erwin

MARCH 8, 2019

For regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR) and to ensure peak business performance, organizations often bring consultants on board to help take stock of their data assets. This sort of data governance “stock check” is important but can be arduous without the right approach and technology. That’s where data governance comes in …. While most companies hold the lion’s share of operational data within relational databases, it also can live in many other places and various other formats.

Government 65

Government Metadata GDPR Compliance 65

Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century. On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. On the other are almost every cryptographer and computer security expert, repeatedly explaining that there's no way to provide this capability without also weakening the security of every user of those devices and communications systems.

Cybersecurity 93

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Government Communications 93

Data Breach Today

MARCH 5, 2019

ACLU's Jon Callas Briefs RSA Conference on Evolution of Privacy Discussion At the start of RSA Conference 2019, Jon Callas of the ACLU discusses how attitudes toward privacy continue to evolve and why the general tenor of the conversation is not as bad as some headlines suggest.

Privacy 201

Privacy 201

Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

Most people who have frozen their credit files with Equifax have been issued a numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) which is supposed to be required before a freeze can be lifted or thawed. Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal , it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday.

Passwords 274

Passwords Authentication Security Access 274

Advertisement

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

Cloud

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

A common thread runs through the cyber attacks that continue to defeat the best layered defenses money can buy. Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT s

Energy and Utilities 212

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 212

Data Breach Today

MARCH 5, 2019

Columbia Surgical Specialists of Spokane Reports Breach Columbia Surgical Specialists of Spokane has reported a breach impacting 400,000 individuals, the largest added to the federal health data breach tally so far in 2019. Meanwhile, a medical center in Chicago has also reported a major breach.

Data breaches 219

Data breaches 219

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

A new zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, tracked as CVE-2019-5786, is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. A new zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability was discovered late February by Clement Lecigne, a security researcher at the Google Threat Analysis Group. The high severity zero-day flaw in Chrome could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and take full control of the target computer.

Libraries 112

Libraries Security Access 112

IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2019

2018 saw some of the biggest data breaches yet , with Marriott, Under Armour and Facebook suffering breaches that affected 500 million, 150 million and 100 million people respectively. It was also the year of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , which changed the way organisations handle customers’ personal data and introduced hefty fines for non-compliance.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches GDPR Personal data Compliance 103

National Archives Records Express

MARCH 4, 2019

We are changing the process for public review and comment of proposed records schedules to one using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, [link]. We posted a Federal Register notice detailing this change in process today. Currently, we publish notice in the Federal Register of agency records schedules open for comment. People who wish to review and comment on the schedules must request copies of the actual documents, submit comments, and receive responses via mail or email.

Records Management 99

Records Management 99

Advertisement

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

Data Breach Today

MARCH 6, 2019

Multi-stage attacks use diverse and distributed methods to circumvent existing defenses and evade detection - spanning endpoints, networks, email and other vectors in an attempt to land and expand. Meanwhile, individual tools including DLP, EDR, CASBs, email security and advanced threat protection are only designed to identify individual elements of a campaign, putting the onus on human analysts to piece together the bigger picture - when time and resources allow.

Analytics 214

Analytics Security 214

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2019

Experts found an unprotected server exposing online 4 MongoDB databases belonging to the email validation company Verifications.io. A new mega data leak made the headlines, an unprotected MongoDB database (150GB) belonging to a marketing company exposed up to 809 million records. The archive includes 808,539,849 records containing: emailrecords = 798,171,891 records emailWithPhone = 4,150,600 records businessLeads = 6,217,358 records.

Archiving 111

Archiving Phishing Compliance Marketing 111

PerezBox

MARCH 2, 2019

I was recently at an event listening to representatives of ICANN and CloudFlare speak on security with DNS and it occurred to me that very few of us really understand. Read More. The post The Evolving World of DNS Security appeared first on PerezBox.

