Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. MOVEit Transfer is a file transfer tool used by many organizations, including the Clearinghouse, to support the transfer of data files.”

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On November 8, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) intended to reinforce their “common mission to uphold individuals’ data protection and privacy rights, and cooperate internationally to achieve this goal”.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. For example, the timestamp for Mr. Carter’s inbox reads August 2009, but clicking that inbox revealed messages as recent as Feb. Internet Corp.

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Education Data breaches Government Security 330

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

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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CILIP

APRIL 15, 2024

For every rally cry to embrace AI in education, there are concerns for student literacy and the demise of academic skills." He has worked on trends in the library tech market for several years and his focus on this occasion was on the higher education sector. How do we get that balance right?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This helps them improve their performance over time by gaining data from interactions. Examples of AI chatbot platforms include: •Dialogflow: Developed by Google, Dialogflow is renowned for its comprehension capabilities. Neglecting this can lead to injection attacks,, jeopardizing user data integrity. These tools saved 2.5

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IT Governance

AUGUST 31, 2018

Another week, another example of an email using the Cc (carbon copy) field instead of the Bcc (blind carbon copy) field. While this incident was undoubtedly caused by human error, it is a reminder that an organisation’s employees can pose a significant threat to data security. This time, it was West Ham United Football Club. .

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. In this blog, we take a look at the scenarios in which data protection breaches in schools must be reported. What constitutes a personal data breach.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The paper explores how organizations are approaching privacy-enhancing technologies (“PETs”) and how PETs can advance data protection principles, and provides examples of how specific types of PETs work. It also explores potential challenges to the use of PETs and possible solutions to those challenges.

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erwin

JULY 22, 2020

Fostering organizational support for a data-driven culture might require a change in the organization’s culture. Recently, I co-hosted a webinar with our client E.ON , a global energy company that reinvented how it conducts business from branding to customer engagement – with data as the conduit. As an example, E.ON

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Government Digital transformation Compliance Education 136

IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. We’re asked to hand over our personal data for seemingly everything that we do – from browsing the web to high-street shopping. Although many of us are broadly aware of the risks involved when sharing our personal data, it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

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Data Privacy Privacy Personal data Passwords 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The experts pointed out that the data they found on the devices could be used to identify the prior owners, this information can be used by threat actors to breach their networks. Exposed corporate data and sensitive data include the maps of sensitive applications hosted locally or in the cloud.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Consider these four best practices as the core of your finance team and business’ cybersecurity plan: •Regularly update and back-up your data systems.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In competitive markets, migrating your data to the cloud often fails to achieve the expected ROI. Already prepared to make your data cloud migration? Get our ebook: ‘Four steps to successfully power your data cloud migration with data intelligence’. 3X better on average, according to IDC research (3). Take the next step.

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Cloud Data migration Compliance Communications 59

Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. “I am doing LE Emergency Data Requests for snapchat, twitter, ig [Instagram] and many others,” Bug wrote.

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Government Sales Education Access 244

IT Governance

AUGUST 18, 2020

A survey has found that 54% of UK universities reported a data breach to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the past 12 months. Of the 86 universities that responded to a Freedom of Information request from security firm Redscan, the majority admitted serious shortcomings in their ability to prevent data breaches.

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Data breaches GDPR Education Phishing 116

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) refers to a set of security solutions that identify and monitor information content across storage, operations, and networks. DLP solutions help detect and prevent potential data exposure or leaks. DLP integrates procedures, technology, and people to effectively detect and prevent sensitive data leaks.

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Data breaches Compliance Risk Access 70

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2023

Data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the state of California, are inescapable. The key to differentiation comes in getting data protection right, as part of an overall data strategy.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. We have seen, for example, a renewed interest in more traditional attack methods, such as phishing. How security incidents are occurring. Download now.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

•The Ward Hadaway law firm lost sensitive client data to ransomware purveyors who demanded $6 million, or else they’d publish the data from the firm’s high profile clients online. The Glenn County Office of Education in California suffered an attack limiting access to its own network. •The

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Ransomware Cleanup Education Manufacturing 124

IT Governance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To find out, we looked at the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set , specifically looking into four data breach types caused by human error: Data emailed to incorrect recipient. Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient. At the time of writing, the data set starts in Q2 2019 and goes up to Q2 2023.

