IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. It contained information from the retailer’s Spanish businesses and potentially its UK stores. Avoid basic errors with staff awareness training.

Retail 131

Retail Phishing Data breaches Education 131

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. increase on the number of security incidents that we saw in Q4 2022, but the number of breached records has increased more than threefold.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 59

IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A recent survey by Ping Identity shows that customers move away from brands that have suffered data breaches. Data breaches are now a common occurrence – big-name brands affected in 2018 include FIFA , British Airways , Vision Direct , Eurostar and Marriott. Train your staff.

Data breaches 104

Data breaches GDPR Risk Information Security 104

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

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 16, 2024

Stringent access control mechanisms regulate data access based on user roles and permissions. This helps to ensure that only authorized personnel can view or manipulate the data, minimizing the risk of data breaches and unauthorized usage.

Security 85

Security Unstructured data Retail Analytics 85

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Heathrow Airport £120,000 for failing to secure sensitive personal data after a member of public found an unencrypted USB stick containing data about the airport’s staff. In total, the memory stick contained more than 1,000 files, but just 1% of the contents comprised personal data.

Data breaches 65

Data breaches Personal data Libraries Information Security 65

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. Although the total number of data breaches – or rather, in those reported – decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2022 in the finance sector, the number of incidents increased by 99%.

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 21, 2017

On March 17, 2017, retailer Neiman Marcus agreed to pay $1.6 million as part of a proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) to a consumer class action lawsuit stemming from a 2013 data breach that allegedly compromised the credit card data of approximately 350,000 customers.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches Retail Information Security Education 56

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

We’ve looked at sources such as IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report , Verizon’s 2023 DBIR (Data Breaches and Investigations Report) and Proofpoint’s The State of Phishing report , and found 50 essential stats to reveal the threat that phishing plays – plus we have an extra statistic to explain how you can prevent attacks.

Phishing 111

Phishing Data breaches Communications Ransomware 111

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. Finally, the retailer classifies data based on sensitivity levels and applies appropriate controls to each type.

Data Privacy 84

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 84

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2018

Encryption provides an extra layer of security and control over your data, as well as the systems holding and transmitting your data. This enables regulatory compliance with HIPPA for healthcare organizations, PCI DSS for retailers, and other regulations. Train employees.

Compliance 140

Compliance Encryption GDPR Cloud 140

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. and mobile carriers: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping. Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 91

Authentication Passwords Retail Education 91

IT Governance

MAY 23, 2019

Things are certainly better than they were a year ago, but many organisations are still figuring out how they can satisfy the needs of individuals while also using their personal data to fulfil their business needs. How has the GDPR affected data breach reporting? Data breaches are hard to hide.

GDPR 72

GDPR Data breaches Compliance Retail 72

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. Our research found 98 security incidents during the month, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

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?

Security 132

Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 31, 2013

After applying, the woman received spam messages relating to training classes in the same subject matter. Staff at a leading Shanghai courier firm, YTO Express, are suspected of selling millions of items of personal information about its customers to online traders, who then sold the information to online retailers.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Retail Education Sales 40

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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Security awareness 87

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 87

Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Secure document disposal , as part of this comprehensive policy, protects against data breaches and maintains confidentiality, which is vital in today’s digital landscape. Training Staff on Record Retention Policy Employees at all levels should understand the importance of adhering to the company’s record retention policy.

Compliance 52

Compliance Archiving Digital transformation Sales 52

IT Governance

JULY 23, 2018

Since its coming into force in May, the EU-wide GDPR has led to an increase in data breach reporting, as the requirement is for organisations to notify the ICO of a breach within 72 hours of becoming aware of it. It is vital to ensure that your teams are trained appropriately , with annual refreshers to maintain awareness.

GDPR 63

GDPR Data breaches Phishing Risk 63

IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Data breaches. What steps will the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) take to ensure organisations comply with the recently enforced GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? How will customers, suppliers and partners react to organisations that suffer a breach? What is the cost of a data breach?

Retail 66

Retail Data breaches GDPR Compliance 66

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? A prospective client or customer types your company name and their browser does the rest.

