Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

This pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 confirms that Oracle security updates will address 483 new security patches. “A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. This Critical Patch Update addresses 483 new security patches.

Communications 107

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 107

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. Learn how organizations can use IBM Guardium® Data Protection software to monitor data wherever it is and enforce security policies in near real time.

Data Privacy 83

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 83

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

Artificial Intelligence 89

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 89

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Almost everyone wants to know what the future has in store – particularly when it comes to cyber security. With that in mind, Geraint Williams, IT Governance’s chief information security officer, discusses his cyber security predictions in the upcoming year. Our predictions. Ransomware will continue to increase.

Security 98

Security IoT Phishing Ransomware 98

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

Security 145

Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 145

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Insurance companies around the world are now suffering from phishing. Over the past year, an average of over 100 phishing websites were created per insurer. In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services. ” About the Author: Group-IB.

Phishing 97

Phishing Retail Insurance Risk 97

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

Access 92

Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 92

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Sales 88

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This class of AI-based tools, including chatbots and virtual assistants, enables seamless, human-like and personalized exchanges. The emergence of NLG has dramatically improved the quality of automated customer service tools, making interactions more pleasant for users, and reducing reliance on human agents for routine inquiries.

Analytics 106

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Marketing Education 106

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. Do your online shopping at home on a secure network. …and don’t open that attachment.

Retail 95

Retail Passwords Insurance Phishing 95

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy.

Digital transformation 193

Digital transformation Marketing Analytics Risk 193

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Group-IB’s new research contains the first ever description of RedCurl’s tactics, tools, and infrastructure. Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel. Tricky cloud.

Cloud 141

Cloud Phishing Analytics Access 141

Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. For instance, in the retail industry, mobile-enabled terminal emulation means sales representatives can get the answers they need on the floor without leaving the customers’ side. Reduce costs without compromising security.

Retail 52

Retail Manufacturing Compliance Access 52

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 7 @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. Vet, manage and monitor your third-party vendors' security risk requirements.

Security awareness 91

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 91

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2020 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) from July 27 to August 14, 2020. NAIC Considers Comments to the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act . GCC Template and Instructions.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Artificial Intelligence Big data 68

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Risk Analytics 68

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Among those that have started to prepare: 36% of businesses and charities have changed their cyber security practices; 21% of businesses and 10% of charities have invested in additional staff training; and. The finance and insurance (79%), information or communications (67%) and education (52%) sectors have the highest awareness of the GDPR.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A credit freeze — also known as a “security freeze” — restricts access to your credit file, making it far more difficult for identity thieves to open new accounts in your name. Access to some of these credit lookup services is supposed to be secured behind a login page, but often isn’t.

Access 223

Access Military Retail Security 223

Reltio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Customers interviewed in the study were from the pharmaceuticals, technology, insurance and retail industries. They managed their data sources with a hybrid of primarily on-premises, third-party tools and in-house, customized solutions.

MDM 52

MDM B2C IT B2B 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They can provide that additional security, remotely.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. aw (unknown). Ransomware.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 21, 2019

Under the theme of “Together for a better internet”, the European Commission had called for action worldwide to enhance internet security as part of the yearly SID. Very risk-averse companies might consider stop using respective tools at all. Fine imposed on Google by French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).

GDPR 49

GDPR Personal data Risk Retail 49

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database. The security researcher Bob Diachenko identified the leak in September and contacted TuneFab, which fixed the misconfiguration within 24 hours.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We will also discuss a developing range of services referred to as digital asset “prime brokerage” — describing the suite of services typically provided by these prime brokers and comparing them to traditional offerings of prime brokers in the securities space. Traditional OTC Derivatives.

Blockchain 88

Blockchain Marketing Access Risk 88

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Carrefour France and Carrefour Banque are both affiliates of the French retail group, the Carrefour Group. The group has diversified its activities into the banking and insurance, travel agency and e-commerce sectors. On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25

GDPR 91

GDPR Personal data Data collection Marketing 91

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 9, 2020

In its report, the DPC noted that the ad-tech industry is subject to separate inquiries – this report is more broadly focussed on organisations across a range of sectors, including retail, entertainment, insurance, banking, public sector, media and publishing.

GDPR 59

GDPR Analytics Personal data Compliance 59

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It was clear most readers had no idea these new and more invasive requirements were being put in place at the IRS and other federal agencies (the Social Security Administration also is steering new signups to ID.me). says it has approximately 64 million users, with 145,000 new users signing up each day. What happens if ID.me gets breached?

Access 215

Access Authentication Insurance Personal data 215

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments.

Passwords 226

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 226

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services USA Yes 11,556 Poder Judicial de Santa Cruz Source (New) Legal Argentina Yes 8,732 J.D.

Data Privacy 88

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 88

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Originally designed as a network access control (NAC) solution, Aruba ClearPass continues to evolve into a portfolio of network security tools. Security Qualifications When ClearPass is running in FIPS Approved mode , it utilizes a FIPS 140 2 validated cryptographic module. It is also on the U.S.

Authentication 108

Authentication Access IoT MDM 108

John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Since moving to the area from California, she’s noticed two puzzling trends: First, a dearth of interesting mid- to high-end dinner spots walking distance from her new place, and second, what appears to be higher-than-average vacancy rates for the retail storefronts in the same general area. The tools she will leverage?

Marketing 53

Marketing Retail Blockchain Mining 53

John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

NewCo creates deep engagement and strong business intent by forcing these choices – it insures the group that shows up in a host company’s offices have actively chosen to be there – they come with a purpose, so to speak. So here are my choices, with a bit on the intent behind them. We live on Slack here at NewCo HQ.

Big data 88

Big data Retail Insurance IT 88

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

The popularity of private cloud is growing, primarily driven by the need for greater data security. Across industries like education, retail and government, organizations are choosing private cloud settings to conduct business use cases involving workloads with sensitive information and to comply with data privacy and compliance needs.

Cloud 102

Cloud Digital transformation Access Compliance 102

Reltio

MAY 14, 2019

But it did give me the advantage of seeing how the data was being fed into the machines for personalisation and the use of algorithms for security even back then. “At If you know what you are doing and why you are doing it then you then have the tools in front of you to do it better.”.

Big data 45

Big data Government Cloud IT 45