IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Welcome to our third 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 identified 285 publicly disclosed security incidents between July and September 2022, which accounted for 232,266,148 compromised records.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their customers’ payment card data had been compromised. These are only two examples, but combined already account for 484 incidents: 36% of this month’s total. *We

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Insurance Manufacturing Ransomware 97

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, UK service provider CTS suffered a cyber incident this month, which affected around 80 of its clients too (UK law firms). You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources). This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected.

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. and cityoffrederickmd.gov , the website for the government of Frederick, Md. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. ” U.S.

Education 330

Education Data breaches Government Security 330

IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2022

Data governance and regulatory compliance go hand in hand. Organisations need robust governance practices if they are to stay on top of their legal requirements, while those obligations are designed to help them operate more effectively. Why is data governance important?

Compliance 136

Compliance Government GDPR Sales 136

IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. For example, the report revealed that police stations suffered 299 data breaches on average between January 2016 and April 2021.

Data breaches 128

Data breaches Data Privacy Marketing Privacy 128

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

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.

Personal data 105

Personal data Data breaches Data collection GDPR 105

IT Governance

MARCH 9, 2020

Throughout 2019, we kept an eye on cyber attack and data breach reported in mainstream publications, releasing our findings in our monthly blog series. . Did you know, for example, that July was the worst month of the year in terms of breached records? Or that the leading cause of data breaches was internal error? .

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Government Security IT 88

IT Governance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To find out, we looked at the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set , specifically looking into four data breach types caused by human error: Data emailed to incorrect recipient. Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient. Failure to redact. Failure to use Bcc. This isn’t too surprising.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Personal data Government GDPR 52

Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. There’s no going back. They must choose both.

Privacy 106

Privacy Government Data Privacy Data breaches 106

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

million) recovering from security incidents, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020. The report also notes that 52% of data breaches are caused by cyber attacks, and that malware is the costliest form of attack, with organisations spending $4.52 Organisations spend $3.86 million (about £2.9

Data breaches 117

Data breaches Artificial Intelligence Analytics Communications 117

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 377 security incidents between April and June 2021, which accounted for 1,224,539,395 breached records.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 104

Data breaches Manufacturing Insurance Access 104

IT Governance

APRIL 27, 2021

Too often, organisations fall into the trap of thinking that cyber security is only about preventing data breaches. Data breaches can happen to anyone, and you need a plan for when disaster strikes. So what tools can you use to discover breaches sooner? appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Risk Security Access 119

IT Governance

AUGUST 18, 2020

A survey has found that 54% of UK universities reported a data breach to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the past 12 months. Of the 86 universities that responded to a Freedom of Information request from security firm Redscan, the majority admitted serious shortcomings in their ability to prevent data breaches.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches GDPR Education Phishing 116

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

This variance and the number of municipalities involved means there was no way to give a clear estimate of the number of people left vulnerable in this breach. Pictured: Example of Leaked Documents: Real Estate Tax Bill. Pictured: Example of Leaked Documents: an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form.

Personal data 99

Personal data Data breaches Phishing Government 99

IT Governance

JULY 12, 2019

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? This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. The crime scene.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Education Access 103

erwin

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The rate at which organizations have adopted data-driven strategies means there are a wealth of digital transformation examples for organizations to draw from. All this despite challenges from upstarts like AirB2B, HomeAway and Couchsurfing plus a data breach at Marriott/Starwood that exposed the data of 500 million customers.

Digital transformation 75

Digital transformation Customer Experience Data breaches Retail 75

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We’ve talked a lot recently about the financial effects of data breaches and how you should respond to incidents , but that still leaves the question of how data breaches occur. This blog looks at some real-world examples of some of the most common causes of data breaches and explains how they occurred.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 96

Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

MIM is a government body responsible for industry and mineral resources operations. file was indexed by IoT search engines was in March 2022, meaning that the data was exposed for at least 15 months. Cybercriminals may exploit the leaked credentials to gain initial access to government systems and launch ransomware attacks.

Encryption 133

Encryption Government Data breaches Access 133

erwin

APRIL 2, 2021

How can companies protect their enterprise data assets, while also ensuring their availability to stewards and consumers while minimizing costs and meeting data privacy requirements? Data Security Starts with Data Governance. Lack of a solid data governance foundation increases the risk of data-security incidents.

