Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? In October, FICO teamed up with the U.S. ENTIRELY, CERTIFIABLY PREVENTABLE.

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

No matter the size of a business, a well-defined record retention policy serves multiple purposes: ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, aiding in efficient document management, and securing sensitive information. Each category will have different legal and operational retention requirements.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Preventing this from happening requires a nuanced approach to information security, and it’s one that organisations are increasingly struggling with. According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , insider threats account for 18% of all security incident. Examples of insider threats 1.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2017

According to Article 30 of the GDPR, companies will be required to record personal data processing activities including, but not limited to, the categories of data being processed, the categories of recipients of the data and time limits for keeping the data. This third and final blog covers steps 7–9.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

The shift to working from home over the past year, as reviewed in “ 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise: Digital Pulse ” published on October 2020, identifies the “information security as the priority respondents cited most often as having become greater”. The Added Value of Data Visibility. Enhanced security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. To nominate, please visit:?.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 24, 2024

Ethical hackers may also provide malware analysis, risk assessment, and other hacking tools and techniques to fix security weaknesses rather than cause harm. IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 found the global average cost of a data breach in 2023 to be USD $4.45 million, a 15% increase over 3 years.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2022

The hacktivists have stolen sensitive data from the organization and released 820 GB of data detailing the ongoing activity of the agency. The leaked document are arranged in two major categories, one containing more than 360,000 files that date up to March 5 (536.9 This is why that feature exists.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 7, 2017

The Belgian Privacy Commission (the “Belgian DPA”) recently released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch ) regarding the requirement to maintain internal records of data processing activities (the “Recommendation”) pursuant to Article 30 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Content of internal records.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now. Therefore, we should examine each category and consider what the rules fundamentally request. In fact, the U.S.

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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.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2019

However, the GDPR is clear that data is also vulnerable to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or disclosure. The ways in which these could happen need to be identified at every stage of the data handling process. There is more to the GDPR and risk assessments than the threat of data breaches. DPIA risk assessments.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. To nominate, please visit:?.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24

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Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

The flurry of state legislative activity in the wake of the enactment of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) continues with the New York legislature recently passing two bills to increase accountability for the processing of personal information. codified at N.Y.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

The Regulation treats charities in much the same way as any organisation, because although they’re not using personal data to make a profit, they still run the risk of data breaches and privacy violations. Process special categories of data on a large scale. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t.

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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The major categories of financial institutions include central banks, retail and commercial banks, investment banks, investment companies, brokerage firms, internet banks, credit unions, and savings and loans associations. financial institutions. Risk Management and RIM.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

When organisations are deciding what steps to take to prevent and respond to data breaches, they might immediately focus on the threat of hacking. There are many ways this can happen, so we’ve broken down the threats into two broad categories, along with examples of the sorts of threats organisations face. Environmental damage.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 17, 2017

Step 1: Appointing a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) or “Pilot”. The CNIL’s methodology first stresses the need for organizations to appoint a leader to pilot governance of data protection within their structure. This person will internally carry out informational, advisory and control tasks.

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IT Governance

JULY 25, 2018

Except for special categories of personal data, whose processing is prohibited except under certain circumstances, personal data can be processed under the GDPR only if the data subject gives their explicit consent or if it’s necessary: To meet contractual obligations entered into by the data subject.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2022

See the Top Zero Trust Security Solutions. Forrester Research developed the formal concept of zero trust more than a decade ago: Zero Trust is an information security model that denies access to applications and data by default. Zero Trust Defined. Litigation will also play a part in pushing standards towards ZTA.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The final IRR requires that, even where personal information has been collected in a foreign jurisdiction for processing in the Philippines, the Philippine requirements to implement information security measures will still apply. The final IRR stipulate the categories of content that must appear in the notification.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 23, 2021

Conversely, such notification does not absolve the operator from making a data breach notification to the competent data protection authority, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), if the incident results in a personal data breach. Identification of security measures.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

The result is many vulnerabilities only provide initial access, requiring that threat actors return to more traditional actions that include the need to compromise credentials – something that generally is accomplished using internal spear phishing. Find out how adding PhishER can be a huge time-saver for your Incident Response team!

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Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 19, 2018

Did you know that 63% of all data breaches are directly or indirectly linked to third party companies? Let us get started with how third-party data breach occurs. How Third Party Data Breach Takes Place If a hacker is targeting a large organization, they look for the gateway that will not be easily noticed.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 23, 2018

24, but more likely than not the first test for many organizations will be how they respond to data subject access requests (DSARs) or when they experience a personal data breach which they will likely need to report to their Supervisory Authority due to the relatively hair trigger reporting thresholds.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Even the most resilient systems today can still be breached with the right tools and sufficient resources, and there is not yet a unified theory or framework for addressing vulnerabilities in every context. The most prepared cybersecurity programs of today will not attempt to implement a static, “out-of-the-box” solution to cyber risk.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. Evervault is on a mission to make encrypting sensitive data seamless with its security toolkit for developers. JupiterOne. Cybersecurity Startup Trends.

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