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Cybersecurity regulations: How do laws apply to your business?

CyberSecurity Insiders

It was enacted to prevent and mitigate identity theft, provide notice of security breaches, and enhance law enforcement assistance. In 2004 the state enacted a law that required companies to implement and maintain reasonable security to protect personal information from unauthorized access and use. citizens during any 12 months.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

And this year is a special occasion: a Quinceañera of sorts recognizing 15 years since the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004. “In the past there was a…lack of focus and awareness of the consequences of (going online) and the vulnerabilities that opened up with technology changes,” Grant told me.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. Dateline Cybercrime . retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).