The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

For instance, if you have employees in China and the EU, you’ll have to obtain Chinese government approval to provide data from China to EU authorities enforcing the GDPR. Government Monitoring. Similarly, different nations exercise varying amounts of authority over internet traffic.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In preparation for these reforms, companies that collect and process personal information should be asking the following questions: Do we know what data assets we have, and the purpose of collecting and processing the information – a Data Asset Inventory? If not, you cannot govern it. Is yours effective? The reforms at a glance.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The changes become law once a government gazette is passed (possibly before the end of 2020). If you operate in Singapore, handle Singapore data, or maintain a server in Singapore, it is crucial that you have protocols in place to guide employees on what to do when a data breach occurs and consider doing a data breach tabletop exercise. (We

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 25, 2019

My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. Big data, data breaches, data mining, data science…Today, we’re all about the data. And second… Governance. But Governance? Data Governance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2022

However, with many cyber-gangs pivoting to the theft of the data and extorting the victim with threat of release of that sensitive data, paying a ransom no longer minimizes the risk of future extortion. And perhaps most importantly, ensure that all those plans are exercised and tested on a regular basis. Data Security.

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Ransomware Government Risk Data breaches 71

IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2023

This data breach is the latest in a series of security concerns regarding machine learning tools. Elsewhere, IT Governance Consultant William Gamble noted that ChatGPT, like many technological solutions, is only as useful as the people using them. He noted how susceptible people are to misinterpreting its capabilities.

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Passwords Data breaches Risk Government 98

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2021

There are also new requirements around transfers of data outside of the UAE and requirements to keep data secure, and to notify the new data protection regulator, and in some circumstances data subjects, of data breaches. Data breaches. Conduct a data mapping exercise.

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Personal data Data breaches GDPR Compliance 105

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS. One Year from Publication in State Register 500.4:

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Did anyone purchase the apparently stolen data?

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. Schools, hospitals and government agencies all fall under GDPR authority.

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Data Matters

APRIL 30, 2019

Six months after imposing the largest ever HIPAA fine ($16 million) following a HIPAA data breach, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced that it is exercising its enforcement discretion to lower maximum annual HIPAA penalties. New Annual HIPAA Penalty Tiers.

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Data breaches Privacy Government Access 68

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure andrew.gertz@t… Mon, 10/23/2023 - 14:07 Cyberattacks on critical vital infrastructure can have disastrous results, forcing governments and regulatory bodies to pay close attention to intensifying the efforts to safeguard these industries.

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Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Authentication 77

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The GDPR applies to any organization that processes the personal data of European residents, regardless of where that organization is based. Common responsibilities include overseeing risk assessments, training employees on data protection principles, and working with government authorities. million per breach.

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 80

Collibra

JANUARY 14, 2021

In this blog post, we’ll outline the steps it takes to get an enterprise data protection program going by leveraging core data governance principles. These guidelines will form the base for a data protection framework that is ready to support the concept of Crown Jewels, GDPR and more. Identify business data owners.

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Compliance Government Risk Privacy 105

Data Matters

JULY 8, 2019

Ensuring that a company is properly prepared for and responds to privacy and cyber security threats is a key corporate governance responsibility for directors and senior officers. Maintain an asset inventory of key information and data systems to assess how the business can be impacted by cyber threats.

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AIIM

JANUARY 17, 2018

Article 30 of the GDPR requires data controllers and processors to maintain a record of processing activities. Notification processes in the event of personal data breach. Subject to specific circumstances data controllers and processors may be required to conduct a privacy impact assessment. Step 3: Breach Response.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The DPO must be invited to strategic meetings and requested to provide advice on all processing where his/her intervention or presence must be systematic, notably in case of evolution of processing, conduct of a data protection impact assessment(“DPIA”), revision of existing privacy policies or drafting of new policies, data breaches etc.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2019

