Adam Levin

JUNE 30, 2020

While there’s no shortage of examples of ransomware attacks, a recent study by data protection firm Veritas suggests an even bigger problem that few, if any, companies are prepared for: Customers are increasingly laying the blame on companies, specifically their CEOs, rather than on the hackers perpetrating the attacks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breached organisation: A Limerick-based IT services firm (in the Republic of Ireland), retained by 11 towing companies, which are used by state bodies including the Irish national police and security service, An Garda Síochána. Security incident report Date of breach: 29 September 2023 (but report updated on 27 October 2023).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to a recent market study 1 , 71% of individuals surveyed said double and triple extortion tactics have grown in popularity over the last 12 months, and 65% agree that these new threats make it tougher to refuse ransom demands. The pains of double extortion ransomware A security gap?

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Insurers struggle to manage profitability while trying to grow their businesses and retain clients. Large, well-established insurance companies have a reputation of being very conservative in their decision making, and they have been slow to adopt new technologies.

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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.

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Collibra

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Data governance is the process of managing data as a strategic asset so it is accurate, accessible, secure, and consistent. Learn how Definity Financial, a group of innovative property and casualty insurance companies, put their organization on the fast track to data intelligence with the power of Collibra Data Catalog and Google Cloud.

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erwin

MARCH 30, 2020

Free Resources : Check out the erwin Rapid Resource Center for free access to our online product training and other materials to help you navigate the COVID-19 crisis. Privately it will come from hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies, doctors and private health insurers. Managing and Governing Data From Lots of Disparate Sources.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

The PIPL also anticipates that a new publicly-available entity list may be published, listings foreign organisations to whom local China organisations may not transfer personal information, where such transfer may harm national security or public interest. This aligns with a similar provision in the new Data Security Law.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Data governance is about managing data and processes so data can be used as a consistent, secure and organized asset that meets policies and standards. Likewise, healthcare organizations operate in a highly regulated industry, which often has standards or regulations around data privacy and data security.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 22, 2016

million settlement with the Minnesota Attorney General for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations, and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws. provide training to its employees regarding its HIPAA policies and procedures.

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Collibra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Incomplete or inaccurate data, security problems, hidden data – the list is endless. As training data, it can also produce skewed ML models. According to a study, about 80% of the time of a data engineer is spent on updating, maintaining and assuring the quality of the data pipeline.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Finally, DOT will undertake a “study of the workforce impacts of automated vehicles” in collaboration with the Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Health and Human Services. consider test driver training and licensing procedures for test vehicles. Second, AV 3.0 State, local, and tribal governments. The private sector.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Yet, unpatched vulnerabilities provide attackers with open opportunities to cause great damage – with studies showing unpatched vulnerabilities estimated to account for 30-60% of all breaches! All companies deploy security strategies, even if the strategies have not been written down. How Patch Management Policies Work.

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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.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should study the full regulations carefully. Need for Security Measures. HIGHLIGHTS. Require businesses that provide financial incentives for different types of products or services based on the value of the consumer’s information (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This guide will provide a high level overview of encryption and how it fits into IT through the following topics: How Encryption Works To understand how encryption works, we need to understand how it fits into the broader realm of cryptology, how it processes data, common categories, top algorithms, and how encryption fits into IT security.

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Cyber Info Veritas

MAY 16, 2018

In school, you were taught to “compete” against those who got the better GPA and SAT to secure an entry into college and the same process repeats in your undergraduate studies when looking to be accepted into a graduate school. I also got my own Liability insurance. You can get a quote from an insurance company.

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The Texas Record

MAY 1, 2020

Training series have been clarified and expanded. 1.1.043 Training Materials now includes class rosters, sign-in sheets, etc. description explains that this series is only for training of non-personnel 3.3.030 Internal Training Administration Records now includes class rosters, sign-in sheets, etc. What’s missing?

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should study the full regulations carefully. Security Concerns. Businesses are required to use “reasonable security measures when transmitting personal information to the consumer.” Highlights. We discuss each in turn.

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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.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

Tib3rius from White Oak Security discusses his experience as a web application security pen tester, his OSCP certification, and how he’s giving back to the community with his Twitch , Youtube , and tools he's made available on GitHub. So it can be argued that those who guard against that should be formally trained, knowledgeable.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In defeating feature fatigue, researchers from the University of Maryland presented participants in a controlled study with models of a new audio and video player that differed only in the number of features offered. A second study presented participants with a list of 25 features on a new audio or video player.

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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.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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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.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“Commissioned by organizers to predict worst-case scenarios for the Munich games, [Georg] Sieber came up with a range of possibilities, from explosions to plane crashes, for which security teams should be prepared. Mobile devices allow users to access content from anywhere, which presents security and privacy risks. 2020, p 1).

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. CONTINUED] at KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

And it gives them the ability to do so much younger in life than many others do and with much less formal education; I care much more about skills than degrees in tech people, but my doctor / lawyer / pilot better have a heap of formal qualifications from many years of study behind them!

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Role Model Software

OCTOBER 24, 2019

However, an “information only, publicly accessible” web site is radically different from a business application that extracts and codifies deep domain expertise and provides a delightful user experience for secure creation and management of complex concepts which require a level of essential compliance to significant rules.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

What makes ransomware such a difficult vector to recover from is the encryption, which ironically continues to be one of the best methods of securing data from hackers. If your company already has cyber insurance coverage, consider increasing it. It’s all about the payday. Don’t be the next Heritage Company.

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