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Chat control: The latest EU plans to outlaw encryption and introduce telecommunications surveillance via Mailbox.org

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The post Chat control: The latest EU plans to outlaw encryption and introduce telecommunications surveillance via Mailbox.org appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the article here.

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Failure to encrypt mobile devices results in $3 million HIPAA settlement

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A US health system is forced to settle as a result of not encrypting mobile phones. The post Failure to encrypt mobile devices results in $3 million HIPAA settlement appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the source or the report here. Photo by Yura Fresh on Unsplash.

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$8 million penalty to NYDFS – and another case of over-retention

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NYDFS found that GGT’s data classification policies and procedures “were incomplete, thus resulting in significant concerns regarding GGT’s ability to adequately assess its compliance with the Cybersecurity Regulation’s access privilege, data disposal, and encryption requirements.

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New Intel CPU Flaw Exploits Hyper-Threading to Steal Encrypted Data

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November 3rd, 2018 A team of security researchers has discovered another serious side-channel vulnerability in Intel CPUs that could allow an attacker to sniff out sensitive protected data, like passwords and cryptographic keys, from other processes running in the same CPU core with simultaneous multi-threading feature enabled.

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Everteam Solutions for Enhanced Cyber Security

Everteam

Having this value and playing this massive role, data must be well managed and highly secured, especially that today’s data is digitized and stored in virtual repositories that might become vulnerable and risky with the fast evolvement of technology. Cyber Attacks and Cyber Security Threats . Everteam Security .

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Hong Kong: Data Security Measures Guidance published by the PCPD

Data Protection Report

As data breaches and cyber attacks continue to surge and attackers become more sophisticated, organisations are well aware that the need for robust data security measures is becoming increasingly important. The Guidance Note sets out seven key recommendations for data security measures to data users in managing data security.

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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

Cerebral has 30 days from the date of the order to submit to the FTC a listing of all third parties that received the covered information “in any form, including in hashed or encrypted form.” pushing back on indefinite retention of information. Our Take It is becoming routine for U.S. We are seeing order after order in the U.S.