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Data breaches Personal data Government GDPR 52

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2022

While such PoCs are usually meant for educational purposes only, researchers found that 4,893 repositories out of 47,300 examined “have symptoms of malicious content,” which represents a bit more than 10% of all PoCs analyzed. The post Cybercriminals Use Fake Public PoCs to Spread Malware and Steal Data appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

With many employees now working remotely, securing company data isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. Inconsistent data regulations. Countries have different data security laws, and these can get in the way of one another. For example, suppose you have workers in the EU. Related: Employees as human sensors.

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Communications Cybersecurity GDPR Risk 220

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

Upon opening the attachment, ToxicEye installs itself on the victim’s device and performs some operations in background such as: stealing data deleting or transferring files killing processes on the PC hijacking the PC’s microphone and camera to record audio and video encrypting files for ransom purposes. ” concludes the report.

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Docuware

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

When computer software can use data to make an educated decision, the result is increased business productivity. For example, improving customer relationships rather than spending time on data entry. Therefore, using machine learning and artificial intelligence has a huge, time-saving value for every company.

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Collibra

AUGUST 16, 2023

This question is even more difficult to answer when talking about data governance. The carrot versus the stick In most cases, the value of data governance isn’t always visible to the end-users. How do you drive adoption of data intelligence across an organizational culture that doesn’t understand its value?

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Government Communications Education Risk 52

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The statement provides detail into several new initiatives and sets goals for America’s future in cybersecurity: The following are some example of the Administration’s current or planned actions in cybersecurity: .

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For example, natural language understanding (NLU) focuses on comprehension, enabling systems to grasp the context, sentiment and intent behind user messages. DL models can improve over time through further training and exposure to more data.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Federal Trade Commission announced a complaint and proposed consent order with InMarket Media, LLC, a digital marketing platform and data aggregator. Less than two weeks later, on February 1, the FTC announced a complaint and proposed consent order with software licensor and data provider Blackbaud, Inc. Complaint at ¶¶ 18-19).

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Personal data Privacy Marketing Data collection 48

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2015

The guidance, Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational Services: Model Terms of Service, states that the TOS offered by providers of online educational services and mobile applications are often “Click Wrap” agreements requiring schools and districts to accept the TOS without an opportunity for negotiation.

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Education Privacy Metadata Compliance 40

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 30, 2021

The Draft Guidance also applies to all organizations that process children’s data, not just providers of Information Society Services (“ISS”), and has a broader scope than the ICO Age Appropriate Code, covering issues such as how to address security standards, handle data breaches and use biometrics.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

How to Avoid/Overcome: Overcome this issue by addressing objections directly with good communication and contextual education. Case studies and examples of peers in other organizations can be powerful techniques. Vendor-neutral research, or case studies, can be valuable tools when communicating with internal decision-makers.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

Unless you decide to go Henry David Thoreau and shun civilization altogether, you can’t — and won’t — stop generating data , which sooner or later can be traced back to you. After the interview, I told him that his examples gave me paranoia. But anonymous data really doesn’t exist anymore. million people.

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Metadata IT Privacy Education 218

Hunton Privacy

JULY 14, 2020

On July 8, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its White Paper (the “Paper”) as input for the European Data Protection Board’s (the “EDPB”) future guidelines on data subject rights (“DSRs”) (the “Guidelines”).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “ juice jacking ,” a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile device into a public charging kiosk.

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Communications Risk Access Education 260

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On December 20, 2023, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”), which would bring long-anticipated changes to the children’s online data privacy regime at the federal level in the U.S. Strengthening data security. The COPPA Rule has not been updated since 2012. Restricting ed tech in schools.

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