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The American group of insurance and financialservices companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financialservices companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July.
In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. billion in 2019.
“The adversary is particularly interested in exploits related to VPNs and network appliances , including CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2019-19781, and most recently CVE-2020-5902; reliance on exploits such as these lends to an opportunistic operational model.” ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.
In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. This week, the U.S. billion last year.
New York regulators are investigating a weakness that exposed 885 million mortgage records at First American Financial Corp. On May 29, The New York Times reported that the inquiry by New York’s Department of FinancialServices is likely to be followed by other investigations from regulators and law enforcement.
On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of FinancialServices (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. Insurers should: Establish a Formal Cyber Insurance Risk Strategy.
To compete and succeed in today’s fast-changing business climate, banks, insurance companies and other financialservices institutions (FSIs) need to have three priorities to contend with new technologies, new market entrants and new ways of working that are changing expectations for the industry.
On January 18, 2019, the New York State Department of FinancialServices (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter 2019-1 (the Circular Letter), addressing insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources in underwriting for life insurance. Unlawful Discrimination.
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On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of FinancialServices (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for FinancialServices Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.
On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of FinancialServices (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.
billion hitting financialservices organizations — an increase of more than 45 percent year-over-year in that sector. Meanwhile, threat actors’ siege on web applications surged 62 percent in 2020 vs. 2019: Akamai observed nearly 6.3 billion web attacks globally; 736 million in the financialservices sector.
I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Mike Kiser, global strategist at SailPoint , an Austin, TX-based supplier of IGA services to discuss this. Today IGA tools and services are continually getting better at recognizing authorized users, be they human or not, and granting access in more granular ways. Compliance matters.
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We have not yet seen widespread adoption of this concept in the UK, which is likely due to their common law background, not because eIDAS will become less relevant after Brexit on March 29, 2019. Allianz – a global financialservices and insurance company – is one of those organizations which had to rethink their approach on e-signatures.
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On April 14, 2021, the New York Department of FinancialServices (NYDFS) announced a $3 million settlement with insurance company National Securities Corp. According to the consent order, the matter began when NSC reported a cybersecurity event to NYDFS on October 23, 2019. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation.
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I had an evocative discussion at Black Hat USA 2019 with Andy Byron, president of Lacework, a Mountain View, CA-based start-up that has raised $32 million in venture capital to help companies address these conflicting imperatives.
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On Wednesday, July 22, the New York Department of FinancialServices (the “NYDFS”) announced that it had filed administrative charges against First American Title Insurance Co. under the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation , marking the agency’s first enforcement action since the rules went into effect in March 2017.
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On June 15, 2021, the SEC announced settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed sensitive customer information. See CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2, Cybersecurity (Oct. 14, 2011). 15, 2020).
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2020 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) December 3-9, 2020. NAIC Adopts the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act. Insurance groups will be exempt from filing a GCC if. groups to non-U.S.
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