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.

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Rocket Software

MARCH 14, 2022

Analyst firm IDC recently published a Vendor Spotlight report featuring ASG Mobius Content Services (Mobius) and its applications in the financial service and insurance industries. IDP Trends in the Financial and Insurance Industries. Challenges to Effective IDP.

Financial Services 82

Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Paper 82

Collibra

APRIL 11, 2022

Data governance is a very intricate field, so implementing and sustaining data governance comes with a suite of challenges. Luckily, thousands, if not millions, of organizations use data governance to improve their operations, so you can learn from others’ mistakes and successes. Identify data domains.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The data that healthcare organizations hold is incredibly valuable – it’s perhaps the most valuable asset they have. At an individual level, patient data often contains the key to understanding illness and potential recovery. As a result, data governance in healthcare is non-negotiable. Large volumes of sensitive data.

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Collibra

MARCH 11, 2021

Data governance is a very intricate field, so implementing and sustaining data governance comes with a suite of challenges. Luckily, thousands, if not millions, of organizations use data governance to improve their operations, so you can learn from others’ mistakes and successes. Operating model example.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. According to NYDFS, the incorporation of these practices should be proportionate to each insurer’s size, resources, geographic distribution, and other factors. The Framework.

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eDiscovery Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Catherine Ostheimer Being responsive to the growing number of Access Requests and DSARS as a local government organization can be daunting. First, there’s the data management challenge. State and local groups generate and store vast amounts of data across numerous departments, committees, and systems. Educate and train staff.

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IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber insurance is big business these days. With the ever-present danger of data breaches and cyber attacks, organisations must be sure that they have the financial backing to respond appropriately. The most common reasons that insurers reject cyber insurance claims are organisations’ failure to. Protect data in transit.

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IT Governance

MARCH 20, 2024

Possible reasons for this trend change Reasons for organisations deprioritising security may include: Rising costs and economic uncertainty; Geopolitical tensions and uncertainty; and Fewer UK businesses identifying attacks or breaches, according to government data. % This is a false economy. Our research found 8.2

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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.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their customers’ payment card data had been compromised. This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected. This month, we have found several ‘group’ incidents.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

In its consent order , the Department noted that the cybersecurity events had caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive personal data belonging to Carnival’s customers, including those residing in New York. NYDFS also found that Carnival had failed to implement basic protocols to prevent data breaches.

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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?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. The first was a data breach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. The second was a cyber attack on the Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh, which was discovered after customers’ data was put up for sale on the dark web.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Adding to this will be very smart uses of generative AI – centered around wisely directing LLM capacities onto specific data lakes containing threat intelligence information. Regular training and simulations can help reduce risks associated with human errors. Regular awareness training for employees is indispensable.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Exploitation drivers From the case of Hegestratos committing insurance fraud by sinking a ship in 300 B.C., Digital exploitation refers to the abuse and manipulation of technology and the internet for illegal and unethical purposes, including identity theft, sextortion, cyberbullying, online scams, and data breaches.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. It follows a mammoth start to the year, with more than 277 million breached records in January , and brings the running total for the year to over 300 million pieces of compromised personal data. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Organisations such as IT Governance that offer cyber security as a service assign dedicated experts to oversee the organisation’s data protection and data privacy needs. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 , organisations spend £2.9 You’ll receive cyber insurance cover ?. You’ll save money.

Security 131

Security Insurance Data breaches Information Security 131

erwin

MARCH 30, 2020

Data intelligence has a critical role to play in the supercomputing battle against Covid-19. While leveraging supercomputing power is a tremendous asset in our fight to combat this global pandemic, in order to deliver life-saving insights, you really have to understand what data you have and where it came from.

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Metadata IT Healthcare Government 122

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2019

In a report published last month , the FCA urged organisations to tackle staff awareness training at all levels, and to ensure the lessons are simple and appropriate to the environment that employees work in. Organisations need to make staff awareness training a board-level priority. Staff awareness training is a crucial part of this.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The 911 call center needs a robust phone system, trained staff, and a decision-tree process to understand how to route issues to the appropriate emergency or non-emergency agencies to address a caller’s needs. If the marketing data computer crashes, the design company will need to respond and restore the computer and the data.

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IT Governance

JUNE 9, 2022

The UK government scheme outlines five controls that cover the core data protection components. Key aspects of this aren’t addressed in Cyber Essentials, such as staff awareness training, vulnerability scanning and incident response. If they don’t understand their data protection requirements, it could result in disaster.

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Security Insurance Information Security Data breaches 119

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

An AI and data platform, such as watsonx, can help empower businesses to leverage foundation models and accelerate the pace of generative AI adoption across their organization. Business-targeted, IBM-developed foundation models built from sound data Business leaders charged with adopting generative AI need model flexibility and choice.

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Getting Information Done

APRIL 18, 2017

Some of these data breaches are not only a result of internal malicious acts but also unintentional mistakes by employees. If most agree that they will likely experience a data breach, then this attention to the perimeter only addresses a portion of the risk. billion on security technology in 2016—and still, experience data breaches.

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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.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2019

In the last year, the news media has been full of stories about vicious cyber breaches on municipal governments. From Atlanta to Baltimore to school districts in Louisiana, cyber criminals have launched a wave of ransomware attacks on governments across the country.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ransomware – malware that aims to prevent victims from accessing their data unless they pay their attackers – seems to be in the news more than ever before. Ransomware attackers rely on the simple fact that you need your data in order to work. Train your staff.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Organisations are reporting record numbers of data breaches, while the costs associated with those incidents continue to spiral. The framework consists of five interrelated stages (or ‘layers’) to mitigate the risk of data breaches: detection, protection, management, response and recovery. . trillion (about £8.9 trillion). .

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Whether they’re taking small steps, such as installing antivirus software, or large ones, such as a GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance campaign, they consider it ‘job done’ when the implementation project is complete. Why Cyber Insurance is Essential in 2022. How we can help.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The alternative is to build an internal security team and encourage employees in security-adjacent roles, such as IT, to take cyber security training courses. What is Cyber Security as a Service?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks France says Russian state hackers breached numerous critical networks Date of breach: From second half of 2021 (reported 26 October 2023).

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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.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Collibra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Data-driven organizations are depending on modern technologies and AI to get the most out of their data assets. But they struggle with data quality issues all the time. Incomplete or inaccurate data, security problems, hidden data – the list is endless. What are the most common data quality issues?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The framework consists of five interrelated stages (or ‘layers’) to mitigate the risk of data breaches: detection, protection, management, response and recovery. Threat detection works by analysing your organisation’s systems, networks and practices to identify vulnerabilities that could result in data breaches. How we can help.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Cybersecurity should follow a layered approach, with additional protections for the most important assets, such as corporate and customer data. Mapping Environment Data.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 26, 2023

Confidential computing is a technology and technique that encrypts and stores an organization’s most sensitive data in a secure portion of a computer’s processor — known as the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) — while it’s processed and in use. How Does Confidential Computing Work?

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