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Halfway to Data Access Governance

Collibra

If you’re a Collibra customer, chances are you’re already made significant progress in establishing an expansive data access governance program even if that wasn’t your original intent. The three components of a scalable data access governance foundation. What is data governance?

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

“In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users’ data was constantly on hackers’ radars,” said NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis. Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S.

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Heathrow Airport fined £120,000 for data breach

IT Governance

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Heathrow Airport £120,000 for failing to secure sensitive personal data after a member of public found an unencrypted USB stick containing data about the airport’s staff. Newspaper reports claim that the USB stick was found in London on 16 October 2017, and that the person who found the stick viewed the contents on a library computer before passing it to the Sunday Mirror.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2022 – 49.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

IT Governance

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. discloses security incident (unknown) St. If you find yourself staring down disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

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PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November

Security Affairs

Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in ransomware attacks in November 2021 over the past month, and PYSA (aka Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in September 2022 – 35.6 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Compared to August, it was a comparatively quiet month, as we identified 88 publicly disclosed security incidents and 35,566,046 compromised records. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

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Five benefits of a data catalog

IBM Big Data Hub

Imagine walking into the largest library you’ve ever seen. Fortunately, the library has a computer at the front desk you can use to search its entire inventory by title, author, genre, and more. You have a specific book in mind, but you have no idea where to find it.

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Hidden Cobra APT used the new ATM cash-out scheme FASTCash to hit banks worldwide

Security Affairs

Government experts analyzed 10 samples of malware involved in FASTCash attacks, state-sponsored hackers used them to compromise payment “switch application servers” within the targeted banks to facilitate fraudulent transactions. Government assesses that HIDDEN COBRA actors will continue to use FASTCash tactics to target retail payment systems vulnerable to remote exploitation.” Security Affairs – Hidden Cobra, FastCash ).

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Security Ledger Podcast: Security Automation Is (And Isn't) The Future Of InfoSec

ForAllSecure

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. The Chrome team, I think there's 38 people just on the security team.

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Security Ledger Podcast: Security Automation Is (And Isn't) The Future Of InfoSec

ForAllSecure

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? We're saying it's not enough to check security at the end.

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SECURITY LEDGER PODCAST: SECURITY AUTOMATION IS (AND ISN'T) THE FUTURE OF INFOSEC

ForAllSecure

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? We're saying it's not enough to check security at the end.

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The Sainsbury Archive chooses Preservica to create new cloud-based digital archive

Preservica

Preservica’s active digital preservation platform selected to future-proof unique digital assets that document nearly 150 years of corporate, brand and retail history. The Sainsbury Archive contains a vast array of digital materials including advertising, brand assets, marketing campaigns, every issue of the company’s in-house magazine, packaging and product designs, as well as corporate governance records such as meeting minutes, board reports and staff records.

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The John Lewis Partnership creates new cloud-based business archive with Preservica

Preservica

Oxford, UK and Boston, MA: April 11 2018: The John Lewis Partnership, one of the UK’s leading retail businesses, has selected digital preservation specialist Preservica to build a secure cloud-based business archive. It also features vital corporate and governance records including board minutes and records of the Partnership’s democratic process and co-ownership model.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. Rogue Security Software.

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Why You Need A VPN

Cyber Info Veritas

A virtual private network, VPN for short, is an internet security system that allows you, the user, to send data over the internet in a safe, secure, and in the case of some VPN platforms, secretly over a private network. When you consider that, most ISPs are prone to cyberattacks and mass surveillance by governments and hackers, using a VPN protects your privacy because when your ISP has no idea of the information you send over the network, you are safe from such exploits.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

Is there something more secure? You might not think of it as a major aspect of security and yet, stolen credentials are really the key to data breaches today. And this security stuff is like it's got to go somewhere. It's like all the security guys.