IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from July in this blog. Western Australia government hacked, with COVID-19 communications intercepted (unknown). Food delivery service Instacart denies cyber attack large-scale data breach (278,531). Las Cruces school meeting zoom-bombed (unknown).

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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.

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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.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 5, 2023

However, the integration of AI into data products — in other words, any product that uses data to achieve an operational or business goal — carries inherent risks, especially as AI efforts scale up. To mitigate these risks and ensure trusted data, it’s important for organizations to embrace comprehensive AI governance practices.

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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. Do You Know Where Your Sensitive Data Is?

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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.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The data breach notification requirements of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) are complicated, so it’s no surprise that many organisations aren’t sure what they’re supposed to be doing. What is a personal data breach? What is a personal data breach? Download the guide now.

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Collibra

JUNE 21, 2023

Businesses everywhere are seeking ways to leverage LLMs as fast as governments are talking about ways to regulate them. How do organizations ensure the quality, integrity, and ethical handling of the data used to train and operate AI systems? What you need is a governance model for AI. You need AI governance.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Uber £385,000 for a data breach affecting 35 million people, including 2.7 The crooks also accessed the personal data of 3.7 How will you respond to a data breach? The six key steps you can take to ensure you meet the GDPR’s compliance requirements.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2023

What is data minimisation? Data minimisation requires organisations to process personal data only if it serves a specific purpose, and to retain it for only as long as it’s needed to meet that purpose. This is because the answer will depend on the specific circumstances for processing and using the personal data.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The shortest month of the year is over in a flash, but not before a significant number of data breaches and cyber attacks could take place. I always suggest subscribing to our Daily Sentinel to receive daily updates on the latest data breaches and cyber attacks. Malware breach strikes Chester County computers.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you’re among the seemingly small number of organisations that hasn’t yet suffered a data breach, you should be preparing for the inevitable. IT Governance understands these problems, and we have created flexible solutions to help organisations get #BreachReady. What resources does it have at its disposal?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

With stories of data breaches appearing daily, many organisations will be wondering when their time will come. This blog outlines some of the free resources IT Governance offers to help organisations prevent, prepare for and respond to data breaches. This means ensuring you have a plan for responding to breaches.

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AIIM

AUGUST 16, 2019

We regularly discuss the value and importance of information governance - at our conference, in our training courses, in our virtual events. How can you move your organization's information governance program forward in the absence of management support or interest? And no organization wants to make the national news for a data breach.

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IT Governance

JUNE 20, 2019

At first we thought they meant ‘will implementing ISO 27001 make me susceptible to data breaches?’ ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security, and it’s specifically designed to prevent data breaches and protect organisations from cyber attacks. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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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.

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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. Ransomware. Physical theft.

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IT Governance

JULY 10, 2019

million for a massive data breach that it disclosed last year. Organisations struggling to meet the GDPR’s requirements >> The ICO’s announcement comes a day after it said it will fine British Airways £183.4 million for a breach it disclosed in September 2018. Marriott International is to be fined £99.2

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2019

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) isn’t only about preventing data breaches (it’s equally focused on strengthening data subjects’ rights), but organisations have understandably honed in on the importance of effective data protection. How else can IT Governance help? ISO 27001 and the GDPR.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. Buckets of thumb drives”. Let’s call that issue number one. And… good news!

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Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. Buckets of thumb drives”. Let’s call that issue number one. And… good news!

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 19, 2024

New era of concern In 2023, the world saw a 72% increase in data breaches from 2021, which held the previous record. Meeting risk and security standards are table stakes for companies of all sizes. Take a proactive stance to simplify your security stack to give your business the best visibility and protection.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

Review the vendor’s security protocols for compliance with industry standards, as well as the vendor’s records for any data breaches connected to the dataset in question. Make note of the vendor’s physical data storage location and any third-party facility ownership, as well as any related contracts.

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Compliance Access Personal data Risk 131

IT Governance

JUNE 14, 2018

Little more than three years since its previous security incident, electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted to a data breach compromising 5.9 million personal records – making it the biggest online data breach in UK history. million customer cards and 1.2 Download >>

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2019

However, at the time of that meeting, the BSI wasn’t fully aware of the extent of the breach. It was only when a Twitter user, later revealed to be the person behind the attack, published portions of the stolen data, that the authority conducted further analysis. .

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2019

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has called on banks and bookmakers to meet to discuss gambling industry regulations. The government will not hesitate to act if businesses don’t continue to make progress in this area and do all they can to ensure vulnerable people are protected.”. “The Is your personal data at risk?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cyber liability insurance helps organisations cover the financial costs of a data breach. This can include the legal fees if a client sues the organisation for its role in the data breach. For example, the damage caused by a data breach will be worse if it involves sensitive personal data, such as financial data.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

By modifying your DLP policy in this way, you can develop an effective plan that meets your organization’s specific requirements and improves overall data security efforts. By keeping all stored data visible, organizations may proactively detect and resolve possible security concerns before they become full-fledged data breaches.

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Archive Document Data Storage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Data security experts all echo the same sentiment: “It’s not if your organisation will be breached, it’s when.” Does your business have a breach response plan? In this blog, we offer several steps to take after a data breach so you can create—or update—your breach response plan. Stay Calm.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 2, 2022

The Report indicates that the CNIL received 5,037 data breach notifications in 2021, amounting to an increase of approximately 79% in comparison to 2020. The CNIL also took part in the 43rd annual meeting of the Global Privacy Assembly. Some of these investigations remain ongoing to date.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Additionally, in highly regulated sectors such as finance or healthcare or state and local government entities, organizations need to meet additional compliance laws and mandates. When it comes to encryption keys, security best practice is to ensure separation between encrypted data-at-rest and the keys.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

The MGM Resorts 2019 data breach is much larger than initially thought, a hacker is offering for sale details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web. Bad news for the guests of the MGM Resorts, the 2019 data breach suffered by the company is much larger than initially reported. ” reported ZDNet.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

. “In January and February 2023, I contacted government organizations and several companies, but I did not receive any response from these organizations,” Akiri said. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from government organizations.” government in February about his findings, but received no response.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

By managing risks, organisations gain a comprehensive understanding of the specific ways that they could suffer data breaches and other disruptive events, and the steps they can take to protect themselves. This is understandable, given that a data breach could result in costly delays, and may even instigate a supply chain attack.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 30, 2019

It’s summer, and life’s a breach. A data breach, that is. It’s your service provider’s breach, but it involves your (more likely, your customer’s) data. So put down the beach reading, for some breach reading. Who “owns” a data breach?

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 9, 2019

Alas: you don’t hear the phrase often after a data breach. As terrible and eye-popping as they may be, massive data breaches JUST. Despite countless congressional hearings and data security and privacy laws in 48 states , and the advent of GDPR , data breaches show no signs of fading into memory like small pox or polio.

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