Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Fallout from giants at the top is one of the largest drivers of cyber-impacts on everyday people and companies.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Fallout from giants at the top is one of the largest drivers of cyber-impacts on everyday people and companies.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
As most of us know, IoT devices are on the rise in enterprise networks. According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. That pace is unlikely to slow down over the coming years; Pagely noted that organizations are still turning to IoT devices as a way to automate and optimize their business processes as well as save on energy costs.
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Data Matters
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Two important decisions have recently occurred relating to website operators’ use of cookies. First, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ CJEU ” or the “ Court ”) has issued its judgement in Planet49, a case which looked at the standards of consent and transparency for the use of cookies and similar technologies in the context of the e-Privacy Directive and the GDPR and determined that opt-out consent, by way of a pre-ticked checkbox, was insufficient to obtain GDPR-standard consen
AIIM
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
I returned to downtown Washington, DC, last week to teach the AIIM Foundations of Intelligent Information Management (FIIM) course. The class started with some icebreaker exercises, including asking the students to define, in their own words, “ What is information management? ” There were some fantastic definitions generated from the students for this and other discussion questions throughout the course.
Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Legislation Spells Out Privacy Rights and Enforcement Measures Two Democratic members of the U.S. House have proposed a national privacy law that calls for the formation of a new federal agency to enforce the privacy rights that it defines.
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OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Enterprise security professionals today can prevent many attacks on their organization’s endpoints, thanks to ever-improving defensive tools that work across public and private clouds as well as on premise. But would-be attackers are also continually working to step up their capabilities in the expanding IT landscape, so some attacks will inevitably slip through.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. Health industry experts say the findings should prompt a larger review of how security — or the lack thereof — may be impacting patient outcomes.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
An undercurrent of discontent is spreading amongst knowledge workers in enterprises across the United States and Europe. Related: Phishing-proof busy employees White collar employees today have amazingly capable communications and collaboration tools at their beck and call. Yet the majority feel unsatisfied with narrow daily assignments and increasingly disconnected from the strategic goals of their parent organization.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Exploit Isn't a Worm, but Experts Remain Braced for Mayhem The cybersecurity community had been holding its breath in anticipation of mass attacks targeting the severe BlueKeep vulnerability in Windows, which Microsoft has patched. The first in-the-wild exploits have now been seen, although they don't appear to constitute an emergency - at least yet.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
In a previous blog post ( [link] ) we explored the relationship between GPDR and applications in the cloud. Trust is generally the foundation and basis of any good relationship, but when it comes to protecting your organization, sometimes a Zero Trust mentality is your best bet. Today, Zero Trust, is a tech buzz word heard often, but what is the thought process behind it?
AIIM
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
The dream of going paperless has been on the minds of businesses of all sizes and industries for years. The idea is simple - minimize the use of paper to reduce costs and carbon footprint while at the same time increasing operating efficiencies and profitability. But just because a concept is simple doesn’t mean it’s easy to implement. And so for many, the dream of a paperless office continues to be just that…a dream.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
From the start, two-factor authentication, or 2FA , established itself as a simple, effective way to verify identities with more certainty. Related: A primer on IoT security risks The big hitch with 2FA, and what it evolved into – multi-factor authentication, or MFA – has always been balancing user convenience and security. That seminal tension still exists today even as the global cybersecurity community is moving to extend MFA as a key security component in much more complex digital systems sp
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an analysis of how Twitter allegedly was used to spy on critics of the Saudi Arabian government. Also featured: A preview of the new NIST Privacy Framework and an update on business email compromise attacks.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Matters
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
This fall, scrutiny has increased on children’s privacy with the FTC and New York Attorney General’s announcement of the largest fine ever for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), followed by FTC public workshops on updating the COPPA Rule. Combined with increased requirements for the sale of teen personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and calls for triple fines for children’s privacy violations under a potential CCPA 2.0 refere
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
