Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515 Information Security Program Requirements. Enforcement and Penalties Under the Law.

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Insurance Security Information Security Cybersecurity 107

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key recommendations for Financial Services to improve cybersecurity and resilience in multi-clouds madhav Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:46 The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to the EU financial sector from 17 January 2025. As set out in its Article 2, DORA applies to the entire financial services sector.

Financial Services 83

Financial Services Cloud Cybersecurity Encryption 83

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. Insurers should: Establish a Formal Cyber Insurance Risk Strategy.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

On January 18, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter 2019-1 (the Circular Letter), addressing insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources in underwriting for life insurance. Unlawful Discrimination.

Insurance 68

Insurance Financial Services Compliance Retail 68

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2

Insurance 295

Insurance Financial Services Mining Access 295

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers. The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers.

Financial Services 86

Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity Analytics 86

Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

Financial Services 68

Financial Services Cybersecurity Insurance Risk 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 26, 2018

In this Q&A, IBM financial services solution architect Irina Saburova discusses an insurance use case with IBM Data Science Marketing Lead Rosie Pongracz.

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Data science Insurance Financial Services Marketing 80

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) amended its Cybersecurity Regulation applicable to covered financial institutions. Our previous blog post covered key proposed changes to the Cyber Regulation.

Cybersecurity 72

Cybersecurity IT Compliance Financial Services 72

AIIM

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Nowhere is this truer than in the financial services sector. In a recent AIIM survey, 85% of finance and insurance executives said that digital preservation was “important” or “very important” to their organizations – even higher than the 77% reported in other industries. The time to act is now.

Digital preservation 93

Digital preservation Insurance Financial Services Digital transformation 93

Reltio

JUNE 9, 2022

The insurance industry is facing unprecedented disruption. Insurance carriers have been called to transform customer experience, business offerings, and operations. As an insurer, your current business models are being challenged by new thinking, new competitors, and new ways of working.

Digital transformation 52

Digital transformation Insurance MDM Customer Experience 52

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July.

Insurance 90

Insurance Data breaches Financial Services Passwords 90

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. This week, the U.S. billion last year.

Insurance 276

Insurance Risk Financial Services Mining 276

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

For highly regulated industries, these challenges take on an entirely new level of expectation as they navigate evolving regulatory landscape and manage requirements for privacy, resiliency, cybersecurity, data sovereignty and more.

Cloud 81

Cloud Financial Services Risk Business Services 81

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. PIPL Raises the Bar – And the Stakes.

Data Privacy 145

Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

That measure, which went into effect in March 2019 and is considered among the toughest in the nation, requires financial companies to regularly audit and report on how they protect sensitive data, and provides for fines in cases where violations were reckless or willful. ” . ”

Financial Services 210

Financial Services Insurance Sales Authentication 210

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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 included shoppers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, countries of residence and membership numbers.

Data Privacy 85

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 85

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

Insurance 70

Insurance Cybersecurity Risk Education 70

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.

Cybersecurity 115

Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Financial Services 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down for some days. It is not clear who is behind the DDoS attack, but the media speculate that it was launched by pro-Russian hacktivists in response to the German financial and military support to Ukraine.

Financial Services 132

Financial Services Military Insurance Marketing 132

Reltio

JUNE 20, 2023

Every organization must solve daunting data challenges while managing risks, growing profits, and carefully monitoring costs. That’s why the quest for clean, connected, and actionable real-time data has become the linchpin of every successful digital transformation, even in this budget-constrained era.

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MDM Cloud B2C B2B 98

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Keeping up with new data protection regulations can be difficult, and the latest – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – isn’t the only new data protection regulation organizations should be aware of. A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 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. TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Data breached: 2.7

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

Insurance 40

Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches Financial Services 40

Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

Within a few days, data security experts at Microsoft , Palo Alto Networks (“PANW”), and Mandiant confirmed reports of increasing Russian cyberactivity and offered their own recommendations for hardening measures (many of which overlap with the Advisory). Best Practices to Minimize Disruptions.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Authentication Government 157

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

.” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

Communications 110

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 110

Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

Cybersecurity 88

Cybersecurity Privacy Insurance Risk 88

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 17, 2023

This means that all transactions are recorded on a decentralized ledger, making it impossible to modify or tamper with the data. This technology has numerous potential applications in the financial services industry, supply chain management, voting systems and more. billion people do not have access to basic financial services.

Blockchain 76

Blockchain Financial Services Risk Authentication 76

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Systems at Xchanging, a subsidiary of Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology was hit by ransomware over the weekend. Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary.

Ransomware 79

Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 79

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The latter is the 2019 data security law known as the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. EyeMed engaged a forensic investigator, which was unable to determine whether any exfiltration of personal data had occurred, due in part to a lack of log data. In total, information for approximately 2.1

Passwords 98

Passwords Financial Services Authentication Insurance 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The drug testing firm Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), which performs live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, discloses a data breach. Stolen data included the personal information for volunteers who surnames begin with D, G, I, or J. ” reads the data breach notification published by the company.

Ransomware 105

Ransomware Data breaches Encryption Financial Services 105

Data Protection Report

JUNE 2, 2021

On May 13, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $1.8 million settlement with two related insurance companies, relating to violations of two different requirements of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulation during the period 2018 to 2019. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation.

Cybersecurity 71

Cybersecurity Insurance Financial Services Phishing 71

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank leaked millions of records with sensitive data, including financial information and personal documents of the bank’s clients. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data.

Personal data 98

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 1, 2021

Protecting Sensitive Data with Luna Key Broker for Microsoft Double Key Encryption. Today’s remote working environment relies heavily on the collaborative sharing of information, challenging organizations to maintain the security of confidential data and regulatory compliance while driving employee productivity.

Encryption 79

Encryption Compliance Cloud GDPR 79

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the effective date of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act or Act).

Cybersecurity 104

Cybersecurity Financial Services Data breaches Insurance 104

Collibra

MAY 14, 2021

Last week I attended the virtual Gartner Data and Analytics Summit. This conference brought together data and analytics leaders from top industries such as government, banking, financial services, insurance, and manufacturing. When striving to achieve data intelligence, don’t start from the data.

Analytics 59

Analytics Metadata Financial Services Government 59

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

Its customer base is comprised of eight of the top 15 banks, four of the top six healthcare insurance and managed care providers, nine of the top 15 property and casualty insurance providers, five of the top 13 pharmaceutical companies, and 11 of the largest 15 federal agencies. Users re-defined. Public trust must be maintained.

Digital transformation 140

Digital transformation Insurance Compliance Healthcare 140