Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Whilst GDPR has put the spotlight on data privacy and cyber issues, there are other more prominent trends that are driving a greater take-up of cyber insurance, says Ben Maidment, Class Underwriter - Cyber, Physical & Technology at Brit Insurance.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 Privacy Compliance: By 2024, 40% of privacy tools will rely on AI, highlighting its expanding role in ensuring data privacy and meeting regulations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” We remain committed to our system’s security, data privacy, and the protection of personal information.” We have also advised law enforcement of this incident.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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AIIM

MARCH 26, 2018

This is the ninth post in a series on privacy by Andrew Pery. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law. Privacy by Design: The Intersection of Law and Technology.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack Lazarus APT group returned to Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case UK Defence Secretary jet hit by an electronic warfare attack in Poland Cisco (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

In February, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-0669 ) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. ITx promptly launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the Fortra Event. .

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)), the answer is generally that a company should implement a “reasonable data privacy and security program” under all circumstances. Companies should have written data privacy and security policies and procedures in place. Insurability.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Source (New) Transport USA Yes 129,611 Tcman Source (New) Manufacturing Spain Yes 108 GB (179 files) Compass Group Italia Source (New) Hospitality Italy Yes 107 GB Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Inc. Incorporated Source (Update) Insurance USA Yes 7,361 Advantis Global, Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

New York Governor proposes cyber security regulations for hospitals New York Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed new cyber security regulations for all hospitals operating in the state, which are expected to complement the security requirements of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is behind IT outages Date of breach: 14 or 15 October 2023. Breached organisation: American Family Insurance, headquartered in Wisconsin, US. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. This appears to align with the new tiered data classification obligations under the Data Security Law.

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Data Matters

JUNE 22, 2022

Connecticut has passed a new state data privacy law slated to go into effect on July 1, 2023. Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

The CSF’s core principles have been incorporated into Europe’s GDPR , NYDFS’s cybersecurity requirement s, California’s Consumer Privacy Act and Ohio’s Data Protection Act. And they echo through a wide variety of other risk assessment tools and initiatives that touch on third-party risks and data privacy. Wrenn said. “So

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Apodis Pharma is a company that offers a digital supply chain management platform and other software solutions created for pharmacies, healthcare institutions, pharmaceutical laboratories, and health insurance companies. He writes about cybersecurity, privacy, and the impact of technology on the daily lives of consumers.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 8, 2023

In my previous post , I described the different capabilities of both discriminative and generative AI, and sketched a world of opportunities where AI changes the way that insurers and insured would interact. Usage risk—inaccuracy The performance of an AI system heavily depends on the data from which it learns.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Enforcement Uber fined €10 million for GDPR breaches The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has fined Uber €10 million for failing to be transparent about its data retention practices and making it difficult for drivers to exercise their data privacy rights.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Compromised information included patients’ names, dates of birth, postal addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, and health insurance information. Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, and health/medical insurance plan numbers.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On 14 September, Mulkay discovered that the compromised files contained personal information, including “name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state ID, medical treatment information, and health insurance information”. Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Regarding data breaches resulting in significant harm : the Advisory Guidelines 1 have prescribed the following classes of personal data that are considered likely to result in significant harm if compromised: (i) Individual’s full name or full national ID number in combination with.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Organisations such as IT Governance that offer cyber security as a service assign dedicated experts to oversee the organisation’s data protection and data privacy needs. You’ll receive cyber insurance cover ?. Many cyber-security-as-a-service offerings include cyber insurance as part of the package.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is being retired on 31 March, to be replaced by version 4.0 The consultation closes on 17 April. of the Standard.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Hoff Alex Hoff , Chief Strategy Officer, Auvik Networks As technology evolves, regulations struggle to keep pace, especially around AI and data privacy. National and international organizations must navigate compliance complexities from differing state, federal, and global requirements.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The publication offers general guidance on issues including what entities the specific laws and regulations cover, the measures covered entities can adopt to maintain the privacy and security of consumers’ health information, and the steps entities must take in the event of a data breach.

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Reltio

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Virtually all companies have customer data scattered across multiple networks and lines of business — the only way to manage this data sprawl so that customer data privacy compliance is assured is to discover, organize and control all customer data from internal, external and third-party sources.

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Reltio

JUNE 9, 2022

The insurance industry is facing unprecedented disruption. Insurance carriers have been called to transform customer experience, business offerings, and operations. As an insurer, your current business models are being challenged by new thinking, new competitors, and new ways of working.

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Digital transformation Insurance Customer Experience MDM 52

Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. Focus: Regulatory frameworks Within the United States there are a number of regulatory frameworks that address citizen privacy.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

This made us suspect that the database is owned by an insurance, healthcare, or mortgage company. You May be Interested in Our Past Reports: We recently revealed that Gearbest experienced a massive data breach , and that more than 25% of Fortune 500 companies have been hacked. About the author: VPNmentor.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

To comply with California's new data privacy law, companies that collect information on consumers and users are forced to be more transparent about it. Sometimes the results are creepy. It says Ralphs may pry into "financial and payment information like your bank account, credit and debit card numbers, and your credit history.".

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Collibra

JANUARY 28, 2022

The past few years have provided us with an interesting twist on this conversation—what happens to our data privacy—and the policies we put in place—when something unexpected and world-altering occurs? . We’re talking, of course, about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the conversation of data privacy.

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IG Guru

JUNE 27, 2024

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. Data breached: 4,452,782 records. 79 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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OpenText Information Management

MARCH 22, 2019

Confidentiality and data privacy have always been concerns for businesses, particularly in industries like legal, healthcare, financial, and insurance.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

What’s not useful is doing all of this without backing it up with appropriately harsh fines for the larger companies which mishandle or misplace client data, either by mistake or because they have nefarious intent. states are left on their own to fine companies which don’t take cybersecurity or client privacy seriously.

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AIIM

JULY 24, 2018

This is the 11th post in a series on privacy by Andrew Pery. Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law.

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