On 30 October 2019, the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information ( Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit – “ Berlin DPA ”) imposed an administrative fine of about EUR 14.5 million against Deutsche Wohnen SE for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Facts and legal evaluation by Berlin DPA.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Italian law enforcement shut down the ‘Berlusconi market’ black market and arrested three suspected of being its administrators. Italian financial police “Guardia di Finanza” shut down the ‘Berlusconi market’ black market hosted on the Tor network and arrested three administrators. The site was managed by two individuals that go online with nicknames of “ VladimirPutin ” with the role of administrator and “EmmanuelMacron” as moderator.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Employee Has Been Fired; 68,000 Customers Affected A Trend Micro employee stole and then sold contact information for 68,000 of the company's consumer subscribers, which led to a raft of unsolicited tech support scam calls, the company says. The employee has been fired. The incident highlights the risk of insider threats.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
We're pretty much at a "secure by default" internet these days, at least that's the assumption with most websites, particularly so in the financial sector. About 80% of all web pages are loaded over an HTTPS connection , browsers are increasingly naggy when anything isn't HTTPS and it's never been cheaper nor easier to HTTPS all your things. Which meant that this rather surprised me: Let me break down what's happening here: I'm in (yet another) hotel and on complete autopilot, I start typing "xe
DXC Technology
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Many companies are moving to multi-cloud deployments. For example, most EMEA and North American financial services businesses are moving to multi-clouds within the next two years. Gartner reports 81 percent of surveyed public cloud users are already working with multi-clouds. But, Gartner states that multi-cloud is a subset of hybrid clouds. I disagree.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
All organisations need help complying with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). You might not be able to bring in expert consultants, but there are software packages to help with the majority of your compliance requirements, from risk assessments to data breach reporting. IT Governance’s CyberComply platform contains all the software solutions you need in one bundle.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Sprawling computing environments - from cloud to containers to serverless - are posing challenges in maintaining visibility and determining if data is secure, says Mike Adler of RSA.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Data Protection Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has held that Spanish shop workers’ right to privacy under Article 8(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights was not violated when their employer obtained evidence of theft from covert CCTV footage of the employees. The case involved five employees who worked as cashiers at a supermarket chain.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
On November 5, 2019, the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (“the Berlin Commissioner,” Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit ) announced that it had imposed a fine of €14.5 million (approximately $16 million) on Deutsche Wohnen SE, a prominent real estate company. This is the highest fine issued in Germany since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became applicable.
Data Matters
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect in January. Sidley’s seasoned class action practitioners anticipate the CCPA will drive a proliferation of data- and privacy-driven suits, on multiple fronts. This webinar will explore this emerging area in consumer class action litigation and highlight concrete steps businesses can take to mitigate CCPA-related risks.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
New Malware 'Messagetap' Intercepts Communications for Espionage, Researchers Say The Chinese advanced threat group APT41 is using a new espionage tool to intercept SMS messages from specific phone numbers by infecting mobile telecommunication networks, according to the security firm FireEye Mandiant.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
ARMA International
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
This article summarizes a report published by AIEF on June 3, 2019. Additionally, the article is included in Information Management Magazine, ARMA-AIEF Special Edition , which will be available for download in mid-November. A printed version of the special issue will be available as well, for a nominal fee. This article summarizes the findings of a global survey of legal retention requirements for accounting records, a category of recorded information that is created and maintained by virtually
Preservica
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Preservica, the market leader in active digital preservation software, is proud to extend its support for the Emmett Leahy Award , and offer congratulations to 2019 winner, Simon Fook-Keung Chu of Hong Kong. The prestigious global award recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals for their impact in the field of records and information management.
Data Matters
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Sidley partners William Long and Alan Raul will be speaking at the PrivSec Conference in New York, November 6. Join them for a discussion on recent GDPR enforcement cases and how it impacts the U.S. and global privacy programs. For more event information, click here. The post PrivSec New York appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.
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