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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Oct 9, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Ten questions you should ask before sharing data about your customers
It’s being aware of developments such as new data-sharing technologies, changes in the law (like the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme coming into … more.
Equifax Breach Fallout: Your Salary History
The information needed to obtain it has been widely compromised in thousands of data breaches over the past few years, and the SSN and DOB on … more.
Cybersecurity Stocks Are Hot: Here’s Where to Invest
Since that time, we’ve seen data breaches worth billions at Yahoo, eBay, JP Morgan Chase, Anthem, Home Depot, Adobe, and many smaller firms, … more.
Finance Brief: Week in Review & What’s Ahead
s inspector general reported that the regulator may have suffered more than 50 data breaches in 2015 and 2016, and in five of those incidents alone, … more.
Millions of Accounts From Previous Bitly and Kickstarter Breaches Exposed
It’s another day with yet another story of a data breach affecting millions of users around the world This time, the targeted platforms are Bitly and … more.
Spammers grab slice of Domino’s customers’ personal information
Businesses are not obliged to notify the Privacy Commissioner of data breaches, although a law change has been in the wings for several years that … more.
Negligent and unqualified executives have killed online privacy. Get used
CSO Australia Ongoing revelations of mass data breaches have become so large and so pervasive that online users simply cannot expect their data to remain … more.
Reader Comment: Crapo: Actively protecting your identity
Equifax is just the latest in a series of massive data breaches at major companies, demonstrating that more needs to be done to ensure customer … more.
What should Australian companies be doing right now to protect our privacy
Of course, Australian companies and organisations have also been involved with spectacular data breaches. Last year saw the Australian Red Cross … more.
Infotecs Americas Achieves HIPAA Compliance; Reaffirms Commitment to
PR Web (press release) The number of U.S. healthcare data breaches almost doubled in 2016, according to a Protenus report, with more than 27.3 million patient records … more.
GCHQ boss says fighting cyberattacks now as important as spying efforts and
International Business Times UK Fleming’s comments come after major cyberattacks, including the WannaCry ransomware epidemic, high-profile data breaches and the cyberattack on … more.
What is GDPR?: The implications you need to know
GDPR requires that a DPIA be undertaken by data controllers in areas where they run a higher risk of data breaches, and then coordinate contingency … more.
Data breaches highlight how Social Security number has to be phased out for
ZDNet Former CEO of Equifax Richard Smith hasn’t gotten much right of late following his former company’s data breach and fumbling of the aftermath. more.
Five takeaways from Equifax’s brutal week
… companies to notify individuals impacted by data breaches, as they questioned why it took Equifax weeks to publicly notify consumers of the breach. more.
How GDPR compliance failure could cost the likes of Equifax and Deloitte
insider.co.uk In addition there is an obligation to report some data breaches involving personal data being lost, altered, destroyed, accessed either accidentally or … more.
Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
… Street Journal, MSCI reported in August of last year that Equifax wasn’t equipped for the increasing frequency and sophistication of data breaches. more.
Consultation open for draft Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme resources
On 29 September, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) published new draft resources to assist organisations to prepare for … more.
Online Safety Tips for NCSAM 2017: Lessons From Week One
Thanks to the largest global ransomware attack in history and other high-profile data breaches, cybercrime has been in the media spotlight more than … more.
Five Ways an External Risk Adviser Can Help the Board Solve the Cyber Risk
Security Intelligence (blog) A 2016 report by the EY Center for Board Matters titled Board Matters Quarterly ranked data breaches and insider threats as the types of risk that … more.
FDIC had more than 50 data breaches in 2 years
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) suffered more than 50 data breaches between January 2015 and December 2016, according to a … more.
Cash vs credit: Do breaches make cash safer?
With so many data breaches lately, a lot of people are wondering if it might make sense to go back to cash. It seems every day police are finding credit … more.
GDPR is the top tech disrupter shaking the insurance business
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes with hefty fines for data breaches is the major tech challenge keeping practitioners … more.
Hackers steal Forrester’s ‘sensitive’ research reports
In light of tremendous data breaches and large-scale password re-use attacks, such incidents become pretty common and are not very risky. However … more.
Soliton Systems Invests in LookingGlass Threat Intelligence Solutions Ahead
SYS-CON Media (press release) We trust that when we combine LookingGlass’ advanced capabilities, with our own endpoint detection and response product InfoTrace II for Cyber … more.
Are the bad guys winning with increasingly damaging cyber attacks?
This ensures that your endpoint protection and firewall are talking to each other. While there is no failsafe way to keep out hackers, enterprises do … more.
Password Policies in Place, but They Are Not Enforced
Most data breaches are because of poor password habits using the same, weak passwords like ‘admin,’ as shown in the Equifax breach. Strong … more.
Machine learning and analytics among key Oracle security moves
… Ellison described as a highly automated system that taps machine learning and analytics to decrease the human errors that lead to data breaches. more.
Linux Foundation Adds 15 New Silver Members
LogDNA: A cloud-based log management system that allows engineering and DevOps to aggregate all system and application logs into a single … more.
Log management market heading towards $1248.9 million
The log management market size is expected to grow from $ 707 million in … The report includes the study of key players offering log management … more.
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