Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

Artificial Intelligence 93

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Security Ransomware 93

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

Data Privacy 145

Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2015

179 (the “Bill”), which expands the definition of “personal information” in the state’s data security law. a medical identification or health insurance identification number; and. a medical identification or health insurance identification number; and. The law takes effect on July 1, 2015.

Insurance 49

Insurance Passwords Access Security 49

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Sales 88

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I remember the first time we were asked for a SOC 2 report, which quickly became the minimum bar requirement in our industry for proof of an effective security program,” he said. The vision was to automate security and compliance across 14 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR. Growth has definitely been robust.

Compliance 113

Compliance Security Cybersecurity Marketing 113

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The amendment: Expands the definition of “personal information”; Shortens the notification deadline after discovery of a breach from 90 to 60 days; Removes the requirement to consult with law enforcement as part of a risk assessment; Deems compliant any person subject to and in compliance with HIPAA and HITECH; and.

Data breaches 142

Data breaches IT Insurance Passwords 142

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Health insurance information : an individual’s health insurance policy number or subscriber number in combination with access code or other medical information that permits misuse of an individual’s health insurance benefits.

Insurance 55

Insurance Passwords Access Security 55

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. Only 1 definitely hasn’t had data breached. They accessed 41.5 Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this post, we will look at several key provisions in DPAs: • Data processor obligations • Applicable laws • Insurance and indemnification • Termination and data return Data Processor Obligations In principle, most obligations created by the DPA should apply to the data processors.

Insurance 63

Insurance Privacy Compliance Personal data 63

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2019

US food giant Mondelez is suing insurance company Zurich American for denying a $100 million (£76 million) claim filed after the NotPetya attack. In that regard, it was a job well done, with one report estimating that insurers could expect to pay out more than $80 billion (£61 billion) as a result of the attack.

Insurance 53

Insurance Ransomware Government Paper 53

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 5, 2021

Those service providers would be required to notify “at least two individuals at affected banking organization customers immediately after the bank service provider experiences a computer-security incident that it believes in good faith could disrupt, degrade, or impair services provided for four or more hours.”.

Insurance 141

Insurance Paper Encryption Security 141

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

Many security professionals think that if they have done the hard work of securing their organization, that should be enough. Even though drafting IT security policies can be a pain, formal policies provide a valuable resource to protect both the IT team and their organization. Written security policies.

IT 122

IT Compliance Security Access 122

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Insurance 91

Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 91

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. It usually also involved temporarily taking down systems to limit the impact of the security breach. Note: This includes security incidents where we know no records were breached.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Education 87

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

US – Federal banking regulators issue computer-security incident notification final rule. A “computer-security incident” is defined as an occurrence that results in actual harm to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information that the system processes, stores, or transmits.”

Security 81

Security Insurance Marketing IT 81

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some more data points before going further: The files is named "ACUITY_MASTER_18062020.csv"

Insurance 121

Insurance Data breaches Mining IT 121

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On November 18, 2021, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a new rule regarding cyber incident reporting obligations for U.S. banks and service providers.

Insurance 85

Insurance Compliance Security IT 85

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 2, 2021

The newly passed laws modify Connecticut’s existing breach notification requirements and establish a safe harbor for businesses that create and maintain a written cybersecurity program that complies with applicable state or federal law or industry-recognized security frameworks. New Breach Notification Requirements (HB 5310).

Cybersecurity 87

Cybersecurity Insurance Military Data Privacy 87

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Cyber Insurance companies used to simply provide lists of potential vendors approved by the insurer, but with the rising costs of breaches, insurers need to control costs. For this scenario, the definition of team may be quite broad. The Bottom Line.

Ransomware 136

Ransomware Insurance Cleanup Cybersecurity 136

The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2021

Back in the mid-1990s, big banks and insurance companies came up with something called “bespoke assessments” as the approach for assessing third party vendor risk. It can be a big strain on resources just to respond to security questionnaires,” he says. “At This took the form of programmatic audits. Visibility boost.

