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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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The Future of Privacy: How Big Tech Is Changing the Way We Think About Our Data

Cytelligence

It heightens our awareness of extensive data collection about us, revealing potential uses and instigating concerns about potential misuse. Privacy policies from these tech giants, while intricate, are crucial in understanding the data collected and its uses. The impact of Big Tech on privacy is multifaceted.

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Data Loss Prevention for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

IT Security Guru

Businesses can prioritise protection efforts by classifying data based on its importance and regulatory requirements. Employee Education and Awareness : Human error remains a leading cause of data breaches. Understanding Applicable Regulations : SMBs should know the data protection regulations that apply to them.

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How Companies Need to Treat User Data and Manage Their Partners

Security Affairs

Businesses must ensure that these entities understand and respect the consumers’ data rights and do not use the data in any manner inconsistent with the purpose for which it was originally collected. Data breaches and other threats. The culprit gained access to sensitive data of 11.9 Privacy Violations.

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Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Encryption. Data security.

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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.

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6 Business functions that will benefit from cybersecurity automation

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to the IBM data breach report, the average cost of a data breach has reached $4.24 Many security professionals spend hours each day manually administering tools to protect enterprise data. For many organizations, spending so much time collecting data is not conducive to innovation and growth.