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

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

Risk 117

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 117

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself. .

Retail 52

Retail Authentication Insurance Data breaches 52

Collibra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Incomplete or inaccurate data, security problems, hidden data – the list is endless. Several surveys reveal the extent of cost damages across many verticals due to the problems associated with data quality. Best-in-Class companies are 30% more likely to have a dedicated data catalog solution , concludes a recent survey.

Analytics 110

Analytics Customer Experience Marketing Unstructured data 110

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to a recent IBV study , 64% of surveyed CEOs face pressure to accelerate adoption of generative AI, and 60% lack a consistent, enterprise-wide method for implementing it. They also need secured access to business-relevant models that can help accelerate time to value and insights.

Risk 94

Risk Insurance Data collection Libraries 94

IT Governance

JANUARY 7, 2018

Holiday e-card alerts were the most successful scam (24.8%), followed by rewards programmes (22.3%), various other celebratory e-cards and employee satisfaction surveys (17.2%). The subjects of this study know enough about phishing that they believe they aren’t fooled by the scams’ attempts to make them fearful, etc.,

Phishing 75

Phishing Insurance Education Compliance 75

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

As a result, the way in which they connect and authorize communication makes them a primary security risk for organizations. Now comes a study from Boston-based consultancy Air Worldwide that puts some hard numbers on the degree to which threat actors are plundering virtual machines. LW: This isn’t theoretical is it?

Digital transformation 115

Digital transformation Passwords Retail IoT 115

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Panelists called on the FTC to take a number of measures to further study these informational risks and injuries, including studying different types of identity theft distinctly and not limiting this to one general topic, and writing reports on substantive harms that have meaningful impacts on people’s lives and the potential solutions.

Privacy 42

Privacy Retail Risk Insurance 42

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 9, 2020

Cookie Sweep Survey. In August of last year, the DPC carried out a sweep survey across 40 organisations in order to examine their use of cookies on a number of websites and platforms. In its report, the DPC summarised a list of key concerns which came out of the survey. DPC Concerns and Recommendations. Cookie Policy.

GDPR 59

GDPR Analytics Personal data Compliance 59

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 23, 2018

On March 14, 2018, IBM Security announced the results of a new global study on organizational cybersecurity readiness and resiliency entitled “The 2018 Cyber Resilient Organization.” 23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader. .” Is this confidence misplaced?

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Data breaches IoT 40

KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

Phishing 73

Phishing Passwords Insurance Systems administration 73

Reltio

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

We trust that our bank accounts are accurate, our social security numbers are secure, and our insurance policies are up to date. A study conducted by Forrester found that 21 cents of every dollar spent on marketing is wasted due to data quality issues. What is Dirty Data, and How Can it Impact Your Bottom Line?

MDM 52

MDM Marketing Compliance Insurance 52

IGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

So as the benchmark study reported, the need for long-term digital preservation and access capabilities is pervasive. This correlates to a recognition by IG practitioners in the 2017 benchmark survey results that executive leadership will bear the brunt of the failure to adequately protect and ensure access to long-term business information.

Digital preservation 20

Digital preservation Government Digital transformation Access 20

Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Comodo goes on with an attempt to establish the efficacy of EV by referring to "a recent study": A recent survey by DevOps.com found that customers are 50% more likely to trust and purchase from a website with a green address bar. The motives behind the study are important for reasons that should be apparent in the thread.

Marketing 109

Marketing Phishing Encryption IT 109

CGI

JUNE 15, 2016

According to a new study into boardroom attitudes of cybersecurity conducted by CGI in the UK in conjunction with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), boards are taking cybersecurity more seriously with planned increases in scrutiny, investment and external advice.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Government Retail Insurance 40

CGI

JUNE 14, 2016

According to a new study into boardroom attitudes of cybersecurity conducted by CGI in the UK in conjunction with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), boards are taking cybersecurity more seriously with planned increases in scrutiny, investment and external advice.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Government Retail Insurance 40

ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. One other thing: the Conti source code was also leaked, allowing security companies to create their own decryption services for anyone infected with the Conti ransomware. By no means.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Authentication Communications 40

Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Where the Information Commissioner gives notices to data controllers, she can now secure compliance, with the power to issue substantial administrative penalties of up to 4% of global turnover. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter? Where she finds criminality, she can prosecute.

GDPR 120

GDPR Personal data Government IT 120

Reltio

APRIL 25, 2019

How do you ensure security and privacy while personalizing the customer experience? In one recent survey by Gartner, 87% of senior business leaders affirm digitization as a top priority and in many cases a do-or-die imperative. Do you have fail-safe processes to guarantee security of customer data?

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Digital transformation B2B B2C 75

KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Yup – shoe store. By Jacqueline Jayne.

Phishing 80

Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 80

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

The Internet Security Alliance ( ISA ) is a trade association and think tank whose members include prominent corporations in a wide cross section of industries. I think the whole digital age came upon us so quickly, so easily, so pleasantly and so profitably that we simply missed the security downside at first.

Risk 154

Risk Insurance Cybersecurity Marketing 154