IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. Meanwhile, we have again seen a comparatively low number of data breaches (75). The 82 data breaches and cyber attacks equate to 24% of Q2’s total.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (36 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (16) and retail (14).

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 103

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. Although that’s a positive development in terms of organisations’ fight against cyber crime and their ability to prevent data breaches, we must remain cautious.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 121

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

Some forecasts suggest online retail might be responsible for half of all retail revenues by next year. In what McKinsey refers to as “the e-commerce catch-22,” many retailers with significant growth in ecommerce sales through 2020 and 2021 saw their margins decline.

Retail 79

Retail e-Discovery Artificial Intelligence Marketing 79

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The financial sector is quite heavily regulated, and involves a lot of confidential data. You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector.

Risk 86

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 86

erwin

JUNE 14, 2019

Digital Transformation in Retail. The inherently competitive nature of retail has made the sector a leader in adopting data-driven strategy. From loyalty cards to targeted online ads, retail has always had to adapt to stay relevant. This is an important data point for marketing strategy. Data can tell you.

Digital transformation 111

Digital transformation Retail Government Customer Experience 111

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Data Breach Dashboard For a quick, one-page overview of this month’s findings, please use our Data Breach Dashboard: Note: From this month, zero-day vulnerabilities are excluded from the ‘unpatched or misconfigured’ category. You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources).

Data breaches 100

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 100

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

Data Privacy 58

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 58

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. However, as this technique became well-known, experts urged organisations to prepare for attacks by creating regular offline backups of valuable data.

Data breaches 57

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 57

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Although the ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that retail sales fell to a six-month low in October because of reduced levels of disposable income, Black Friday is predicted to create a £10 billion shopping spree in the UK that will continue until Christmas Eve. Maintaining processes in the rush. Stay ahead of the criminals.

Retail 45

Retail Security Data breaches Sales 45

IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The incident occurred in late November, with the sports retail giant gearing up for Black Friday and the start of the World Cup. Intersport was initially confident that the attackers didn’t access customer data, but a Tech Monitor report claims that the Hive ransomware gang posted the information online weeks after the attack.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Personal data Retail Risk 118

Reltio

JUNE 25, 2020

Joe answered questions about the importance of hyper-personalization, digital transformation, and customer data to delivering what Forrester calls “ moments-based marketing.” Adaptation and creativity are critical, of course, but technology is required to pivot in the new contact-less, or less contact, economy.

Marketing 98

Marketing Retail Customer Experience Digital transformation 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 27, 2024

Hospitals, retail stores, large businesses - all are under a constant threat of some form of attack to exfiltrate data or for some other nefarious purposes. I am, of course, referring to the foundation of all digital security. Now we have enough data to know about hidden risks that weren’t immediately obvious.

Libraries 62

Libraries Retail Risk Encryption 62

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The impact of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in Scotland is greater than most realise. Not only does it affect the way organisations process personal data, but also extends data subjects rights in terms of how their data is processed. What is a data subject access request (DSAR)?

Access 76

Access GDPR Personal data Retail 76

IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A recent survey by Ping Identity shows that customers move away from brands that have suffered data breaches. Data breaches are now a common occurrence – big-name brands affected in 2018 include FIFA , British Airways , Vision Direct , Eurostar and Marriott. Of that segment, 34% experienced financial loss. Train your staff.

Data breaches 91

Data breaches GDPR Risk Information Security 91

Reltio

MARCH 15, 2019

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” – Tim Berners-Lee , inventor of the World Wide Web. Today we constantly consume and generate data, but often miss the real value it can create. What makes a Data Genius, you may wonder. Is it about organizing the data? Like the Optum team.

B2B 40

B2B Digital transformation Retail MDM 40

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 26, 2021

On July 5, 2021, the Italian supervisory authority (“ Garante ”) published an injunction against a company operating a food delivery app (“ Company ”) over the processing of riders’ personal data with respect to the use of algorithms for the management of the orders. Retention period. Security measures in place.

Personal data 52

Personal data GDPR e-Delivery Communications 52

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). Malware is malicious software designed to harm devices or glean data to commit identity-related crimes. Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers. Lock your devices.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The post A World Lit, Literally, By Data appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. One of those is “a world lit by data,” an idea I’ve been toying with for some time now. In darkness there is far less data. Equating “light” with “data” isn’t too much of a stretch.

Retail 92

Retail IT 92

IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Skelton was arrested soon after leaking the data and in July 2015 was sentenced to eight years in prison. This incident shows how complex liability can be regarding data breaches.

