Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, celebrating its 20th anniversary this October, aims to empower people and organizations across every sector to protect critical assets against cybercrime. For example, 37% of the Thales survey respondents are not confident they know where their sensitive data is stored. And only a mere 2.6%

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, in the Enron financial fraud, executives and board members claimed ignorance or that they could not understand the financial maneuvering of Enron’s CFO (chief financial officer). In an ideal world, a team should also have the time to perform drills or tabletop exercises to simulate an event and practice the reporting process.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For example, camera access is reasonable for a camera app or a social media app that allows users to capture and share photos. For example, a file manager app would require this permission to allow users to browse and open files stored on the external storage. It’s vital to protect user audio data and prevent any potential leakage.

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IT Governance

JUNE 13, 2019

In this blog, we explain how data protection by design and by default works, and provide examples of the steps you should take to achieve it. Examples of data protection by design. Examples of data protection by default. Here’s an example: an organisation introduces a voice recognition system to verify users.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Red and blue team exercises can go beyond individual pentests to include comprehensive, ongoing testing objectives. For example, some methods meet national security and federal standards, while others are focused on private companies. Methodologies are exhaustive, detailed, and developed for different businesses and organizations.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Downloading an attachment would, for example, infect the target device with a virus, which could enable hackers to gain access to confidential data, credentials, and networks. It provides an additional degree of security beyond just a login and password. Pose as coworkers , superiors, or business partners.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 9, 2017

The blog post notes that just as business owners lock doors to prevent physical access to business premises and shield company proprietary secrets from unauthorized eyes, they should exercise equal care with respect to access to sensitive customer and employee data.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

For example, we might nominate: The IT security manager to handle a ransomware incident; Our external accountant to investigate financial fraud; or. For example, assign the cloud team to initially respond to incidents involving cloud assets with the cybersecurity team providing backup resources. Keep the incident response plan current.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2020

This one-day course is designed and run by real-world practitioners, who help you gain an understanding of risks through practical exercises, group discussions and case studies. You’ll learn about topics such as malware, social engineering, phishing, password security and remote working, providing you with complete cyber security coverage.

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Armstrong Archives

AUGUST 25, 2023

For example, imagine a hospital employee accidentally shares a patient’s medical records with someone who shouldn’t have seen them. To prevent something like this from happening, it always helps to check the access logs and exercise control over who can view sensitive information like this.

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OneHub

AUGUST 17, 2021

regular staff meetings to keep employees updated on their progress toward these goals and highlight positive examples of teams working together to make this happen. With Onehub, for example, you can choose to keep files with sensitive information hidden, password protected, or accessible only to certain user types.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In order to know what tool is right for you, we have put together some examples to see how both work with an example vulnerable REST API. Mayhem for API cli, mapi , installed. --data-raw '{ "email":"foo@example.com", "username": "foo", "password": "bar" }'. data-raw '{ "username": "foo", "password": "bar" }'.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In order to know what tool is right for you, we have put together some examples to see how both work with an example vulnerable REST API. Mayhem for API cli, mapi , installed. --data-raw '{ "email":"foo@example.com", "username": "foo", "password": "bar" }'. data-raw '{ "username": "foo", "password": "bar" }'.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

A prime example is the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) cybersecurity frameworks , a comprehensive cyber hygiene roadmap applicable to businesses of all sizes and in all industries The trouble is the NIST guidelines are voluntary. That basic advice continues to hold very true today, even more so.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For example, sensitive files should be kept in a secure location on company premises where only the appropriate employees can access them. Keep Safety Standards in Place When Data Is En Route : Security conscious companies should exercise care when transferring sensitive data.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For DDoS [distributed denial-of-service] attacks, for example, it faced over 30% of attacks, making it the second-most attacked sector. These might be tabletop exercises or red/blue team assessments , which basically test whether the organisation can actually respond to an incident, should one occur.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Exercise Caution with Emails The first two items on this list could be lumped together with a single warning: Don’t click. Watch File Extensions: Exercise caution with file extensions; avoid files with suspicious extensions like.exe or.bat, especially from unfamiliar sources.

