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.

Data Privacy 145

Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

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 289

Insurance Risk Financial Services Mining 289

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

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. One might assume top-tier financial services firms and healthcare vendors would have solved third-party cyber exposures by now. Uphill battle.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

On July 25, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed the two bills into law, one which amended the state’s data breach notification law, and another that created additional obligations for data breaches at credit reporting agencies. The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Data breaches Privacy Risk 68

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. To be clear, this is not China’s own GDPR.

Data Privacy 111

Data Privacy Privacy Compliance Analytics 111

Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 19, 2018

Did you know that 63% of all data breaches are directly or indirectly linked to third party companies? Benjamin Lawsky, “ A company’s cybersecurity is only as strong as the cybersecurity of its third-party vendors ”. Let us get started with how third-party data breach occurs. What data do they use?

Risk 40

Risk Cybersecurity Compliance Data breaches 40

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

link] Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% As Use of Impersonation Skyrockets Impersonation of users, domains and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments. Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

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Phishing Security awareness Compliance Risk 83