Risk 195

Risk Insurance Access Security 195

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Security Breach Notice Act. The amendments to Vermont’s Security Breach Notice Act include expanding the definition of Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), expanding the definition of a breach to include login credentials and narrowing the permissible circumstances under which substitute notice may be used.

Data breaches 107

Data breaches Privacy Education Data Privacy 107

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Our IT security monitoring capabilities swiftly alerted us to the incident, and we quickly invoked our established and practised technical crisis management protocols. Exposed data include names, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, and USS member numbers. Immediate steps were taken to successfully isolate and contain the issue.

Access 86

Access Insurance Ransomware Security 86

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

Its customer base is comprised of eight of the top 15 banks, four of the top six healthcare insurance and managed care providers, nine of the top 15 property and casualty insurance providers, five of the top 13 pharmaceutical companies, and 11 of the largest 15 federal agencies. Users re-defined. Most often, a user is a human being.

Digital transformation 140

Digital transformation Insurance Compliance Healthcare 140

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This guide will provide a high level overview of encryption and how it fits into IT through the following topics: How Encryption Works To understand how encryption works, we need to understand how it fits into the broader realm of cryptology, how it processes data, common categories, top algorithms, and how encryption fits into IT security.

Encryption 111

Encryption IT Passwords IoT 111

Hunton Privacy

MAY 9, 2019

The new requirements include the following: Expanded Definition of Personal Information. HB 1071 expands the definition of “personal information.” The law provides that if the breach involves the login credentials of an account furnished by the entity, the entity may not provide notification to that email address.

Data breaches 68

Data breaches Passwords Insurance Military 68

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. 19 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated or exposed. We’ve also found 5 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 14, 2018

Notice to the Attorney General is required even if the covered entity maintains its own procedures for security breaches as part of an information security policy or pursuant to state or federal law.

Data breaches 65

Data breaches Security Passwords Military 65

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Not disclosing, subject to specified exceptions, a consumer’s genetic data to certain entities ( e.g. , those responsible for making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance or employment). The Act also excludes from the definition of genetic data, “deidentified data,” as defined in the Act.

Privacy 85

Privacy Insurance Marketing Information governance 85

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

Such outsourcing of ICT services also requires a clear definition of responsibilities, risks and mitigation between financial entities and ICT third-party service providers. That includes banks, insurances, payment institutions, stock market, and many financial management firms (trading, crypt-assets, etc). What is the scope of DORA?

Financial Services 83

Financial Services Cloud Cybersecurity Encryption 83

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sky Mavis has taken steps to improve its security. The risks are high as it’s a new, loosely regulated industry with many new technologies that may not be fully vetted or secured.”. The definition of Web3 is a bit fuzzy. Web3 Security Options. CertiK’s Security Suite has tools to identify and avoid scams.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity Blockchain Insurance Security 119

Data Matters

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition, the Act expands the definition of personally identifying information, compromise of which would constitute a data breach, to include patient data and medical data—a general category of health-related information that is not limited to protected health information under HIPAA. Uniform Personal Data Protection Act.

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Privacy Personal data Data Privacy 88

Data Matters

JULY 12, 2019

On July 8, 2019, the long-awaited statement (Statement) on custody of digital asset securities was released jointly by the staffs (Staffs) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). to the customer’s digital asset wallet).

Security 74

Security Marketing Blockchain Insurance 74

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. NAIC Evaluating Definition of “Best Interest” to Determine Whether to Impose Such a Standard in the Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Risk Analytics 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The photo will expedite the recovery process and help when filing a police report or a possible claim with your insurance company. Notify the security team Once you’ve disconnected the affected systems, notify your IT security team of the attack. Start by updating your system passwords, then recover your data from backups.

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Encryption Analytics Data breaches 116

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2020 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) from July 27 to August 14, 2020. NAIC Considers Comments to the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act . GCC Template and Instructions.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Artificial Intelligence Big data 68