Personally Identifiable Information
Cyber Security For Data Sovereignty
August 11 by Elizabeth MixsonWith the emergence of global data privacy regulations such as GDPR, organizations that collect personal identifiable information (PII) must answer a new question: is data subject to the local laws of...
Ingress and Egress Controls Limit What Bad Actors Can Do
August 03 by Lisa MorganWhat's at stake are the company's crown jewels and reputation since stolen intangibles are valuable on the black market and their theft is an effective (but illegal) way to get revenge on the company....
Data Obfuscation: The Linchpin of Enterprise Data Security
June 23 by Elizabeth MixsonIn an effort to better protect sensitive data from exposure and deter cyber criminals, security organizations are increasingly leveraging data obfuscation to “hide data in plain sight.”
IOTW: Irish Healthcare Data for Sale on the Dark Web
May 28 by Lisa MorganThe fear now is that scammers unrelated to the Health Service Executive (HSE) attack will buy the data for their own nefarious use. Already, HSE is facing regulatory fines as the result of GDPR and ma...
Is Data Privacy Evolving Into Data Rights? Checking-In On Data Rights Management (DRM)
May 26 by Elizabeth MixsonAs a result of data laws such as GDPR, processing data subject access requests (DSAR) have surged. In fact, in the year following the implementation of GDPR, customer data solutions provider Segment e...
IOTW: Scripps Health Malware Attack Could Cost Lives
May 21 by Lisa MorganScripps is not discussing the attack, nor is it providing any meantime to recovery (MTTR) estimate. The uncertainty and tight-lipped nature of the incident is not a surprise to anyone in the cyber sec...
Pending Data Protection and Security Laws At-A-Glance: APAC
May 12 by Elizabeth MixsonWe have focused on the latest laws protecting PII in the United States, Regulation through Global Data Protection and Security Laws, and APAC Data Protection and Security Laws. This is an overview of...
IOTW: University of California Schools Hit with Ransomware Attack
April 30 by Lisa MorganThe company released a patch for the 20-year-old product within 72 hours to the less than 50 customers that had been affected. In early February, Accellion stated it had notified all affected FTA cust...
IOTW: Facebook Data Leak Impacts 533 Million Users
April 16 by Lisa MorganFacebook has no plans to notify individuals whose information was exposed because the company claims it does not know who was affected. Despite the patch in September 2019, 419 million records contain...
Data Privacy 2021: How Data Privacy is Becoming a Strategic Priority
April 14 by Elizabeth MixsonData privacy is rapidly evolving from a compliance challenge to a strategic objective. Here’s what you need to know.
IOTW: End-Of-Life Third Party Software Responsible For Singtel Hack
February 19 by Seth AdlerBank account information was stolen from 28 former employees. A few dozen credit card numbers belonging to staff members of a Singtel corporate customer and information from 23 related enterprises wer...
How Was 2020 Cyber Security Awareness Month?
October 29 by Seth AdlerThe state of cyber security is indeed strong. Nearly 80% of the community feels that the overall state of cyber security is improving. But that is of course through the end of the day today. As cyber...
