IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

Welcome to our first 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. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between January and March 2022, which accounted for 75,099,482 breached records.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Government Retail 115

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. IT Governance identified 285 publicly disclosed security incidents between July and September 2022, which accounted for 232,266,148 compromised records.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Welcome to our second 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. IT Governance discovered 237 security incidents between April and June 2022, which accounted for 99,019,967 breached records. This represents an 11.5%

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 105

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 377 security incidents between April and June 2021, which accounted for 1,224,539,395 breached records.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Data controllers and data processors are an integral part of the GDPR. The terms ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’ have been around for years, but it’s only since the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect that they’ve been scrutinised. Responsibilities of the data controller.

GDPR 107

GDPR Retail Data collection Personal data 107

IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

The concept of data controllers and data processors has been around for years, but the roles come with clearly defined responsibilities under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). In this blog, we take a close look at what a data controller and processor does and how they fit into your organisation.

GDPR 95

GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 95

Collibra

MAY 11, 2022

It’s perhaps a shocking truth: We live in an era of stunning digital transformation that is only going to become more data-driven each day. By 2025, it’s estimated that 463 exabytes of data will be created every day. Only 32% realize tangible value from data. 77% integrate up to 5 different types of data in their data pipelines.

Analytics 80

Analytics Digital transformation Government Retail 80

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Overview IT Governance discovered 310 security incidents between January and March 2023, which accounted for 349,171,305 breached records.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 59

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. How to choose a GRC platform. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. MetricStream. ServiceNow.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 15, 2024

For most businesses, AI has introduced a new mindset, a new way to think, a new appreciation for trust and data, and a new outlook on how to unleash human potential. Yet conference attendees who are ready to take flight with AI have questions: Where is the data? How do we engage with information differently to find what we need?

Cloud 67

Cloud Compliance Government Retail 67

The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Cavanagh As a latecomer to the hyperscale data center market , Oracle focused on its heritage of helping large enterprise customers securely and efficiently run their mission critical systems and applications, Cavanagh told me. Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010.

Cloud 195

Cloud Digital transformation Military Retail 195

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

Part I of this series ended with Ngo in handcuffs after disembarking a flight from his native Vietnam to Guam, where he believed he was going to meet another cybercriminal who’d promised to hook him up with the mother of all consumer data caches. Ngo became obsessed with restarting his business and maintaining his previous income. .

Retail 318

Retail Government Access Insurance 318

IT Governance

JUNE 14, 2018

Little more than three years since its previous security incident, electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted to a data breach compromising 5.9 million personal records – making it the biggest online data breach in UK history. said the breach “raises serious questions” about how Dixons Carphone handles customer data.

Data breaches 80

Data breaches GDPR Retail Compliance 80

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

SIM card hijacking , for instance, is a scam in which a threat actor persuades the phone company to divert data to a new address. And then there’s SS7 hacking , which leverages known flaws in the global SMS infrastructure to intercept data in transit — including passcodes. LW: So threat actors are looking for that access path?

Access 159

Access Authentication Retail Cloud 159

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

26 posting confirming that the compromise was at the hands of the same nation-state threat group behind the SolarWinds hack and subsequent attacks on various technology companies and federal government agencies. The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers.

Phishing 252

Phishing Access Authentication Passwords 252

CGI

MAY 15, 2018

The time for government blockchain proofs of concept is now. Many government agencies also have been wading deeper into the blockchain waters. Blockchain’s decentralized consensus model requires participants in the blockchain to agree on what needs to take place before a piece of data in the chain is permanently written to a block.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Government Digital transformation Consumer Services 40

Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2023

All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. It’s easy to see how the AI systems being deployed by retailers to identify shoplifters could be redesigned to employ microdirectives. It already has.

Retail 88

Retail Big data Access Analytics 88

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

What do a Canadian energy company, a Dutch coffee retailer and a British multinational consumer packaged goods (CPG) company have in common right now? Along with defining and operationalizing the right level of governance across organizational layers for efficient value orchestration and continuous improvement.

Mining 69

Mining Financial Services Digital transformation Retail 69

Collibra

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Data ethics is a relatively new topic of conversation within most organizations, and so it’s essential to proactively engage the business in the development of a data culture. In the event of a data-focused problem, the organization could wind up reacting in a less-than-optimal way.

Retail 40

Retail Compliance Government Data Privacy 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect.

