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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud

Krebs on Security

Steve Friedl , an IT consultant in the payroll service bureau industry, said the Cachet announcement has sent payroll providers scrambling to cut and mail or courier paper checks to client employees. The government alleges Mann was kiting millions of dollars in checks between his accounts at Bank of American and Pioneer from Aug.

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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

The purpose of this article is to remove the fear and intimidation of domestic and global data protection laws and show how these laws and requirements are consistent with the existing objectives of your records retention schedule and information governance policy. 2016/679 (EU, April 27). 2016/679, Art. 2 DLA Piper. 2000. . §

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State Attackers Moving from Stealing Data to Social Meddling

Ascent Innovations

Few unexpected nation states are rising in the ranks of sponsored attackers, including spying on thousands of people across 20 countries via an Android malware campaign, and another one infiltrated Russia’s Cozy Bear liar and uncovered the hack of DNC during the 2016 elections. Cyber-social. Critical infrastructure. Healthcare IoT.

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MY TAKE: Coping with security risks, compliance issues spun up by ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

On one hand, threat actors have already begun exploiting fresh attack vectors, borne of this rising complexity, and, on the other, government authorities and industry standards bodies are insisting on compliance with increasingly cumbersome data-handling security rules. it’s almost a perfect storm.

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Now is the time for your organisation to pilot Robotic Process Automation

CGI

Wed, 06/15/2016 - 06:57. Industries that are labour intensive with highly repeatable processes are ones where Robotic Process Automation has already been widely utilised. . For Example: Insurance. Financial Services. Local Government. Central Government. p.butler@cgi.com. Zuboff’s Laws…. Healthcare.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Below we outline 18 industry tips for actions you can take to reduce your risk of a ransomware attack: Action. Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). Preventing ransomware. Description. Staff Awareness. Statistics.