Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

After the introduction of CCPA and GDPR, much more attention is given to third-party risks, and the privacy terms and conditions users agree to. Global privacy regulations, such as the CCPA and GDPR, were enacted to ensure stricter standards when handling the personal data of consumers. Importance of Vendor Assessment.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Strengthening security awareness stops scapegoating staff for shortcomings. A time of upheaval in the way we work has meant employees to follow the right security behaviours in vastly different circumstances. The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year. billion in 2019.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

BH Consulting

JUNE 8, 2021

The Conti ransomware operators demanded payment of $20 million and threatened to release some of the data, a tactic known as double extortion. The Conti ransomware operators demanded payment of $20 million and threatened to release some of the data, a tactic known as double extortion.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

state to officially pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law. In doing so, the state added yet another layer of complexity for consumer-facing organizations striving to keep employees and executives abreast of the latest regulatory compliance responsibilities. Governor Polis last week signed the Colorado Privacy Act into law.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 22, 2023

This explains why the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report ranks cybersecurity risk so highly. As I wrote in a recent opinion column , I believe it’s one of the most valuable reports a cybersecurity professional can have, because it helps them to aim messages at the board. We rely more than ever on technology.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

Wade and the associated Constitutional right to choose to have an abortion redefined personal privacy, as individual states can now treat previously benign health data as possible evidence in a criminal investigation. And months after the decision, companies are still announcing changes to what types of data they will no longer store.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Data Security: Low Adoption Amidst Increasing Requirements.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. The agent gathers information and connects with a central server, which manages and analyzes vulnerability data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Data Security: Low Adoption Amidst Increasing Requirements.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

California law also requires businesses that suffer a breach of security to disclose the breach to consumers, and in some instances law enforcement, if sensitive information is compromised. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020. 17-0039).

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Maryland Takes the Lead in Privacy Legislation with Comprehensive MODPA The Maryland legislature enacted two comprehensive privacy bills to limit how big tech platforms can acquire and utilize customers’ and children’s data. states in enforcing its residents’ privacy rights thus far.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

California law also requires businesses that suffer a breach of security to disclose the breach to consumers, and in some instances law enforcement, if sensitive information is compromised. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020. 17-0039).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Users enjoyed using them to compose poems and lyrics in the style of famous artists (which left Nick Cave, for example, decidedly unimpressed ), researchers debated blowing up data centers to prevent super AI from unleashing Armageddon, while security specialists persuaded a stubborn chatbot to give them phone-tapping and car-jacking instructions.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way. Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 27, 2021

Data Privacy Day: Looking Back on the Privacy Events of 2020. Each year, the world observes Data Privacy Day on January 28th. This international effort recognizes how organizations might be using, collecting or sharing an individual’s personal information. The theme for Data Privacy Day 2021 is “Own Your Privacy.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 24, 2019

It’s been one year since the European Union (EU) enforced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 1 , a legislation designed to protect the personal data of EU citizens and lay specific rules and guidelines on how their data is collected, stored, processed and deleted by various entities.

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Spinone

MAY 14, 2020

Your data has become more valuable than ever before! With the rising cost and value of your data, there are also numerous threats to that data across the board. Attackers may infiltrate the perimeter defenses of your infrastructure and gain unauthorized access to your data. Why is the cost of data breach so enormous?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

Identity management plays a critical role in every IT security strategy. PowerShell scripts can be written to interface and automate many AD functions, but not everyone can create, debug, maintain, or secure these scripts. IT managers and security teams need knowledge to act intelligently and appropriately.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s world, this is essential and new laws to regulate previously non-regulated sectors indicate how times are changing and laws are adapting to the new landscape. The discussion, as reported in Euractiv , covered sensitive topics like the contentious issue of biometric recognition. More legislation, stronger regulation?

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

The main stated purpose of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) is to protect health care coverage for individuals who lose or change jobs. However, HIPAA Title II , part of the Administrative Simplification defines how electronically protected health information (PHI) should be protected and secured.

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Spinone

JANUARY 8, 2019

Maintaining the availability to data and services are two of the most important technical feats that businesses today must achieve when protecting business-critical IT infrastructure. Traditional data protection solutions that were designed for on-premises environments. What does this involve?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Thankfully, cybersecurity professionals everywhere are working on inventing new tech and improving upon legacy technology solutions to maintain pace with these criminals who threaten our data security. Learn more about what security leaders have to say about the upcoming year below: Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2020

This is a blog post about disclosure, specifically the difficulty with doing it in a responsible fashion as the reporter whilst also ensuring the impacted organisation behaves responsibly themselves. This is a post about how hard disclosure remains and how Surebet247 's behaviour now has them experiencing the full blown Streisand effect.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The state of cybersecurity in 2022: ransomware and threats to data abound. Nearly 10 terabytes of data are stolen every month due to ransomware, according to the ENISA threat landscape (ETL) report. There were 66 zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed during the reporting period between July 2021 and July 2022.

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