The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2018, UK regulators got the regulatory ball rolling taking steps that would eventually result in mandated minimum requirements for IoT data storage, communications and firmware update capabilities. And your product can then be sold in all of those different regions.”

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IoT Security Manufacturing Cybersecurity 220

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In a recent study of 1,237 Chrome extensions with a minimum of 1,000 downloads, Incogni researchers found that nearly half ask for permissions that could potentially expose personally identifiable information (PII), distribute adware and malware , or even log everything users do online, including accessing passwords and financial data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

One of the largest sources of data is all around us—that is, geospatial data. Geographic information systems (GIS ) visualize and make sense of this data, helping people and businesses better understand the patterns and relationships of our world. Read more about the initiative here.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence IoT Agriculture 101

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

CISA’s mandate follows a slew of recent attacks wherein attackers exploited zero-day flaws in popular networking products to conduct ransomware and cyber espionage attacks on victim organizations.

Risk 214

Risk Ransomware Cybersecurity Access 214

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

You are no doubt aware of the grim statistics: •The average cost of a data breach rose year-over-year from $3.86 Data privacy breaches expose sensitive details about customers, staff, and company financials. Cybersecurity has never felt more porous. million to $4.24 million in 2021, according to IBM. About the essayist.

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Security Artificial Intelligence Authentication Cybersecurity 229

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Conducting the best customer service strategy today requires organizations to invest in several customer service types. Here are some key types of customer service to prioritize: Phone support Many customers will still want to pick up a phone and talk to a live customer service agent, no matter how many new ways organizations offer.

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Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence Communications Marketing 77

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Technology reviews can be a temptingly easy way to gain insight into the often impenetrable world of enterprise cybersecurity products, but you need to know how to use them. To help, we’ll cover the pros, built-in biases, and suitability of each type of technology review and how to use each review type as a buyer.

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Cybersecurity Marketing Energy and Utilities Access 104

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

A successful firewall setup and deployment requires careful design, implementation, and maintenance to effectively improve your network integrity and data security. Setting up a firewall is the first step in securing your network. Take note of your security requirements, physical environment, and component interoperability.

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Compliance Risk Access Security 61

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online. Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. The leaked data.

IoT 115

IoT Passwords Ransomware Access 115

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This week’s news includes open-source software vulnerabilities, endangered data, and continued attacks from state-sponsored Russian threat groups. December 11, 2023 Sonar Finds Three Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Firewall pfSense Type of vulnerability: Cross-site scripting and command injection. Versions 2.7.1

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Analytics Cybersecurity Authentication Access 112

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2024

The use of Dynamic DNS (DDNS) services embedded in appliances can potentially expose data and devices to attacks. Imagine a perfect world for an attacker, where they can precisely identify devices belonging to customers of a specific vendor, all using a product potentially riddled with known vulnerabilities or zero-day exploits.

Manufacturing 112

Manufacturing Encryption Communications Cybersecurity 112

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

To remain competitive in today’s relentlessly paced and ever-expanding marketplace, companies must think carefully about what products they’re developing and how they’re developing them, continuously iterating their processes to maintain a competitive edge. Why is a strong product development strategy important?

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Marketing Manufacturing Sales Customer Experience 78

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

This type of thinking can be applied to Rule 26(f) conferences (also known as meet and confers). The purpose of the meet and confer is to discuss litigation details such as data preservation, privilege issues, the form of production, and expenses. Identify and evaluate the accessibility of relevant data types.

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e-Discovery Data preservation Information governance Government 78

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Meanwhile, data analytics is the act of examining datasets to extract value and find answers to specific questions.

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Data science Analytics Unstructured data Artificial Intelligence 80

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 24, 2020

Related: Life insurance types explained From shopping to socializing or paying their bills, people seem to be doing everything online these days, so it was only a matter of time until insurance companies stepped into the digital world. When using other channels, they wouldn’t have access to this type of information. Shop around.

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Insurance IT Security Access 190

IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

For example, they can only spot known types of malware, and according to the AV-Test Institute , almost half a million new types of malware are detected each day. Malware, or malicious software, is a broad term that refers to any type of code that intends to harm a computer. However, those tools are not flawless.

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Encryption Data breaches Phishing Government 126

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Moving the questionnaires to an exchange model meant introducing a standardized crowdsourcing approach to compiling and making available what was previously bespoke assessment data. Third parties get fewer requests so they can focus more time and energy on security; customers have one place they can go to get the data they need.”.

Security 266

Security Risk Digital transformation Insurance 266

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On 15 September 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a new Regulation which sets out cybersecurity related requirements for products with “digital elements”, known as the proposed Cyber Resilience Act (the CRA ). . Extra requirements for “critical” products. Annex III divides critical products into two “classes”.

