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. Most policies include provisions requiring organisations to follow certain information security best practices.

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Insurance Data breaches Risk Information Security 89

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

The data exposures all stem from a misconfiguration in Salesforce Community that allows an unauthenticated user to access records that should only be available after logging in. A researcher found DC Health had five Salesforce Community sites exposing data. Huntington Bank has disabled the leaky TCF Bank Salesforce website.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Data breaches Security Computer and Electronics Ransomware 105

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Processing such data is often outsourced to a third-party data processing service provider. For example, third parties may be retained to perform payroll activities, store data in a centralized location, or send targeted advertisements to consumers.

Insurance 63

Insurance Privacy Compliance Personal data 63

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber security is becoming an expensive endeavour for organisations – and in many cases, the costs are so high that they can’t deal with threats appropriately. However, it’s one thing to want to invest in cyber security, but something else entirely to set aside the budget to do so. It doesn’t have to be this way, though.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For any organization struck by ransomware , business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?”. The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. The First Calls After an Attack.

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Ransomware Encryption Insurance Access 143

IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One of the most common mistakes that organisations make when addressing cyber security is that they consider it a one-off event. This process should be embedded within your overall cyber security measures in what experts refer to as cyber defence in depth. What is threat management?

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Risk GDPR Information Security Personal data 124

IT Governance

MARCH 20, 2024

In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023 confirms this trend. Fewer directors, trustees and other senior managers of both UK businesses and charities see cyber security as a high priority in 2023 compared to 2022. Specifically, a 13.4%

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Security Data breaches Government Insurance 116

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

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Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 84

AIIM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Despite the proven operational improvements to be gain by going paperless, paper is still prevalent in too many core business processes today including loan applications, insurance claims, and customer onboarding. Reduced Business Risks: A fully digital environment allows you to work not only faster, but also safer.

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Paper ECM Digital transformation Insurance 210

Data Breach Today

JUNE 11, 2019

Carlos Pero of Zurich Insurance on Gaining Buy-In Carlos Pero, who heads cyber application security at Zurich Insurance, discusses how to get developers to buy in to secure coding practices.

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Insurance Security 152

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In some circles, cyber security is synonymous with threat protection. That’s certainly true, but there’s a lot more to cyber security than protecting assets. The measures you implement should be part of a cohesive strategy that helps organisations prepare for and respond to security threats. What is cyber protection?

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Government Insurance Risk 119

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

McLaren Health Care (McLaren) experienced a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 2.2 McLaren Health Care (McLaren) disclosed a data breach that occurred between late July and August. The security breach exposed the sensitive personal information of 2,192,515 people.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 107

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. Keep your technical security measures up to date. Test for security vulnerabilities. Ransomware attackers rely on the simple fact that you need your data in order to work.

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Ransomware Insurance Phishing Access 134

Collibra

APRIL 9, 2021

Recapping a discussion moderated by Stijn Christiaens and featuring insurance data experts from Deloitte UK . Insurance is a data-intensive business. Insurance companies need data to better assess risks and price policies competitively, but also profitably. Data governance holds key to cloud migration.

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Insurance Cloud Data science Analytics 59

IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With organisations’ cyber security requirements becoming more complex and the threat of cyber attacks growing each year, many decision-makers are turning towards cyber security as a service. This approach, also known as managed cyber security, works by outsourcing cyber security to a third party. You’ll save money.

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Security Insurance Data breaches Information Security 131

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase.

Insurance 124

Insurance Ransomware Data breaches Cloud 124

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk. It does this by ingesting and correlating data from a wide array of security-related datasets.

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Security Risk Digital transformation Cybersecurity 266

Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses how Australian health insurer Medibank is facing stark consequences for not paying a ransom to a group of cyber extortionists, how to limit unnecessary cybersecurity exposure during M&A, and how to manage challenges in hybrid environments.

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Insurance Cybersecurity Security 130

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Even a robust IT or security department will find certain tasks or projects beyond their capabilities. But ignoring issues that you lack the time or expertise for can risk operational failure or security incidents. Yet IT and security vendors will provide their services according to the specifics of the contract.