It’s only through practical exercises that DPOs can learn to bridge that gap. Arguably the trickiest part of being a DPO is liaising with employees on the organisation’s data protection practices. DPOs play a crucial role in the data breach response process. They need to learn how to be independent advisors.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Departments Exercising Personal Information Protection. The Departments responsible for personal information protection (“Departments”) include the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), the relevant department of the State Council and the relevant department of local government at the level of county or above. Data Breach.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2017

When a company experiences a major data breach or hacking incident, media attention turns to speculation or allegations about the company’s past history of underinvesting in cyber defenses, its supposed culture of cyber complacency, or its history of unaddressed (but, in retrospect, allegedly clear) vulnerabilities. 1] The U.S.

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Compliance Cybersecurity Risk Government 60

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This week, we discuss a Bank of England cyber resilience exercise, the latest cyber security news from the US Office of Personnel Management, the highlights of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and a surprising admission by a Japanese cyber security minister. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 November.

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Encryption Risk Passwords Government 58

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

On October 22, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its response to the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) call for views and evidence on its review of representative actions under Section 189 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”).

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Compliance Data breaches Personal data Marketing 107

IT Governance

AUGUST 7, 2018

You can rely on several experienced DPOs rather than just one, which means more hands on deck should you suffer a breach. IT Governance offers DPO as a service on an annual subscription basis. Advise on the necessity of a data protection impact assessment, the manner of its implementation and outcomes. No conflicts of interest.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2023

In these exercises, the red team faces off against their counterparts, the blue team, in a battle to control a particular asset. That could be sensitive data, financial records, communication channels or the organisation’s infrastructure itself. While the red team is on the attack in these exercises, the blue team is playing defence.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Data loss refers to the destruction of sensitive information. It’s a specific type of data breach, falling into the ‘availability’ category of data security (the other two categories being ‘confidentiality’ and ‘integrity’). Data loss can also occur when devices suffer water (or other liquid) damage.

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IT Computer and Electronics Data breaches Risk 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise. Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Hacker broke into super secure French Governments Messaging App Tchap hours after release.

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Security Computer and Electronics Sales Data breaches 64

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

It was also the first to enact data breach notification legislation, which all other states have now followed. Publicly available” is narrowly defined in AB 375 to mean essentially only records of federal, state or local government that is used in a manner compatible with the purpose for which the records are maintained.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies.

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GDPR Personal data Data collection Marketing 91

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That’s a problem because when one organisation’s database is breached, criminals will use the same email and password combination for other sites. Preventing data breaches. Here are five things SMEs should do to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks and data breaches: 1. Secure wireless networks. Train staff.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Even government and public bodies’ websites – including, ironically, the ICO – were found to be running cryptomining software after a third-party plug-in was compromised, but it transpired. The NIS Directive was enacted in the UK as the NIS Regulations on 10 May.

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Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

CILIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A look at changes to data protection as the Government proposes a new risk management approach. The Government has published a consultation on reforms to data protection laws designed ?to to break down barriers to innovative and responsible uses of data so it can boost growth? The Government said: ?He

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Promotion of online mechanisms for users to exercise data subject rights (deletion, de-registration, access, correction, revoke consent etc.). Clarity that data controllers are liable for their data processors’ acts and omissions. Clearer data breach notification procedures and requirements.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2020

This one-day course is designed and run by real-world practitioners, who help you gain an understanding of risks through practical exercises, group discussions and case studies. Although it’s no longer making as many headlines, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) remains an essential part of organisations’ security practices.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 1, 2018

Canada’s long-awaited federal private-sector data breach reporting regulations have now been published by the Canadian government and will take effect November 1, 2018. PIPEDA’s data breach obligation applies only where there is “a real risk of significant harm to an individual”.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

It was also the first to enact data breach notification legislation, which all other states have now followed. Publicly available” is narrowly defined in AB 375 to mean essentially only records of federal, state or local government that is used in a manner compatible with the purpose for which the records are maintained.

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