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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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2019 end-of-year review part 2: July to December

IT Governance

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data.

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How data breaches are affecting the retail industry

IT Governance

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. increase on the 2017 cost of $3.62 million users was compromised.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2019 – 421 million records breached

IT Governance

In a month where security experts across Europe were boosting awareness of cyber security , organisations had mixed results in their own data protection practices. IN-based Goshen Health leans that 2018 data security incident did need to be reported (9,160). ND-based St. Ransomware. million).