Data Breach Today

JULY 10, 2023

Francisco Partners plans to split Forcepoint's government and commercial security practices, selling the former to TPG for $2.45 Deal Comes 30 Months After PE Arm Francisco Bought All of Forcepoint for Just $1.1B billion.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

government Web sites now carry a message prominently at the top of their home pages meant to help visitors better distinguish between official U.S. government properties and phishing pages. Census Bureau website [link] carries a message that reads, “An official Web site of the United States government.

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JULY 26, 2023

Flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile Rated 10 on CVSS Scale A mobile security vendor patched a critically rated zero-day vulnerability in its endpoint management platform that had been used by unknown hackers to attack the Norwegian government. Multiple governments use the platform - the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Part of Agency's Campaign to Align Design, Development With Security From the Start The U.S federal government is advocating for artificial intelligence developers to embrace security as a core requirement, warning that machine learning code is particularly difficult and expensive to fix after deployment.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Cisco's Peter Romness on Defending the Expanded Attack Surface Post-digital transformation, in a world of hybrid work and multi-cloud environments, government agencies in particular sometimes struggle to detect and respond to threats across the expanded attack surface.

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JULY 12, 2023

26 Countries Hit by Espionage Group Storm-0558 Through Microsoft Outlook Flaw Security experts say China-based hackers are "leading their peers in the deployment of zero-days" in the wake of another wide-ranging attack that abused a flaw in Microsoft Outlook and used forged authentication tokens to access email accounts of governments in the United (..)

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Data Breach Today

MAY 20, 2022

Deal Will Help Clients Secure Users and Data Across SAP and Oracle's ERP Apps Pathlock has merged with Appsian to form a 500-person vendor that secures users and data across SAP and Oracle's ERP apps.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2023

June 22, 2023 — Dasera , the premier automated data security and governance platform for top-tier finance, healthcare, and technology enterprises, is thrilled to unveil “Ski Lift,” a complimentary platform exclusively designed for Snowflake users. Mountain View, Calif.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Co-Founder & CEO Discusses Why the Company Is Seeking FedRAMP Authorization Security firms must increasingly follow U.S. government security requirements even if they don't serve federal agencies themselves, says Avi Shua, Orca Security co-founder and CEO. government.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Co-Sponsor of Bipartisan Proposal Calls Bill 'Common-Sense Legislation' Two Senate leaders on Thursday introduced legislation that would form a working group charged with monitoring the security of AI data obtained by federal contractors.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

CSO on How OneTrust's Platform Brings Privacy, Compliance and Governance Together OneTrust has put nearly $1 billion in investment to good use, helping companies address data governance, security assurance, third-party risk and more, Chief Strategy Officer Blake Brannon says.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

agencies to address hard problems like quickly writing secure code but comes with risks around nation-states generating attacks more efficiently. White House, DOD, DHS Leaders Reveal How their Agencies Use Artificial Intelligence AI allows U.S.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil Dings Cybersecurity Law as 'Bloody Useless' The Australian government says it will centralize its approach to securing federal agencies by appointing a coordinator to head the new National Office for Cyber Security within the Department of Home Affairs.

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JUNE 30, 2023

The 2003 Cyberattack Has Been Linked to a State-Sponsored Cyberespionage Campaign The United Kingdom's national cybersecurity agency on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of its response to the first-ever cyberattack against the government by disclosing how government agencies responded.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Longtime CISO Vito Sardanopoli on Building an Effective Security Program A formal security program that spells out precise governance components is critical to protecting sensitive data, says Vito Sardanopoli, who served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Task Force.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 14, 2023

UK Security Minister Confirms Agency Is Examining App for Chinese Government Ties Britain's National Cyber Security Agency is examining TikTok to help the government finalize its decision to ban the Chinese video sharing app from federal networks, the country’s security minister Tom Tugendhat revealed.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 28, 2020

government is taking the first steps toward creating new security requirements for manufacturers to strengthen password protections and improve how vulnerabilities are reported.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2022

