eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

The GDPR provision that may keep IT security teams busiest is Article 32, which requires “a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing” of personal data. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

Most data protection strategies now have traditional data protection measures, like data backups and restore functions, as well as business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans, such as disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). Data breach victims also frequently face steep regulatory fines or legal penalties.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. government, especially in light of ongoing tensions between the U.S. This is an important public action by the U.S. and Russia in Ukraine.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

It follows a mammoth start to the year, with more than 277 million breached records in January , and brings the running total for the year to over 300 million pieces of compromised personal data. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured.

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

On June 15, 2021, the SEC announced settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed sensitive customer information. This resolution highlights the SEC’s continued focus on cybersecurity.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

have notified 330,000 people that their personal data might have been compromised as part of the MOVEit Transfer data breach. Compromised personal data included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s licence/state ID numbers or financial account numbers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Of the businesses surveyed, those in the finance and insurance industries had the highest levels of awareness (79%), followed by information and communications (67%) and education (52%). And as these figures show many organisations still need to act to make sure the personal data they hold is secure.

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IT Governance

MAY 28, 2020

It will help you identify weaknesses in your system – with new ones being discovered all the time or introduced as a result of system changes – but it only works when combined with other practices and when you have a solid understanding of the information security landscape. Meet data protection requirements. Advantages.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.” .” reads a statement published by the company. Belden notified the impacted employees and offered them free monitoring and support services.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

In the final days of February, there were a flurry of security incidents related, either directly or indirectly, to the Ukraine conflict. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

As data has become a larger component of transactions and business, regulators have imposed requirements to address privacy concerns and protect the ownership of personal data. Make note of the vendor’s physical data storage location and any third-party facility ownership, as well as any related contracts.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 4, 2021

China is a leading marketing for connected and autonomous vehicles, and use and analytics of connected vehicle data has been encouraged by Chinese Government support of big data and AI technology. deletion of sensitive personal information within two weeks when requested by the driver, etc.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 19, 2018

New laws typically aren’t retroactive, but the ICO’s statement acknowledges the importance of patch management and effective information security management systems. Installing patches and updates when they’re available is one of the simplest ways of staying cyber secure. Secure configuration. Malware protection.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2019

Data protection under the GDPR looks like this: there are data subjects (that’s individuals like you and me), and we own our own personal data. Things get a little more complicated when you factor in that each piece of information doesn’t have to be taken on its own. Did Google suffer a data breach?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Incident details: A security vulnerability in a third party left personal data exposed of thousands of motorists who had their vehicle towed on behalf of the An Garda Síochána. It’s unclear how long the vulnerability was in place, or who may have accessed the data. million genetic data profiles leaked.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 7, 2022

A third regulator has recently entered into a proposed consent that includes a $500,000 fine based in part on a company’s over-retention of personal data for longer than it was needed. The first regulator was the French data protection authority, the CNIL, in 2021, which we wrote about here.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2018

This week, we discuss a new deal between the NHS and Microsoft, the financial cost of Equifax’s massive data breach, and a jail sentence for a hacker who altered prison records. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 4 May 2018. Equifax’s huge data breach, which compromised the personal data of 147.9

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Get started The post Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for April 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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AIIM

JULY 24, 2018

For example, under GDPR data subjects and/or regulators may now pursue direct remedies against data processors in the event of infringement of obligations, whereas such remedies did not exist under the prior data privacy regulation.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

“Its inherent flexibility and agile deployment capabilities, coupled with a robust commitment to information security, accentuates its appeal.” Building transparency into IBM-developed AI models To date, many available AI models lack information about data provenance, testing and safety or performance parameters.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 16, 2017

A wide range of industries have been impacted by the attack, including businesses, hospitals, utilities and government entities around the world. Virgin Islands have laws that require notification to affected individuals (and in some states, regulators) in the event of unauthorized acquisition of or access to personal information.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

Instead the PIPL is a robust data privacy framework designed to safeguard individuals’ personal data against abuse, but at the same time to reflect cultural and business attitudes to data in China, as well as new technologies (including advances in AI, biometrics and data analytics), and to enable flows of personal data.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Manchester school officials confirm data breach, saying student scores were sent to all Hallsville Elementary families. Changing numeric ID in url allowed students to view other Stanford students’ admission files, sensitive personal data. Artsy Alerts Users of Data-Security Breach; Report Claims Hacked Information for Sale.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

On September 15, 2016, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that seeks to limit retailers’ ability to collect and use personal data contained on consumers’ driver and non-driver identification cards. The bill, known as the Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act , must now be approved by the New Jersey Assembly.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements. The law imposes a number of generally applicable principles.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 14, 2018

Attorney General Notification: If an entity must notify Colorado residents of a data breach, and reasonably believes that the breach has affected 500 or more residents, it must also provide notice to the Colorado Attorney General.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. million people.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Data protection and data privacy Data protection , defined as protecting important information from corruption, damage or loss, is critical because data breaches resulting from cyberattacks can include personally identifiable information (PII), health information, financial information, intellectual property and other personal data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Both the proofs of income and call recordings contain the loaners’ social security numbers, among other sensitive personal data. The PDFs include tax returns: Income-driven repayment requests: Salary statements: Direct deposit receipts: All of these are sensitive documents, and some contain multiple social security numbers.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 2, 2018

The May 25, 2018 effective date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will no doubt be a central focus of 2018. Europe’s omnibus new framework for data protection law applies to (almost) all entities that collect and process EU personal data regardless of where the data are processed.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Injuries 101 : The first panel discussed negative outcomes that arise from unauthorized access to and misuse of consumers’ personal data. Potential Factors in Assessing Injury : The second panel discussed potential factors in assessing consumer injury, including types of injury, magnitude and the sensitivity of consumer data.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

based supplier of identity access management (IAM) systems, which recently announced a partnership with Omada, a Copenhagen-based provider of identity governance administration (IGA) solutions. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal. Compliance became a huge driver for governance and attestation,” Curcio said. “It

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed.

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AIIM

MARCH 26, 2018

In particular, one recent study found that it is possible to re-identify 87% of the US population by simply combining three data points – zip code, gender and date of birth. What are the best practices and technological measures that should be considered that will meet the GDPR standard?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-India Edition , digital transformation is well underway in India, with 41% of Indian respondents saying they are either aggressively disrupting the markets they participate in or embedding digital capabilities that enable greater organizational agility. Complexity is a Barrier to Data Security.

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