Data Matters

JANUARY 2, 2018

This past year was marked by ever more significant data breaches, growing cybersecurity regulatory requirements at the state and federal levels and continued challenges in harmonizing international privacy and cybersecurity regulations. Data breach litigation risks. We expect each of these trends to continue in 2018.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Privacy Data breaches GDPR 68

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Stories like the recent Facebook hack , the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how unremarkable they really are. The risks are about to get worse, because computers are being embedded into physical devices and will affect lives, not just our data. It's no secret that computers are insecure.

Security 89

Security Government Marketing Manufacturing 89

IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. In case you missed it, you may also be interested in our first quarterly review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 115

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. By contrast, we disclosed 1 billion breached records in April, and almost 4 billion in the first four months of the year.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Importantly, the CCPA does not categorically exempt all data-related operations of Covered Entities and Business Associates. Instead, the CCPA expressly exempts PHI collected by a Covered Entity or Business Associate that is governed by HIPAA. This data may not be eligible for the CCPA exemption. CMIA Exemption.

Privacy 45

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 45

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Importantly, the CCPA does not categorically exempt all data-related operations of Covered Entities and Business Associates. Instead, the CCPA expressly exempts PHI collected by a Covered Entity or Business Associate that is governed by HIPAA. This data may not be eligible for the CCPA exemption. CMIA Exemption.

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Importantly, the CCPA does not categorically exempt all data-related operations of Covered Entities and Business Associates. Instead, the CCPA expressly exempts PHI collected by a Covered Entity or Business Associate that is governed by HIPAA. This data may not be eligible for the CCPA exemption. CMIA Exemption.

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 40

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

66,702,148 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 6.9

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

AIIM

MAY 21, 2020

It is also unique in that it is decentralized, so there is no single authority governing its use. 5 Benefits of Blockchain for Data Management. In my work at Mustard IT , many of our data management projects for our clients have involved the use of blockchain. Data Security.

Blockchain 116

Blockchain Data breaches Artificial Intelligence Government 116

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. Data breached: 70,840,771 email addresses.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The CCPA governs how businesses treat “consumer” “personal information.” The California data breach notification law would still require a business to notify consumers (and potentially the Attorney General) if the encrypted information was accessed or taken along with the encryption key. What Is Covered? Code § 56.05(j).

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

252,796,762 known records breached in 126 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JULY 12, 2018

Healthcare is one of the hardest-hit industries when it comes to data breaches. Healthcare providers (HCPs) and industry partners process significant amounts of data which that is both attractive and valuable to cyber criminals.

Information Security 66

Information Security Compliance GDPR Security 66

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , 39% of data breaches came from web application compromise, which can often be a result of organizations leveraging open-source code, which can lead to the mess of dependencies that became apparent in vulnerabilities like Log4j Log4Shell and Apache Commons Text4Shell.

Cloud 113

Cloud Risk Security Artificial Intelligence 113

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 13, 2019

The scope of application of the Data Security Measures. The draft Data Security Measures do not define “sensitive personal data.” Notification and reporting obligation in the event of data breach. and (iii) make a report to their industrial supervising authority and the CAC.

Personal data 40

Personal data IT Data collection Compliance 40

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

Security 102

Security Ransomware Retail Artificial Intelligence 102

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw an average of almost 80 data breaches and cyber attacks per month. Several major incidents occurred in January, boosting the total number of breached records to a substantial 1,505,372,820. Chinese hackers blamed as Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach (unknown). Data breaches.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 145

InfoGovNuggets

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As I begin to catch up, here’s a quick summary of some of the week’s information governance headlines. Privacy, Governance. “ Schools Wrestle With Privacy of Digital Data Collected on Students ,” The Wall Street Journal , July 11, 2019 (online). Who owns the data, and what rules govern?

Healthcare 28

Healthcare Data breaches Privacy Data collection 28

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The good news is that those data breaches and cyber attacks accounted for just 18,407,479 breached records. With that in mind, here is our complete list of October’s cyber attacks and data breaches. Data breaches. Data breaches. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Healthcare 141

erwin

MARCH 28, 2019

This also extends to industry-specific other compliance mandates such as those in healthcare, pharmaceutical and the financial services industries. The Regulatory Rationale for Integrating Data Management & Data Governance.

Digital transformation 71

Digital transformation Healthcare Compliance Financial Services 71

Collibra

MARCH 22, 2022

Across all segments of the industry – from payer, provider, biotech and pharmaceutical – organizations are ramping up on their digital transformation initiatives with a renewed sense of urgency. Lack of data management and poor-quality data drives up costs and risks. The Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud advantage.

Digital transformation 52

Digital transformation Cloud Healthcare Computer and Electronics 52