Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to Adobe Analytics’ recent holiday forecast , online sales are projected to surge 33% year over year to a record $189 billion as “Cyber-week turns to Cyber-months” amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Create long and strong passwords. Change passwords repeatedly. With this in mind, all eyes should be on Black Friday.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Ransomware facts. The FBI estimates ransom payments per year exceed $1 billion ( Datto ).

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

The proposed regulations anticipate exempting data transactions “to the extent that they are ordinarily incident to and part of the provision of financial services” including: (i) banking, capital-markets, or financial-insurance services; (ii) a financial activity authorized by 12 U.S.C. §

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. million OpenSea records for sale on hacking forum A cyber criminal known as ‘bossmoves90004’ claims to have exfiltrated 6.9 The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 36 million records.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I recently discussed this with Chris Curcio, vice-president of channel sales at Optimal IdM, a Tampa, Fla.-based For instance, when several folks needed access to privileged accounts, it became common practice to write down usernames and passwords on slips of paper and pass them around. It’s not for lack of trying.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach. Principle 5. The 2018 guidance supplements the SEC’s October 13, 2011, CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No.

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