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Fixing Data Breaches Part 1: Education

Troy Hunt

We have a data breach problem. My full written testimony is in that link and it talks about many of the issue we face today and the impact data breaches have on identity verification. Let's get started with one I raised multiple times whilst sitting in front of Congress - education. Often multiple mistakes.

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 3: The Ease of Disclosure

Troy Hunt

This week, I've been writing up my 5-part guide on "Fixing Data Breaches" On Monday I talked about the value of education ; let's try and stop the breach from happening in the first place. 8 days after trying to raise them, they finally acknowledged the breach and reported it to their customers. Yes you do!

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 2: Data Ownership & Minimisation

Troy Hunt

Yesterday, I wrote the first part of this 5-part series on fixing data breaches and I focused on education. The next few parts of this series all focus on cures - how do we fix data breaches once bad code has already been written or bad server configurations deployed? Let's go back to the cat forum scenario again.

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How Cybercriminals Profit from a Data Breach

Identity IQ

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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 Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)

Centraleyes

These protections extend to sensitive data such as health, financial, and biometric information. For businesses, the DPDPA sets clear data privacy standards, helping them to build trust with customers, reduce the risk of data breaches, and protect their reputation. Compliance with the DPDPA offers numerous benefits.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

HIPAA also requires organizations to conduct regular risk assessments and report data breaches. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) regulates the collection of personal information from minors to protect the privacy of children under 13.

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Data Privacy Day: Three ways to keep consumer data secure

CyberSecurity Insiders

The purpose of the day is to raise awareness about how businesses and individuals can promote the implementation of privacy and data protection best practices. . 2020 : A n era of change for Data Protection . It is easy to request customers to input a variety of data into a system.