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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2022

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (35 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (18) and retail (16).

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. Identify and protect special category data When inventorying data, organizations should make a note of any especially sensitive data that requires extra protection. Each EEA state sets its own definition of “child” under the GDPR.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2021 National Meeting

Data Matters

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. NAIC Proposes New Letter Committee to Address Innovation, Technology, and Cybersecurity in the Insurance Sector.

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Wear your MASQ! New Device Fingerprint Spoofing Tool Available in Dark Web

Security Affairs

Fraud prevention engines with knowledge of existing customers and the fingerprints associated with them typically won’t be flagged as “suspicious” or will be assigned an extremely low risk-score due to possible IP address difference, but it will be enough to complete a transaction.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The CCPA’s definition of “consumer” is equally broad. This definition therefore not only encompasses a “consumer” in the traditional sense (i.e., The business community is already lobbying the California legislature to narrow this definition. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The CCPA’s definition of “consumer” is equally broad. This definition therefore not only encompasses a “consumer” in the traditional sense (i.e., The business community is already lobbying the California legislature to narrow this definition. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Definition, Threats & Protections 10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know Overall Network Security Best Practices Best practices for network security directly counter the major threats to the network with specific technologies and controls. Better network security access controls can improve security and decrease cost and risk.

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