Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Across the globe, the race is already underway among vehicle manufacturers to develop fully autonomous vehicles (AVs). AVs currently under development make sense of their surroundings and control vehicle operation through data gathered about the outside world. Additionally, since AVs can collect data from multiple sources (e.g.,

Privacy 85

Privacy Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Data collection 85

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 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. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

Our figures for this month are comparatively low – with 83 data breaches and cyber attacks accounting for 5,127,241 breached records – but there is a sense that we are on the brink of something. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. Data breaches.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates. The DOJ today unsealed indictments against two Russian men alleged to be active members of LockBit.

Ransomware 259

Ransomware Encryption Insurance Manufacturing 259

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

But there were dozens of other cyber attacks and data breaches where the organisation either didn’t know or reveal the extent of the damage. Data breaches. Agnes Medical Center patient data compromised in email breach at St. You can find our full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A major focus of cybersecurity as an industry is its efforts to detect, root out, and respond to potential fraudsters attempting to trick companies and people out of their money, data, or both. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2% So why do scammers go after older individuals more?

Energy and Utilities 115

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 115

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Data Breach Dashboard For a quick, one-page overview of this month’s findings, please use our Data Breach Dashboard: Note: From this month, zero-day vulnerabilities are excluded from the ‘unpatched or misconfigured’ category. You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources).

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

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

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pepsi Bottling Ventures confirmed this week that vast quantities of personal data were stolen in a cyber attack. However, not every data breach is as glaring as this one, with the cyber criminals having continual access to what appears to be complete records of affected individuals. The post Is Pepsi Okay?

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Insurance Manufacturing Access 105

Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

Wireless telematics devices and “black box” technologies collect and transmit data on vehicle use, maintenance requirements, and automotive servicing. John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. What’s it like to work in this field?

Insurance 52

Insurance Military Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In today’s world, data warehouses are a critical component of any organization’s technology ecosystem. The rise of cloud has allowed data warehouses to provide new capabilities such as cost-effective data storage at petabyte scale, highly scalable compute and storage, pay-as-you-go pricing and fully managed service delivery.

Cloud 57

Cloud Analytics Unstructured data Compliance 57

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches. But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The initiatives that stand out the most — critical infrastructure security standards, a national data privacy and security law, and liability for security failures — will likely take time and the support of Congress to implement. ” Those fundamental shifts are focused on two core priorities. .”

Cybersecurity 102

Cybersecurity Government Manufacturing Personal data 102

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. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Gunnebo Group is a Swedish multinational company that provides physical security to a variety of customers globally, including banks, government agencies, airports, casinos, jewelry stores, tax agencies and even nuclear power plants. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually.

Ransomware 337

Ransomware Security Agriculture Cybersecurity 337

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 4, 2021

Increased scrutiny over connected car and automobile industry data from Chinese regulators, including push towards data localisation. China is a leading marketing for connected and autonomous vehicles, and use and analytics of connected vehicle data has been encouraged by Chinese Government support of big data and AI technology.

Big data 66

Big data Compliance Personal data Insurance 66

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. Between April 7, 2023, and May 4, 2023, Royal performed data exfiltration and ransomware delivery preparation activities. The Dallas City Council has approved a budget of $8.5

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Encryption Systems administration Cybersecurity 107

Everteam

APRIL 2, 2019

To support organizations in their efforts to manage their information properly, Spigraph is making two Everteam governance products available: everteam.discover and everteam.policy: everteam.discover is a file and content analytics solution that connects to both structured and unstructured data repositories across the organization.

Information governance 40

Information governance Marketing Government Digital transformation 40

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

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data.

Encryption 190

Encryption Military Passwords Authentication 190

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Threats to your data are virtually everywhere these days, and too often, data compromises seem almost inevitable. But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%).

GDPR 63

GDPR Government Education Compliance 63

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. Similarly, in the U.S.

Cloud 80

Cloud Financial Services Risk Business Services 80

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Meanwhile, the researchers found that the most attacked industries are IT, healthcare and manufacturing. Find out more.

Phishing 98

Phishing Manufacturing Insurance Data breaches 98

Data Matters

AUGUST 30, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents. Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents.

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Risk Data Privacy Passwords 97

The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Joshua Corman, the Chief Strategist for Healthcare and COVID on CISA’s COVID Task Force, joins us to talk about the myriad of cyber threats facing healthcare and the vaccine distribution system and how the federal government is working to counter them. government responding to this array of threats? Read the whole entry. »

Security 52

Security Mining Government Cybersecurity 52

Info Source

MAY 21, 2020

a leader in content acquisition and data enrichment solutions, today announced that Alfresco Software , an open source, content services provider, selected Ephesoft as its FY2020 Global Technology Partner of the Year. Go-to-Market Worldwide Technology Partnership Focuses on Cloud Innovation and Improved Customer Success. IRVINE, CALIF.

Digital transformation 52

Digital transformation Content services Artificial Intelligence Insurance 52

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. The finance and insurance (79%), information or communications (67%) and education (52%) sectors have the highest awareness of the GDPR.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

CGI

JANUARY 10, 2018

Envisioning new and hidden realities with data and augmented reality—a digital “twin city” example. Along with increases in connected devices, we’ve seen an exponential surge in the flow of data. Also growing at the same time is the need to store, secure, access and analyze this data. Using data to create new value chains.

Mining 78

Mining Big data Access Insurance 78

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Data backup.

Ransomware 134

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Insurance 134

Data Matters

AUGUST 24, 2018

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from August 4 to 7, 2018. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data . The NAIC is also considering insurers’ use of big data in underwriting life insurance products.

Insurance 60

Insurance Big data e-Delivery Risk 60

Reltio

JUNE 20, 2019

Henrik Liliendahl is an MDM and PIM expert; speaker and blogger ( www.liliendahl.com and [link] ) and the Co-Founder, Chairman and CTO of Product Data Lake a product information exchange service. But that was my route into data management and going from there into MDM PIM and data governance. Kate Tickner, Reltio.

MDM 49

MDM Manufacturing Computer and Electronics Digital transformation 49

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. Implement regular data backup procedures . 3 ],[ 4 ]” reads the joint alert. Organize OT assets into logical zones.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Risk 112

Hunton Privacy

JULY 11, 2017

To be counted as “key information infrastructure,” however, the infrastructure must still meet the criterion that severe endangerment of national security, the national economy and the people’s livelihood and the public interest would result if the infrastructure suffers destruction, loss of functionality or leakage of data.

Energy and Utilities 45

Energy and Utilities Security Cybersecurity Manufacturing 45

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. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67