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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q3 2021

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The healthcare and health sciences sector accounted for the most security incidents in Q3 (66). Which sectors are most vulnerable?

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65 Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. Privacy Shield , as well as the new EU privacy rules known as General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The culprit: lax practices of a third-party data and analytics contractor.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged. This should make it easier for you to quickly find the information you want.

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CCPA In-Depth Series: Draft Attorney General Regulations on Consumer Requests

Data Matters

In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. Businesses, consumer advocates, and privacy watchers have thus been eagerly waiting for over a year for the Attorney General to propose the regulations the CCPA requires him to promulgate.

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Mic Drop: California AG releases long-awaited CCPA Rulemaking

Data Protection Report

On October 10, 2019, with just weeks to go until the law goes into effect, the California Attorney General released the long-awaited draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Article 2 requires businesses to give consumers notices of their privacy practices at or before the time personal information is collected.

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What Is DRM? Understanding Digital Rights Management

eSecurity Planet

The authorization can be associated with specific hardware, shared encryption keys, passwords, and more. Claims Ownership of Content Applying DRM to content stakes an ownership claim as unobtrusive as a watermark for photos or marketing material or as complete as password-protected content with highly restrictive use restrictions.