IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The penalty, which was by far the biggest GDPR fine in the eight months that the Regulation had been in effect, related to two violations: Google had failed to adequately explain to its users why it was collecting their data, and it didn’t document a legal basis for doing so. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast.

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IT Governance

MAY 29, 2018

Remember when I said last month that “with the GDPR less than a month away I imagine future lists will be even longer thanks to the introduction of mandatory data breach notifications”? Well, May’s list of incidents is very long, and the GDPR only came into effect at the end of the month. I’m not, though. I’m entirely guileless.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Is this the start of the long-awaited ‘GDPR bounce’? The Tech Data Corporation exposed 264GB of client servers, invoices, passwords (unknown). Baltimore Co.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Be in-line with insurance policies. Be in-line with insurance policies. Insurance policies can also heavily influence how we respond to an incident—particularly cybersecurity. Some policies require initial contact to be made with an insurer who will deploy their own incident response team. Document contingencies.

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Insurance Ransomware Data breaches Cloud 124

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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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 21, 2019

The DPA reviewed cyber security and user tracking practices with the – “sobering” – finding that in the DPA’s view none of the 40 companies provided for GDPR-compliant practices on their websites. As a result, the DPA announced it is considering fines under the GDPR. Consequences and risk based recommendations.

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GDPR Personal data Risk Retail 49

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2021

Password protocols. Cybersecurity preparedness/ insurance. Compliance assessment : A compliance assessment checks to see if your security and data controls meet regulations like GDPR , CCPA , HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Your security assessment should include audits of things like: Access to systems and data. Endpoint protection.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

That includes social security and social insurance numbers, bank account numbers, phone numbers, birth dates, email addresses and self-reported income; in short, just about everything on an identity thief’s wish list. Capital One’s highly confidential data was accessible to a system admin by a very simple password-based mechanism.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

For example, an Access Policy could have clearly labeled sections to define Password Policy , User Access , Privileged Access , Access Review Processes, and Remote Access because each of these access categories may be required to be reviewed by an auditor. Also read: How to Comply with GDPR, PIPL and CCPA. Compliance. Start Writing.

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ARMA International

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Some IoB devices can provide access to systems and workspaces without the need for passwords or key cards and can offer convenient purchases of goods or services. What is required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or equivalent statutes for health and genetics or for sensitive personally identifiable information?

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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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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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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.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

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

KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Compliance with Privacy Policies: HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. What follows is far from an exhaustive list of some of the most impactful policies in force today: HIPAA – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information in the U.S.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Under the GDPR, it must be as easy to withdraw your consent as it is to give it. Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Vauxhall Motors database with 5.5 million call logs between employees and customers.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

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

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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. With robust encryption policies, Evervault can help reduce insurance premiums and offers PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance automation. GitGuardian. Cowbell Cyber.

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