The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

An integrated data protection system can protect your assets by monitoring them, automating access control, setting up notifications, and auditing your password management. Require strong passwords. Strong passwords are your company’s first defense in protecting data and customer information.

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Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 Regulatory Compliance Challenges: Compliance with data protection regulations, such as GDPR and CPRA , remains a challenge for organizations, with non-compliance penalties averaging $5.5 million, up 15% in three years. The US topped the list at $5.09

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Security Phishing IoT Ransomware 125

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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Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Data breached: 10,870,524 lines. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we’ve found 130,036,285 records known to be compromised, and 116 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

The proposed definition of “listed identifier” is Full or truncated government identification or account number (such as a Social Security Number, driver’s license or state identification number, passport number, or Alien Registration Number) [Note that this definition apparently includes truncated Social Security Numbers.]

Access 59

Access Military Compliance Personal data 59

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 24, 2023

GDPR and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are just two very public representations of data protection, and we are seeing increased policy discussions around access to data in social media applications like Tik Tok. The problem with encryption, though, is that it requires human cooperation.

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Cloud Encryption Artificial Intelligence Data Privacy 71

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Al Mujtama Pharmacy allegedly breached, more than 7 million records affected More than 7 million data records belonging to the Saudi pharmacy Al Mujtama have reportedly been published on an underground forum. Data breached: >7,000,000 records.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. It’s led to a growing trend for organisations to purchase cyber insurance, which Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh believes will continue in 2022. This market squeeze will certainly affect the cyber insurance industry itself. “We

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Security Insurance Authentication Passwords 142

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Open Raven analyzes data at rest, classifies inventory, and automates data governance as these become critical capabilities for the hybrid infrastructure’s security posture. With robust encryption policies, Evervault can help reduce insurance premiums and offers PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance automation. Perimeter 81. GitGuardian.

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Cybersecurity Cloud Compliance Analytics 142