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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Identify and protect special category data When inventorying data, organizations should make a note of any especially sensitive data that requires extra protection.

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19 petabytes of data exposed across 29,000+ unprotected databases

Security Affairs

Such lapses in database security can (and often do) lead to hundreds of millions of people having their personal information exposed on the internet, allowing threat actors to use that data for a variety of malicious purposes, including phishing and other types of social engineering attacks , as well as identity theft.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

But, according to security researchers at Abnormal Security, cybercriminals are becoming brazen and are taking their shots at very large prizes. According to Abnormal Security, nearly every aspect of the request looked legitimate. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users.

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New York Enacts Stricter Data Cybersecurity Laws

Data Matters

Together, the new laws require the implementation of reasonable data security safeguards, expand breach reporting obligations for certain types of information, and require that a “consumer credit reporting agency” that suffers a data breach provide five years of identity theft prevention services for impacted residents.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Managing digital identities.

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Nine States Pass New And Expanded Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

Maryland ( HB 1154 ) – Maryland imposes new requirements on entities following a security breach. Amendments to Maryland’s Personal Information Protection Act go into effect October 1, 2019. The amendments require businesses to offer complimentary credit monitoring for 18 months if a breach involves a resident’s Social Security number.