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What Is Data Minimisation? Definition & Examples

IT Governance

Data minimisation is a key part of information security and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in particular. Its principles are at the heart of effective data protection practices, and are intended to prevent privacy breaches and minimise the damage when security incidents occur. What is data minimisation?

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NIST Releases 'Critical Software' Definition for US Agencies

Data Breach Today

Agency Begins Fulfilling Requirements for Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order NIST has published its definition of "critical software" for the U.S. federal government as the standards agency begins fulfilling requirements laid out in President Biden's executive order on cybersecurity.

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Understanding Data Governance

IBM Big Data Hub

If you’re in charge of managing data at your organization, you know how important it is to have a system in place for ensuring that your data is accurate, up-to-date, and secure. That’s where data governance comes in. What exactly is data governance and why is it so important?

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What is Vishing? Definition, Examples and Prevention

IT Governance

The manager is told that a data breach may have exposed their personal information and is asked to provide their username and password to access the company account so that it can be checked. Phony government agency In this scam, the caller claims to be from a government department and asks you to confirm identification details.

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Data Governance for Smart Data Distancing

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During this coronavirus emergency, we are all being deluged by data from politicians, government agencies, news outlets, social media and websites, including valid facts but also opinions and rumors. Yay, data geeks! On a business level, decisions based on bad external data may have the potential to cause business failures.

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What is Smishing? Definition, Examples and Prevention

IT Governance

As with all forms of phishing, smishing scams target: Login credentials for email accounts, social media, online banking or other high-value targets; Personal information that can be sold on the dark web or used to commit fraud; Financial data that can be used to make bogus payments. A pretext is the reason that they are contacting you.

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5 Ways Data Modeling Is Critical to Data Governance

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Enterprises are trying to manage data chaos. They also face increasing regulatory pressure because of global data regulations , such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), that went into effect last week on Jan. GDPR: Key Differences.