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Data Matters

APRIL 10, 2020

The AG’s revised March 2020 proposed regulations provide an example of how a business may respond to a request to know that may include biometric information. For example, in the March proposed regulations, the AG did not offer guidance on the protection of trade secrets or procedures to standardize “household” requests.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, the data of visitors can be deleted after 1 – 3 months if no cases of infection have become known to the employer. Retention: The data must be deleted when the original purpose for processing no longer applies.

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eDiscovery Daily

AUGUST 14, 2019

Our seven-custodian example might be a bit light for the amount of email we get today, but it’s still a relevant exercise. Example of File Count Tracking. So, now that we’ve discussed the various categories for tracking files from collection to production, let’s walk through a fairly simple eMail-based example.

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Imperial Violet

AUGUST 9, 2019

Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the traditional security key user experience: you register a token with a site then, when logging in, you enter a username and password as normal but are also required to press a security key in order for it to sign a challenge from the website. But those Yubikeys certainly do.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

For example, if geolocation data shows that a consumer regularly visits a particular place of business, it may be inferred that consumer is a patron of such a business. Businesses cannot discriminate against consumers who exercise any of their rights under AB 375. Right to Equal Service and Price.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Verification for Password-Protected Accounts (§ 998.324). The regulations require businesses to use a two-factor verification process, at a minimum, to authenticate consumers with password-protected accounts who submit access or deletion requests. No Reasonable Method.

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The MPS has long been involved in data security through its multi-level protection system under the Multi-Level Protection Measures, but it has not to date exercised a great deal of power over matters of personal information protection. The draft Guideline therefore represents the MPS’s most recent major foray into this area.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

For example, if geolocation data shows that a consumer regularly visits a particular place of business, it may be inferred that consumer is a patron of such a business. Businesses cannot discriminate against consumers who exercise any of their rights under AB 375. Right to Equal Service and Price.

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2020

Houseparty was quick to deny these allegations, tweeting that its service is secure: All Houseparty accounts are safe – the service is secure, has never been compromised, and doesn’t collect passwords for other sites. Houseparty (@houseparty) March 30, 2020.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Examples of such additional costs include the costs of Stay-Home Notice accommodation that are incurred over and above those for vaccinated employees, the additional delays arising from prolonged SHN to be taken from existing leave entitlements etc. Only allow authorised personnel to have access to the device.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). In addition, make it easy to report security concerns (phishing, data leaks, social engineering , password compromise, etc.). Educate employees. Your employees can be your first line of defense or your weakest link.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 5, 2012

When facial recognition is used for authentication/verification purposes, an alternative, and equally secure, access control system (such as a password) must be in place. For example, a data controller may conduct a preliminary identification to prevent images of non-users from further processing.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. So in this episode, it's not really a handbook for criminal hackers or want to be terrorists, brother this is a purely academic exercise. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. Why glorify the criminal hackers?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

This article will provide some insights into current phishing methods cyber-criminals leverage to exploit human behavior, performance metrics useful for measuring organizational resiliency to phishing, and examples of free tools that can be leveraged to conduct internal simulated phishing exercises.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 2, 2018

A couple of months ago, I launched version 2 of Pwned Passwords. In other words, once a password has appeared in a data breach and it ends up floating around the web for all sorts of nefarious parties to use, don't let your customers use that password! records, 2,232,284 of the passwords were in plain text. Of those 6.8M

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. Vamosi: The book Practical IoT Hacking is full of useful examples. And then there's this other example. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. Vamosi: The book Practical IoT Hacking is full of useful examples. And then there's this other example. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For the past three years, the source — we’ll call him “Bill” to preserve his requested anonymity — has been watching one group of threat actors that is mass-testing millions of usernames and passwords against the world’s major email providers each day. ” The Gift Card Gang’s Footprint. .

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In such circumstances, however, before selling the information in question, a business must either give the consumer an opportunity to opt out or obtain a “signed attestation” from the entity that collected the personal information stating that it provided notice at the point of collection to the consumer and include an example of the notice.

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