Data breaches 66

Data breaches Insurance GDPR Compliance 66

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Over the course of the last six months, much has shifted in the technology landscape, and much has advanced at OpenText. For most businesses, AI has introduced a new mindset, a new way to think, a new appreciation for trust and data, and a new outlook on how to unleash human potential. Is it ready to run models?

Cloud 65

Cloud Compliance Government Retail 65

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

This is not a simple task, as it involves all aspects of the device lifecycle, and of course, a layered security model is essential. There are also data privacy implications with IoT. Ellen's experience with medical clients gives her a more critical view of the need for data privacy with IoT devices. Data security.

IoT 100

IoT Security Data Privacy Encryption 100

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Direct Marketing Guidance is accompanied by various resources, including checklists, FAQs, an online training module, specific guidance relating to SMEs, B2B marketing, data brokers, political campaigning and direct marketing in the public sector. 122 of the Data Protection Act 2018. However, the Code has never been finalised.

Marketing 105

Marketing B2B Personal data Retail 105

IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2018

It is widely acknowledged that the retail and hospitality industries experience high staff turnover: frontline roles are often filled by temporary, young or part-time staff, the hours can be long and unsociable and the work can be physically demanding. This includes handling and managing data in line with legislation.

Retail 50

Retail Education Compliance GDPR 50

AIIM

MARCH 29, 2022

From the Australian Open offering fans art ball NFTs with real-time match data to JPMorgan Chase’s tiger-friendly lounge in the blockchain-based world Decentraland, metaverse events are exploding into 2022 as powerful new weapons to engage with people. Of course, not every use case will materialize immediately.

Blockchain 104

Blockchain Manufacturing Retail Privacy 104

Reltio

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Nicola Askham is the leading data governance training provider in the UK with over 16 years of experience and research in the field. She delivers training and consulting to major organisations to help them implement full data governance frameworks. ” However, I got into data governance totally by accident.

Government 55

Government Digital transformation Big data IT 55

John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 12, 2014

The post We Have Yet to Clothe Ourselves In Data. We’ll “dress ourselves in data,” because doing so will become socially important – and personally rewarding – to do so. Sure, you can download a copy of your Facebook data, but what can you *do* with it? – have preferences and settings.

Retail 109

Retail Mining IT Sales 109

Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

When he joined in 2016, data governance was still a new concept for many organizations. Tudor and others who joined Collibra in the early days recognized the opportunity for data to change the way organizations do business. I had first-hand experience with the business impact of poor data governance from my consulting work.

Sales 52

Sales GDPR Marketing Government 52

IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

Upon discovery of the breach, the security of our retail platform was immediately restored and appropriate measures were taken to ensure the security of all other online assets,” the statement read. The GDPR states that organisations must take “appropriate technical and organisational measures” to secure EU residents’ personal data.

GDPR 52

GDPR Personal data Data breaches Retail 52

IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The 2014 breach saw Andrew Skelton, a disgruntled senior internal auditor, upload the details of 99,998 staff to data sharing websites. The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. The first data leak class action in the UK. The background.

Personal data 45

Personal data Data breaches Risk Insurance 45

John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

If Walmart can leverage data tokens to lure Amazon’s best customers away , what else is possible in a world of enabled by my fictional Token Act? What I envision below assumes the Token Act has passed, and we’re at least a year or two into its adoption by most major data players. Gramercy Tavern in New York City.

Marketing 53

Marketing Retail Blockchain Mining 53

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has meant increased virtual visits with loved ones, and of course remote work. An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Use end-to-end encryption.

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Retail Phishing Sales 76

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, you want to know if your telecom provider offers an unlimited data plan, so you call customer service and are given a set of basic questions following strict if-then scenarios—“… say yes if you want to review service plans; say yes if you want unlimited data.”. Watson Assistant sits at the top—level three.

Customer Experience 79

Customer Experience Mining Retail Analytics 79

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We take security and your data extremely seriously, but sadly no online system can claim to be 100 per cent secure and we have been caught out. However, we have immediately made updates to our security system and blocked the way in which the data was accessed,” Fitzpatrick added. Next Level Apparel notifies patients of phishing attack.

Phishing 102

Phishing Retail Access Encryption 102

Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2023

Similar AI-powered systems are being used by retailers in Australia and the United Kingdom to identify shoplifters and provide real-time tailored alerts to employees or security personnel. It’s easy to see how the AI systems being deployed by retailers to identify shoplifters could be redesigned to employ microdirectives.

Retail 91

Retail Big data Access Analytics 91