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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

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. However, the technological side of cybersecurity is no longer the weakest link in a company’s proverbial chain. Technological Tactics.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised. For now, it’s unclear what damage the data could cause if exposed, so we’ve omitted the figure from our tally.

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Automated Security and Compliance Attracts Venture Investors

eSecurity Planet

It was also a drag on the sales cycle, and then there was the need for maintaining compliance. First of all, cybersecurity is becoming a “must have” for businesses and governments. billion valuation in less than seven years and earning a top 10 ranking in our list of the top cybersecurity companies. Here are a few other winners.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2021 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Business Objectives Business objectives define the goals of an organization beyond simple financial measures of sales and profit. In our examples, the clothing brand secures a segregated design team with physical locks on the doors, extra computer security to prevent digital theft, and a backup solution for their marketing data.

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US Senators introduce IoT cybersecurity bill

Data Protection Report

On August 1, 2017, US Senators unveiled a bipartisan bill to mandate baseline cybersecurity requirements for internet connected devices purchased by the federal government. Under the proposed law, federal suppliers would be required to monitor and patch cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 11 – 18 December 2023

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. We’re also introducing two new categories this week: ‘AI’ and ‘Key dates’. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals. Data breached: 8 TB.