The new guidelines state that prosecutors should avoid charging security researchers who operate in “good faith” when finding and reporting vulnerabilities. ” What constitutes “good faith security research?” ” The new DOJ policy comes in response to a Supreme Court ruling last year in Van Buren v.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2022

million people and compromised names, Social Security numbers, among other data, also ended up costing the file-sharing company $8.1 It was alleged that the company did not implement proper data security practices to detect security vulnerabilities. For example, the Accellion data breach of 2020 that affected 6.76

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Stormshield Is a Major Supplier of Security Products to the French Government French security vendor Stormshield has launched an investigation after an internal review found that hackers accessed the source code of the company's network security product.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The British government banned the installation of Chinese-linked security cameras at sensitive facilities due to security risks. Reuters reports that the British government ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese security cameras at sensitive buildings due to security risks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Tech Companies Must Vow They Use Secure Software Development Techniques A White House agency today told U.S. federal government IT vendors they must attest to using secure software development techniques.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. Related: The need for supply chain security This is to be expected. After all, government mandates combined with industry standards are the twin towers of public safety.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This week, we discuss allegations of data security failures at Twitter, a €405 million fine for Instagram, a cyber attack on InterContinental Hotels Group, and why Cloud security is so important. The post IT Governance Podcast Episode 8: Twitter, Instagram, InterContinental and Cloud security appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 3, 2022

government agencies have issued a warning to organizations in the country against paying ransom to the Karakurt data extortion group. The threat actor's promises to delete stolen data and not disclose the security incident to the public if its demands are met are false, the agencies say.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

National Nuclear Security Administration Made 'Limited Progress,' Says GAO The U.S. federal agency responsible for the ongoing functionality of the nuclear weapons stockpile hasn't gotten its arms around how to secure operational technology, says the Government Accountability Office.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hackers Uses Same FTP Server as Earlier OneNote Phishing Campaign A campaign targeting government entities in the Asia-Pacific and North America regions with an info stealer hosted on a Discord server shares infrastructure with a campaign that used Microsoft OneNote to deliver malware.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Guardrails Needed to Stop AI Misuse by Autocratic Government, Rogue Domestic Actors Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled a framework for artificial intelligence development focused on security, accountability, explainability and minimizing foreign interference.

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MARCH 5, 2021

FireEye, Other Security Firms Detect Activity Hackers have targeted units of local government by attempting to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange email servers, according to a new report by the security firm FireEye. Meanwhile, CISA has updated its alert.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Agencies Offer Advice on Minimizing Attack Surface In a bid to address security risks associated with the use of virtual private network solutions, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday offered government leaders guidance on selecting remote access VPNs and strengthening their security.

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MAY 20, 2022

Government Says Closest Allies Share Similar Concerns Canada says it will no longer allow the use of products and services from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. The government says its decision is based on reviews by independent security agencies and was made in consultation with its "closest allies."

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This week, we discuss security issues at the Electoral Commission, Meta’s appeal against daily GDPR fines, and a breach affecting 10 million users of the French unemployment agency Pôle emploi. Transcript: Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 September 2023.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers.

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JUNE 5, 2021

Cyber Security Council is a new self-regulatory body for the profession. Government to execute their vision for the U.K. Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s s New Self-Regulatory Body U.K. It is tasked by the U.K.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 19, 2023

One of the most distinguishing things about our federal government is its broad scope of services. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many federal agencies kicked their digital transformations into high gear to help enhance public services, embrace a remote workforce and better secure data with trust and transparency.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

investigation into basic security flaws on banks’ websites and apps, a ransomware attack on the financial firm ION Cleared Derivatives, and a phishing attack that compromised the emails of Stewart McDonald MP. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2023

The UK government has announced plans to ban ministers and civil servants from using TikTok on work devices. The problems stem from TikTok’s ties to the Chinese government and the ways that people’s personal data could be used for nefarious purposes. Are these rumours founded? Canada, Belgium and India have all taken similar action.

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