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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. million individuals from the Company’s systems.

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Log4J: What You Need to Know

Adam Levin

Logging software is typically the first thing a developer or technician will check in the event of an unexpected outage or error, as it can help pinpoint the source of the problem relatively quickly and easily. . Log4J is an open-source software tool used to log activity on internet-based services and software.

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Automated Patch Management: Definition, Tools & How It Works

eSecurity Planet

And generally, given the cost of data breaches, erring on the side of security is rarely a bad idea. Pros Configuration Manager integrates well with other Microsoft products, such as Azure Active Directory, for a more comprehensive systems administration solution. Heimdal is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t Know

Adam Levin

Reputations tend to color the way we read events. And finally, reputation management in the day and age of near-constant compromise and breach requires transparency–or at least the perception of transparency. Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities.

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Data Protection in the Digital Transformation Era

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With more and more organizations embracing digital transformation and accelerating their pace to digitize every piece of information, they become increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attacks and data breaches. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – Sept. 11, 2023 – Android Update Fixes 33 Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Patch and Update: Keeping software, operating systems, and apps up to date will limit vulnerabilities that threat actors may try to exploit. Incident Response Plan: To guarantee a prompt and efficient reaction in the event of a security incident or breach, develop and frequently update an incident response plan. Users of the 23.0

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Vulnerability Management as a Service: Top VMaaS Providers

eSecurity Planet

Here, organizations should work toward achieving an effective system-wide process between security operations, IT operations, and system administration teams to ensure everyone is on the same page. Remediate Vulnerabilities: Once vulnerabilities are identified and prioritized, the next step is to mitigate their impact.

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