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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65 The culprit: lax practices of a third-party data and analytics contractor. Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. Third-party cyber risks are likely to persist at the current scale for a while longer. Uphill battle.

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Cybersecurity: Managing Risks With Third Party Companies

Cyber Info Veritas

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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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches

KnowBe4

1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I'll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks. So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches? million simulated phishing security tests.

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SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard

The Last Watchdog

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment. Q: Can you give me a feel for the major categories of attacks?

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Investors, business clients, and more continue to look for secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyberattacks, and protect data as it travels from the cloud to edge networks and end-users and back. It uses this data to show a complete narrative of an attack in real-time. Open Raven.