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Cybercriminals Are Targeting AI Conversational Platforms

Security Affairs

Another important aspect is whether the collected user input will be retained for further training and whether such data will later be sanitized to minimize the disclosure of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and other data that may impact user privacy in the event of a breach.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

Securities and Exchange Commission settled its investigation into the matter after the Fortune 500 company agreed to pay a paltry penalty of less than $500,000. In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. This week, the U.S. First American Financial Corp.

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Security Considerations for Data Lakes

eSecurity Planet

Many of the basic principles for securing a data lake will be familiar to anyone who has secured a cloud security storage container. Essentially, we are securing an app at scale with enormous requirements for stored data, incoming data, data interactions, and network connections. Data Lake Security Scope.

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What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)? VPN Security Explained

eSecurity Planet

A VPN provides a secure channel for users to send and retrieve sensitive data using public infrastructure – the Internet. This avoids the cost of leasing dedicated secure lines between branch offices and allows employees the flexibility to work anywhere with an Internet connection. Read on to find more answers to “What is a VPN?”

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Email Is the Biggest Threat to Business, So Why Is Everyone Using It?

Adam Levin

Email addresses are still the main way we authenticate ourselves to do business online, and because of that email as a category represents an extremely weak link in our collective cybersecurity. The cybersecurity threat posed by email isn’t limited to sensitive data sitting passively on account servers.

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