Retail 52

Retail Authentication Insurance Data breaches 52

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Mike Jordan, senior director of the Shared Assessments Program, a Santa Fe, NM-based intel-sharing and training consortium focused on third-party risks, points out that at least one of the banks that had data exposed in this latest huge data leak wasn’t even a customer of the allegedly culpable contractor.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Krebs on Security

APRIL 17, 2019

But occasionally I feel obligated to publish such accounts when companies respond to a breach report in such a way that it’s crystal clear they wouldn’t know what to do with a data breach if it bit them in the nose, let alone festered unmolested in some dark corner of their operations.

Data breaches 272

Data breaches Phishing Retail Access 272

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

The attacker typically pretends to be someone from a legitimate business, like a bank or retailer, in an attempt to get personally identifiable information from the recipient. Cybersecurity Awareness Training. If your training program doesn’t include phishing simulators, you should consider it as an add-on. Vishing Defenses.

Phishing 131

Phishing Cybersecurity Ransomware Security 131

IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Last month, the world’s largest NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace, OpenSea, disclosed a data breach in which users’ email addresses were compromised. The next most frequent targets were software-as-a-service and webmail providers (20.5%) and e-commerce sites and retail stores (14.6%). It found that 23.6% of incidents.

Phishing 116

Phishing e-Delivery Retail Insurance 116

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. A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. A DPO is an independent corporate officer in charge of GDPR compliance.

GDPR 80

GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 80

IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

The club responded to the incident promptly, notifying the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) of the breach and posting a notice on the club shop website. The club has been in direct contact with all users that were potentially affected by this breach,” it added. There are many ways to mitigate the risks of a data breach.

GDPR 66

GDPR Personal data Data breaches Retail 66

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to IDC’s 2021 State of Cloud Security Report , 79 percent of surveyed companies reported a cloud data breach in the last 18 months. Public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) may be less vulnerable than traditional data centers, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own set of risks.

Cloud 116

Cloud Security Encryption Risk 116

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Trying to deal with the fallout from the breach while maintaining daily operations is a challenge for any organisation, regardless of size. What can organisations do to prepare for a breach? There are a number of ways to prepare for a data breach.

GDPR 93

GDPR Phishing Passwords Data breaches 93

IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

According to a Digital Guardian report , 90% of data breaches are caused by phishing, while Venari Security found that organisations lose approximately $181 (£150) for each piece of personal information stolen in online scams. If your colleague makes a mistake and a data breach ensues, you will be at fault.

Phishing 52

Phishing Passwords Authentication Data breaches 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 20, 2023

a bank), a retailer, or an individual’s employer. What are Self-Sovereign Identities? The issuer is the authority that issues the Verifiable Credentials. The verifier is the party checking the credential. The verifier can be another organization (i.e., At the heart of the SSI architecture is a digital wallet.

Privacy 71

Privacy Blockchain Customer Experience Access 71

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. 1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. A Continued Focus on Retail Investors – what does this mean? Indeed, retail funds have been a Commission focus for many years.

Compliance 60

Compliance Retail Cybersecurity Risk 60

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Beauty retail giant Sephora is known for their Beauty Insider Program. As you move up the tiers more rewards are given spanning from early access to new product launches, higher discounts, additional birthday perks, makeup training classes, and even complimentary full-sized products.

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence Marketing Access 75

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

As a global organisation, and with a considerable workforce and hundreds of affiliated associations, FIFA should have been prepared for – and able to swiftly and effectively respond – to a data breach incident. It is believed that the breach was caused by an employee falling for a phishing scam.

Phishing 87

Phishing Data breaches Risk Encryption 87

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As related to cybersecurity, the 2018 Exam Priorities make clear that OCIE’s examinations will focus on governance, risk assessments, access rights and controls, data loss prevention, vendor management, training, and incident response. According to OCIE, each of its examination programs will prioritize cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Compliance Marketing 60

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond investigates data breach. The US retail store Bed Bath & Beyond recently confirmed that it suffered a data breach after an employee was caught out by a phishing scam.

Phishing 119

Phishing Retail Data breaches Insurance 119

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 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 is more than mere credentials, too – according to Cybernews, most of the exposed data is sensitive. Data breached: more than 26 billion records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52