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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW).

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2025. My Predictions

Jane Frankland

Its a strategy of patience, allowing them to gather intelligence, assess vulnerabilities, and wait for the perfect moment to actwhether to disrupt operations, extract data, or gain geopolitical leverage. Critical infrastructure face heightened risk from targeted disruptions, as do small businesses who are the backbone of the economy.

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2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: Not Getting Easier; But There is Hope

SecureWorld News

Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure: Ransomware attacks will increasingly focus on critical infrastructure, including healthcare, utilities, and transportation, leading to potentially catastrophic consequences. data privacy laws will create new compliance burdens: The growing patchwork of data privacy regulations across the U.S.,

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

HIPAA mandates that healthcare providers, insurers, and business associates implement robust security measures to safeguard patient data. HIPAA also requires organizations to conduct regular risk assessments and report data breaches. 93H to protect the personal information of Massachusetts residents.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws. Health data and patient data in the U.S. Health data and patient data in the U.S. Financial Data Protection Laws.

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FBI Warns Cyber Criminals Are Targeting Unsecured FTP Servers In The Healthcare Industry

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On March 22, 2017, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification, warning that criminal actors are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol […].

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NIST Releases Draft Guidance On Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps In The Healthcare Industry

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On May 8, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), […].