IoT 72

IoT Encryption Agriculture Data collection 72

IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2019

The alert, issued in partnership with the Retail & Hospitality ISAC (information sharing and analysis centre [link] ), highlights a recent increase in malware attacks targeting e-commerce websites to gain payment card data. How are organisations infected? How to detect online skimming. And by then, it is too late.

Retail 71

Retail Data breaches Phishing Government 71

OpenText Information Management

MARCH 29, 2024

He will share how this technology enables global organizations to build for growth, experience, sustainability, trust, and efficiency. Next up is OpenText CPO Muhi Majzoub , whose keynote will address how information management in the cloud has become a prerequisite of AI.

IoT 70

IoT Analytics Cloud Communications 70

CGI

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to compete in the cybersecurity talent tug of war. In all industry verticals we continue to hear about more companies and government agencies suffering from cyber-related breaches and ransomware attacks. Until supply catches up to demand, these challenges will continue to increase for both industry and government.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Retail Marketing Government 40

IT Governance

JUNE 19, 2019

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to conduct a DPIA (data protection impact assessment) whenever processing is ‘likely to result in a high risk’ to the rights and freedoms of individuals. Before we crack on with our examples, we should explain how you can identify high-risk data processing activities.

GDPR 73

GDPR Personal data Risk Data breaches 73

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Cyber criminals are constantly creating new attacks methods to outwit defences, meaning that the only consistent and effective way to thwart an attack is for the individual to understand how phishing works and how to identify the signs before clicking a malicious link. billion malicious emails are sent every day.

Phishing 111

Phishing Data breaches Communications Ransomware 111

CGI

JANUARY 9, 2019

Solving change management for digital transformation: Put data in the lead. Digital transformation is well underway across the federal government and commercial industries—and the journey reveals complexities, new challenges and opportunities. The impetus for change comes from both within the government and from beyond.

Digital transformation 40

Digital transformation Customer Experience Government Retail 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

to discuss the findings of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. Question: Can you provide an overview of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, and elaborate why it’s needed today more than ever? This year’s report is especially relevant because it tells us federal agency data is under siege.

Encryption 48

Encryption Cloud Data breaches Government 48

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Data aggregation verification is gaining traction, while biometrics are intuitively replacing passwords. Registration and medical data access in healthcare. Enrolment and remote access to government services such as social security, tax, etc. Secure online services for retailers. Premium automotive apps.

Authentication 71

Authentication Privacy Compliance Retail 71

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. How to choose a GRC platform. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. MetricStream. ServiceNow.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We take security and your data extremely seriously, but sadly no online system can claim to be 100 per cent secure and we have been caught out. However, we have immediately made updates to our security system and blocked the way in which the data was accessed,” Fitzpatrick added. Next Level Apparel notifies patients of phishing attack.

Phishing 105

Phishing Retail Access Encryption 105

Information Matters

MAY 8, 2018

I’m in the middle of a research project looking into how startups in the UK and US are building businesses which have data at the heart of their business models. There is a lot of talk about how “data is the new oil” 1) The Economist, 2017. The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Big data IoT Artificial Intelligence 40

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

Security 145

Security Ransomware Cybersecurity Privacy 145

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. However, the least prepared sector is retail and wholesale, with only 13% of organisations having started. The survey split respondents into businesses and charities.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Direct Marketing Guidance is accompanied by various resources, including checklists, FAQs, an online training module, specific guidance relating to SMEs, B2B marketing, data brokers, political campaigning and direct marketing in the public sector. 122 of the Data Protection Act 2018. However, the Code has never been finalised.

Marketing 104

Marketing B2B Personal data Retail 104

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The surveillance regime the UK government has built seriously undermines our freedom,” Megan Golding, a lawyer speaking for privacy advocates, stated. The partners aim to combine fingerprint and facial data to more effectively authenticate employees in workplace settings. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance.

Privacy 157

Privacy Retail Authentication Artificial Intelligence 157

IT Governance

APRIL 6, 2021

Additionally, you should be wary of unsolicited emails, texts or adverts – particularly if they offer suspiciously good deals – and check whether the vendor is a member of STAR (Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers). Make sure your staff know how to identify and avoid scams with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

Phishing 105

Phishing Retail Government IT 105

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? federal government to hijack and tamper with government domain name entries.

Retail 52

Retail Authentication Insurance Data breaches 52