier events: Spy.pet, a data scraping website, offering 4,186,879,104 Discord messages for sale. We discuss both events in more detail below. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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When are schools required to report personal data breaches?

IT Governance

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. In this blog, we take a look at the scenarios in which data protection breaches in schools must be reported.

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How should you investigate a data breach?

IT Governance

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. So how should you approach a data breach investigation? You should therefore approach data breaches in the same way police tackle physical crime. The crime scene. Gathering the evidence.

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Machine vs. machine

OpenText Information Management

MAV: Don’t ignore the need to protect your employees, your data, your infrastructure. General awareness and education on the potential threats to your employee base is a must. New era of concern In 2023, the world saw a 72% increase in data breaches from 2021, which held the previous record.

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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for the finance teams at small businesses to improve cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Stay educated. Employee training is crucial. Stay proactive.

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What Are You Doing for Cyber Security Awareness Month?

IT Governance

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. This year’s event focuses on phishing and ransomware – two of the biggest threats that organisations currently face. How IT Governance can help. Getting involved.

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A 6-step guide to surviving data breaches

IT Governance

A strong breach recovery process can also protect, or even enhance, an organisation’s reputation and reduce the likelihood of customers turning to competitors. So, when you’re in the middle of that bad day when you learn about a data breach, don’t spend too long being upset, because there’s a lot of work to do.