Government 106

Government GDPR Metadata Risk 106

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2020

Microsoft has confirmed a massive data breach affecting anonymised data held on its customer support database. With that information, they could – for example – scam victims with bogus emails telling them to secure their account.

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Analytics Government Security 86

IT Governance

JANUARY 1, 2019

There are few things organisations fear more than data breaches. The stakes were raised with the enforcement of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018. For example, you might know that you need to improve your staff awareness programme, but you might not know how to do that. Data Flow Mapping Tool.

Data breaches 109

Data breaches GDPR Information Security Risk 109

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

The FBI has seized the WeLeakInfo.com websites for selling subscriptions to data that were exposed in data breaches. WeLeakInfo.com is a data breach notification service that allows its customers to verify if their credentials been compromised in data breaches. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 77

Data breaches Access Mining Archiving 77

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The first 72 hours after you become aware of a data breach are critical. This is the deadline given to you under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to report information security incidents to your supervisory authority. Not all breaches need to be reported. How to report data breaches.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches GDPR Personal data Compliance 110

IT Governance

JUNE 26, 2019

Data breaches are fast becoming a top priority for organisations. Let’s go through the most common ways in which an organisation’s data can be breached and look at some examples of how it might happen. Employees are the weakest link in your data breach defences. Employee error. Unauthorised access.

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Passwords Ransomware Phishing 92

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The first 72 hours after you become aware of a data breach are critical. This is the deadline given to you under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to report information security incidents to your supervisory authority. Not all breaches need to be reported. How to report data breaches.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Personal data 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 8, 2018

There are few things organisations fear more than data breaches. The stakes were raised with the introduction of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018. For example, you might know that you need to improve your staff awareness programme, but you might not know how to do that.

Data breaches 109

Data breaches GDPR Information Security Risk 109

IT Governance

JUNE 19, 2019

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to conduct a DPIA (data protection impact assessment) whenever processing is ‘likely to result in a high risk’ to the rights and freedoms of individuals. Before we crack on with our examples, we should explain how you can identify high-risk data processing activities.

GDPR 73

GDPR Personal data Risk Data breaches 73

IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 32% of all cyber attacks involved phishing. In this blog, we use real-life examples to demonstrate five clues to help you spot phishing scams. For example, emails from Google will read ‘@google.com’. The message is sent from a public email domain.

Phishing 111

Phishing IT Communications Access 111

erwin

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Managing an organization’s governance, risk and compliance (GRC) via its enterprise and business architectures means managing them against business processes (BP). Governance, risk and compliance are treated as isolated bubbles. Data-related risks are not connected with the data architects/data scientists.

Compliance 98

Compliance Risk Government Data breaches 98

Collibra

JUNE 21, 2023

Businesses everywhere are seeking ways to leverage LLMs as fast as governments are talking about ways to regulate them. Using AI to process personal data without adherence to privacy regulations (like GDPR or CCPA ) can result in costly legal and reputational risks. What you need is a governance model for AI.

Government 98

Government IT Risk Privacy 98

Data Matters

JANUARY 26, 2022

Barnhill in 2019 and In re Boeing in September 2021, and recent shareholder lawsuits, alleging that data breach- and cybersecurity-related failures would have been preventable were it not for oversight failures by corporate officers and directors, are being plead asserting Caremark claims. Louis ex rel. Marriott Int’l, Inc.

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Cybersecurity Risk Security 88

IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The key to reducing the damage that data breaches can cause is to spot them quickly. Ponemon Institute’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study found that organisations that identified a breach within 100 days saved an average of £2 million per incident. Poor passwords are reportedly exploited in 81% of data breaches.

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Passwords Access Ransomware 92

IT Governance

JUNE 19, 2019

The Home Office reported 35 data breaches to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in 2018–19, including several cases of employees accidentally disclosing sensitive information to unauthorised parties. How are data breaches occurring so regularly? The report highlights three examples of how that occurred.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches Personal data Communications Risk 69

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Here are a few examples of demographic data that in combination with sensitive data makes it Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Demographic data: •Customer names •Address •Phone number •Email address, IP address When you combine information like that with sensitive data like below you get data that is now regulated.

Information Security 167

Information Security Privacy Security Data breaches 167

IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Data breaches have become a board-level issue for many organisations. What personal data do we have on file? Personal data is information that relates to an individual. It’s essential that an organisation implements the necessary procedures to give them every chance of avoiding a data breach.

Data breaches 67

Data breaches Personal data GDPR Encryption 67