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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Equifax issued its financial report for the first quarter of 2018, revealing that its huge 2017 data breach had so far cost it $242.7

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Enterprise ransomware accounts for 81% of total infections, and by market segment, 62% are small to medium-sized businesses ( Symantec ). The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group. Utilize a CASB. Rapid Response Testing. Sandbox Testing. Ransomware facts. Ransomware predictions.

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Middle East: Kingdom of Bahrain publishes Personal Data Protection Law

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 July 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) issued Law No. 30 of 2018 on the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). Whether the data will be used for direct marketing. To object to direct marketing. The PDPL will be a paradigm shift for how business is done in Bahrain.

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The history of the central processing unit (CPU)

IBM Big Data Hub

degrees from Yale University in both mathematics and mathematical physics, a noted professor of mathematics at Vassar College, a pioneering computer scientist credited with writing a computer language and authoring the first computer manual, and a naval commander (at a time when women rarely rose above administrative roles in the military).

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. On February 21, 2018, the SEC issued an additional cybersecurity disclosure guidance document to assist public companies in drafting their cybersecurity disclosures in their SEC filings. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control.

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A Flurry of Recent Cybersecurity Activity from the Trump Administration

Data Matters

On May 22, 2018, the Secretaries issued the Botnet Report, which, consistent with longstanding Federal policy, promotes the longstanding partnership between the federal government and the private sector in combating cyber-attacks. On May 31, 2018, the U.S. in isolation.”. in isolation.”. State Department Reports.