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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

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. Data breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. How ransomware works. Screenshot example. Staff Awareness.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing

KnowBe4

A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. of all email-based attacks according to Barracuda's data but are responsible for 66% of all breaches." Everyone needs to know about this fact and react accordingly. This is that fact: ".spear