Manufacturing 132

Manufacturing IT Cybersecurity Marketing 132

Data Protection Report

APRIL 30, 2024

The claims related to the company’s sharing personal data without consumer consent and making it very difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to this telehealth service. The order also requires that the company destroy personal data for which it had not received consent and to create a document retention and destruction policy.

Personal data 85

Personal data Privacy Information governance Compliance 85

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2021

French multinational dairy products corporation Lactalis discloses cyberattack, but claimed that had no evidence of a data breach. France-based dairy giant Lactalis announced that it was hit by a cyber attack, but claimed that it had found no evidence of a data breach. ” continues the press release.

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Data breaches Ransomware Access Cybersecurity 115

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Plan: Outlining the testing and creating report templates in advance acts both as a checklist of information needed and as a repository for testing details. The table below lists key information on eight common sections found in a typical pentest report, which we’ll go into in more detail below.

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Compliance Risk Computer and Electronics Cybersecurity 103

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. severity flaw could allow unauthenticated attackers to delete data. vulnerability scoring system released last week.

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Ransomware Authentication Cybersecurity Education 111

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

Security 104

Security Cloud Compliance Risk 104

IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Revolut was recently targeted by a cyber criminal, who gained unauthorised access to clients’ personal data.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 25, 2024

On 1 March 2024, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission ( PDPC ) issued the Advisory Guidelines on the Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems ( AI Advisory Guidelines ). It does not discuss the use of personal data in the context of generative AI ( GenAI ) solutions.

Personal data 45

Personal data B2C B2B Data collection 45

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In their quest to provide exceptional service, they faced a challenge—how to ensure that customers could place orders as soon as new shipments of their artisanal products arrived. Customers could then effortlessly respond to the email, specifying their order details such as quantity and desired items. myhandmadesoapshop).

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Customer Experience Cloud Authentication Compliance 87

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The expert exploiting this known issue discovered the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-36396 Windows Compressed Folder Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – The RCE issue resides in Windows’s new extraction logic for all newly supported archive types. CVE-2023-42757 was reserved for this vulnerability by MITRE.

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Archiving Access Security Risk 114

Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

The missives addressed recipients by name, included details about recent orders, and warned that those orders wouldn’t be shipped unless the customer paid an added delivery fee. The recent letter from UPS about SMS phishers harvesting shipment details and phone numbers from its website. info , legodelivery[.]info

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Phishing Retail IT Communications 281

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

for secretly collecting personal location data. million to settle with 40 US states for misleading users about the collection of personal location data. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. Google is going to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S.

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Privacy Data collection IT Access 84

Collibra

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In 2021, Collibra quietly released Assessments, a privacy capability for data privacy stewards. Collibra Assessments enables data privacy stewards to design, publish and archive assessment templates. Let’s zoom in on our own usage data for assessments! Thinking out of the box. We call it NPI.

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Government Libraries Privacy Data Privacy 52

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

To boost productivity, they must leverage cloud infrastructure and participate in agile software development. We talked about how Devolutions has been guiding its SMB customers to combine tried-and-true remote desktop productivity functionalities with very basic privileged access management (PAM) modules.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 27, 2023

On June 2 and June 5, 2023, the Connecticut and Nevada state legislatures, respectively, voted in favor of sending legislation to their governors for signature that would impose restrictions, among others, on the processing of consumer health data, including geofencing provisions. Nevada S.B. Connecticut’s S.B. In particular, S.B.

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Data Privacy Personal data Privacy Insurance 69

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As organizations collect larger data sets with potential insights into business activity, detecting anomalous data, or outliers in these data sets, is essential in discovering inefficiencies, rare events, the root cause of issues, or opportunities for operational improvements.

Unstructured data 67

Unstructured data Artificial Intelligence Sales Manufacturing 67

erwin

JUNE 26, 2020

If you’re serious about a data-driven strategy , you’re going to need a data catalog. Organizations need a data catalog because it enables them to create a seamless way for employees to access and consume data and business assets in an organized manner. This also diminishes the value of data as an asset.

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Metadata Unstructured data Compliance Sales 132

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 25, 2022

Notably, the complaint alleged that because Sephora’s website offers for sale prenatal and menopause support vitamins, third parties can use this data to infer conclusions about women’s health conditions, thereby “depriving consumers of the ability to limit the proliferation of their data on the web.”.

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Sales Analytics Privacy Retail 114

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

Virtually every organization recognizes the power of data to enhance customer and employee experiences and drive better business decisions. Yet, as data becomes more valuable, it’s also becoming harder to protect. What is a data protection strategy?

Data breaches 45

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Encryption 45

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The volume of confidential documents created daily is, frankly, incalculable, and the volume of “everything” distributed across multiple data centers around the world is much, much more. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth. Intelligent Sensitive Data Protection.

Encryption 71

Encryption Unstructured data Risk Cloud 71