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2.9 Billion Records Exposed in NPD Breach: How to Stay Safe

eSecurity Planet

The company allegedly obtained this information from non-public sources without the consent of the person filing the complaint or the potentially billions of others affected by the data collection. The group asserted that these records included personal data from U.S., How to Protect Yourself From Data Breaches?

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

For more information on network security threats and how to address them, visit Network Security Threats. Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets standards for protecting sensitive health information, particularly electronic health records (EHRs).

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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California’s Data Broker Registration Deadline Looming

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

AB 1202 defines “data broker” to mean a “business that knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship,” with limited exceptions for entities subject to FCRA, GLBA, or California’s Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

Rules for handling children’s data might become even stricter if the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), currently under consideration in the US Senate, becomes law. Finally, the retailer classifies data based on sensitivity levels and applies appropriate controls to each type. Retention policies should also be limited.

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Knock, Knock; Who’s There? – IoT Device Identification & Data Integrity Is No Joke

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this blog, and in one by my colleague Julie Lassabliere from Safelayer Secure Communications , we explore the need for trusted device identification and data integrity in the IoT. I will focus on how to ensure the devices connected to your network are legitimate and who they say they are.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that?