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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Aug 11, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
OCR’s ‘wall of shame’ just cracked 2000 data breaches. Here’s how reporting
FierceHealthcare More than 2,000 data breaches have been reported the Department of Health and Human Services since 2009, when the HITECH Act began requiring … more.
Commentary: Britain takes step to protect personal data in digital era
They can only lead to infamous data breaches. Over the last two years, 22 such most notorious cases were reported in Britain. Even the United States, … more.
Avoid getting lost in encryption with these easy steps
Not only can it protect sensitive information from unauthorized use and minimize the risks arising from data breaches, implementing this technology … more.
No malicious intent, more a misadventure: Investigators on IIT grad held in
The Indian Express However, eKYC ostensibly makes such data breaches unnecessary because they just hand all the demographic data on a platter to private … more.
The cyber threat of stealing construction blueprints is very real, and very
Insurance Business If people think of cyber risk at all, and often they don’t, they tend to think of it in the context of the large data breaches that have made the news, he … more.
How hunt operations can strengthen your security posture
Threat hunting is a search for evidence of an attacker in the network, even in the absence of an alert or indicator that an attacker has breached the … more.
Terabytes Of Sensitive Data Of Fortune 1000 Companies Accidentally Leaking
Fossbytes Carbon Black provides their EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) tool in the name of Cb Response. According to Direct Defense, user files and … more.
Think You’re Compliant with GDPR? The Research Says Otherwise
On top of that, 61% of that same group admitted that their organisation struggle to identify and report data breaches within 72 hours of awareness. more.
Lax Cloud Management Creates a Sustained Risk of Enterprise Data Breaches
are posting confidential data to cloud servers where the data has little to no … more.
PayThink Behavior analysis is the hardest factor for crooks to steal
They have learned how to take over accounts with stolen credentials, guessed valid usernames and passwords, and impersonated customers the … more.
FTF Awards Q&A: Time to Get on the Ops Utility Bus?
… with the emergence of high-profile data breaches such as the WannaCry ransomware attack as well as mainstream media coverage of private email … more.
TalkTalk fined 100000 for customer data breaches
at a firm in India had access to data from up to 50,000 TalkTalk customers more.
Boomtown Fair: Festivalgoers left queuing for six hours
“Security, event management, medical and welfare teams are in position at all the gates and we are actively looking at ways to speed up the queues … more.
How MSPs Can Combat Current Malware & PUA Plague
While sandboxing, endpoint protection suites and other antimalware techniques deliver strong malware and PUA detection capabilities, they can … more.
HIMSS: Medical Device Security, Data Breaches Top Concerns
Seventy percent of the 2016 respondents said they improved their network security, with 61 percent saying they improved their endpoint protection. more.
Cybriant Launches Managed Cybersecurity Awareness Service; Focuses On Real
HostReview.com (press release) These services include assessment and planning, testing and hunting, SIEM management and security monitoring, perimeter and endpoint protection, … more.
This is what analysts have to say about Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW)
Finance News Daily The Company’s security platform consists of three elements: Next-Generation Firewall, Advanced Endpoint Protection and Threat Intelligence Cloud. more.
Commentary: To benefit Singaporeans, Smart Nation must leverage big data,
Channel NewsAsia … changes to the Personal Data Protection Act, which includes making it mandatory for organisations to reveal data breaches to individuals when such … more.
Coming to your office: The network that thinks for itself
One of the immediate benefits is the ability to successfully build models of optimal network behavior and proactively react without intervention to … more.
Does the GDPR have a technology answer? Blue Cedar injects code to protect
www.computing.co.uk … all three felt that making movements towards compliance would lessen the fines that will be levelled at companies who suffer data breaches. more.
Don’t Let Malware Hit You on the Way Out
It would seem that the risk of data breaches caused by privileged personnel depends on how and why the employee left the company. Leaving on … more.
Taptica Buys Tremor Video DSP; Bitposter Launches Direct Marketplace
However, with data breaches occurring on an almost daily basis across Europe, I would argue that the top priority should actually be to reduce the risk … more.
Dan Fumano: Vancouver pot dispensary patient data breach highlights
Vancouver Sun The two Vancouver dispensaries involved in the recent data breaches are both working their way through the city’s licensing program: last year, city … more.
PHI of 4.7K Ohio Patients Affected by Unauthorized EHR Access
Behind unauthorized patient data access, hacking and health IT incidents were the second most common causes of healthcare data breaches in the … more.
Large fines under GDPR won’t be the ‘norm’, says regulator
… of annual global turnover is significantly larger than those currently imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for data breaches. more.
Barrhaven BIA, Carleton University launch cyber security pilot project
When it comes to data breaches in businesses, most occur at those which have less than 1,000 employees. According to the BIA and GCR, 55 per … more.
Blue Matador Has Been Busy In The Last Year
This led to Blue Matador concentrating on two specific products within their suite: a centralized log management tool called Lumberjack, and a free … more.
Poor staff monitoring sees 100k fine for TalkTalk 21000 record breach
… Guardian emailed SC to comment: “Is it really surprising that companies such as TalkTalk continue to suffer these data breaches when they stand to … more.
UK Authorities look to Deem Bitcoin as Cash to Facilitate Cryptocurrency
CryptoCoinsNews They are facilitating criminal transactions and also crimes such as money laundering, extortion (following data breaches), blackmail (the threat of … more.
Why NIST’s Bill Burr shouldn’t regret his 2003 password advice
… of Burr’s 2003 rules and use hopeless passwords where they are allowed to any number of bad passwords revealed in data breaches tells us this. more.
Understanding California’s Data Breach Notification Law: Protecting your
Lexology (registration) The California Attorney General’s 2016 Data Breach Report found 3 out of 5 Californians were victims of data breaches and that data breach victims … more.
Belgium’s Privacy Commission Issues Recordkeeping Guidance for GDPR
… of the applicable legal basis for processing, whether a data protection impact assessment is required, and a list of any personal data breaches. 3. more.
2017 Data Breaches Total Hits 900, Up 26% Year Over Year
The latest count from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports that there have been 900 data breaches recorded this year through August 9 … more.
HBO reportedly offered hackers $250K ransom
… a million dollars, as part of an effort to reward white hat IT professionals for bringing data breaches to the company’s attention, according to Variety. more.
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