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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

These laws aim to establish standards for securing data, ensuring privacy, and mitigating risks associated with digital information. Various federal agencies enforce them and may include guidelines for implementing security measures, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with national security objectives.

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What IG Professionals Should Know About the Internet of Bodies

ARMA International

Those employees joined a growing number of workers in other countries – Belgium, the UK, and Sweden, to name a few – who use microchips for workplace security, convenience, and commuting. Another common name for the IoB is embodied computing , where the human body is used as a technology platform. Benefits and Risks.

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. My name is Bruce Schneier, and I am a security technologist. Before the. Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Florida Amends Breach Notification Law to Cover Health Data, Tighten Notice Deadline and Require State Regulator Notification

Hunton Privacy

On June 20, 2014, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law that repeals and replaces the state’s existing breach notification statute with a similar law entitled the Florida Information Protection Act (Section 501.171 of the Florida Statutes) (the “Act”). The Act took effect on July 1, 2014. View the amended breach law.

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First Ever Multi-State Data Breach Lawsuit Targets Healthcare Provider: Cybersecurity Trends

eDiscovery Daily

The lawsuit alleges that Fort Wayne-based Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary NoMoreClipboard “failed to take adequate and reasonable measures to ensure their computer systems were protected,” resulting in a 2015 breach that gave hackers access to the personal healthcare information of 3.9 million US citizens.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Countless office workers were forced to get back to their jobs after Reddit suspended a host of accounts in light of security concerns. Facebook said that the breach was discovered in January 2019 as part of an internal security review.

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3

eDiscovery Daily

Here are three cases related to privilege issues, including one where the court granted a quick peek request by the plaintiff, citing the “court’s heavy caseload and limited resources”: Putting Information on File Share Site without Protection Waives Privilege, Court Rules : In Harleysville Insurance Co. Los Alamos National Security, LLC et.