IT 96

IT Compliance Cybersecurity Communications 96

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

states are possibly making it easier for crooks by leaking their citizens’ personal data from the very websites the unemployment scammers are using to file bogus claims. citizens, mainly because the only information required to submit a claim was name, date of birth, address and Social Security number. Meanwhile, a number of U.S.

Insurance 327

Insurance Government Personal data Communications 327

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A Is the email enticing you to click on a link?'

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Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 83

OneHub

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Whether you work with enterprise businesses exclusively, or are trying to make the switch, knowing how to share documents securely and safely is important. Leaking enterprise data can have serious consequences. Find out how to share files securely with enterprise businesses in this short guide. Insurance documents.

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Security Data breaches Cloud Encryption 65

Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

In February, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-0669 ) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. ITx began notifying potentially affected data owners on April 11, 2023.”

Data breaches 85

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Data Privacy 85

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with George Wrenn, founder and CEO of CyberSaint Security , a cybersecurity software firm that plays directly in this space. The CSF’s core principles have been incorporated into Europe’s GDPR , NYDFS’s cybersecurity requirement s, California’s Consumer Privacy Act and Ohio’s Data Protection Act.

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Cybersecurity Insurance Security Privacy 173

Schneier on Security

APRIL 12, 2018

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws. BoingBoing article.

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Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches Retail 48

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2019

Prepare for an attack by backing up your data. You can avoid this by teaching staff about ransomware and establishing a line of communication in the event of security incidents. See also: How does ransomware infect your systems? If you don’t already have cyber insurance, it’s worth considering. But what’s the alternative?

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Ransomware Insurance Encryption Paper 99

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This strategy shifts the risk from the organization onto another party; in many cases, the risk shifts to an insurance company. An example of this is obtaining an insurance policy to cover property damage or personal injury. Risk transfer: Risk transfer involves passing the risk to a third party.

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Risk Compliance Insurance IT 72

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

On December 12, 2022, the Cybernews research team discovered a publicly accessible database with 260GB of sensitive personal data belonging to myrocket.co, offering ‘end-to-end’ recruitment solutions and HR services for companies in India. Treasure trove of data. The discovered database was not protected by authentication.

Privacy 85

Privacy Insurance Personal data Phishing 85

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Disaster recovery is effectively a form of insurance; you are spending money preparing for a scenario that you hope never occurs. This planning committee should contain representatives from all areas of the organisation, with the operations manager and data processing manager acting as key members. Collect data. Test the plan.

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Insurance Risk Data breaches Government 113

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. The US-based hospital healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. The company is notifying the impacted individuals.

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Data breaches Personal data Insurance Privacy 114

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. This stolen booty reportedly included social security numbers, phone numbers, names, home addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information. Josh Shaul, CEO, Allure Security.

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Data breaches Authentication Access Personal data 306

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Sidley and OneTrust DataGuidance are pleased to announce that registration is now open for their annual Data Protection in Financial Services (DPFS) Week. Join us from February 28 – March 3 for DPFS Week 2022 , a series of webinars looking at the impacts of data privacy across the financial sector. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Financial Services Privacy Data Privacy Cybersecurity 103

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Organisations are reporting record numbers of data breaches, while the costs associated with those incidents continue to spiral. It’s why many experts recommend taking a defence-in-depth approach to cyber security. . In this blog, we look at each of the stages of defence in depth, and explain how they work to protect your organisation.

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Risk Security Data breaches Phishing 110

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. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

RSA Conference 2023: Meet Thales Where the World Talks Security! Meet us at Booth #N-5369 for demonstrations on data security, customer and workforce identity, and post quantum cryptography – just to name a few. Protect your sensitive data at rest, in motion, and in use. In cybersecurity, we are a community of many.

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Security Digital transformation Privacy Cybersecurity 71

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges. According to CryptoIns analysts, the crypto assets insurance market is expected to reach $7 billion by 2023. Why do crypto exchanges’ users need insurance?

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Insurance Risk Marketing Cybersecurity 62