Security 98

Security IT Information Security 98

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 7, 2019

On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Supervisory Authority (“S.A.”) created quite some buzz in the online Dutch (advertising) industry: websites that only give visitors access to their site if they agree to tracking cookies (or similar technologies) do not comply with the GDPR. This also means that the so-called cookie walls that are placed on websites, preventing visitors access to websites if they do not consent to tracking cookies, are not allowed in the view of the Dutch S.A.

Access 97

Access GDPR Analytics Privacy 97

Advertisement

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

IT

Data Breach Today

MARCH 5, 2019

RSA President Rohit Ghai on Humans and Machines Working Together as 'Trustworthy Twins' In a keynote address at the RSA Conference 2019, RSA President Rohit Ghai encouraged attendees to work in the coming years to "implement a security program with machines and humans working together. Humans asking questions; machines hunting answers.

Security 183

Security 183

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2019

The American multinational software company Citrix disclosed a security breach, according to the firm an international cyber criminals gang gained access to its internal network. The American multinational software company Citrix is the last victim of a security breach, according to the company an international cyber criminal gang gained access to its internal network, Hackers were able to steal business documents, but its products or services were impacted by the attack.

Security 111

Security Passwords Data breaches Access 111

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 7, 2019

Success with AI models depends on achieving success with collecting and organizing your data, then analyzing the data to make smarter business decisions.

103

103

Reltio

MARCH 4, 2019

Angela Glissen. We’ve all witnessed the global media and communication industry go through a huge transformation over the last few years. As lines between distribution, content, and streaming become a bit more blurred, the market is consolidating through the gobbling up of small media companies and mergers between giants. The proliferation of mobile devices, wireless connectivity, and new media platforms is driving this convergence among telecom, media, and entertainment companies, and this tren

Communications 92

Communications MDM Big data Marketing 92

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

Data Breach Today

MARCH 8, 2019

Former Patient Coordinator Wrongfully Disclosed Patient Information A former patient coordinator at UPMC, a medical center in Pittsburgh, has pleaded guilty to wrongfully disclosing health information in a rare case involving criminal prosecution for violating HIPAA.

193

193

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2019

A few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file that implemented several techniques to evade detection of all AV solutions. Introduction. A few days ago, Cybaze -Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file needing further attention: it leveraged several techniques in order to evade all AV detection and no one of the fifty-eight antivirus solution hosted on the notorious VirusTotal platform detected it.

IT 111

IT Access Security 111

WIRED Threat Level

MARCH 7, 2019

A exposed database belonging to Verifications.io contained both personal and business information, including 763 million unique email addresses.

Marketing 101

Marketing Security 101

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 8, 2019

On February 26, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) presented its first overview of the GDPR’s implementation and the roles and means of the national supervisory authorities to the European Parliament (the “Overview”). The Overview provides key statistics relating to the consistency mechanism among national data protection authorities (“DPAs”), the cooperation mechanism of the EDPB, the means and powers of the DPAs and enforcement of the GDPR at the national level.

GDPR 88

GDPR Data breaches Personal data Marketing 88

Advertisement

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

Cloud

Data Breach Today

MARCH 4, 2019

Moody's Says Hospitals, Banks Among Those That Have the Most Significant Potential Impact Four business sectors - hospitals, banks, securities firms and market infrastructure providers - potentially face the most significant financial impact from cyberattacks that could lead to a weakened credit profile, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

Risk 181

Risk Marketing Security 181

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The NSA released the Ghidra, a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that could be used to find vulnerabilities and security holes in applications. In January 2019, the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the release at the RSA Conference of the free reverse engineering framework GHIDRA. GHIDRA is a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that runs on major OSs (Windows, macOS, and Linux).

IT 111

IT Security Cybersecurity 111

DXC Technology

MARCH 8, 2019

Drones have been around for a few years now, but the truth is their usefulness largely has been limited to providing visual information to users in the form of photos and video captured by their onboard digital cameras. That’s great if you’re a photographer, need to inspect an inaccessible piece of equipment or some farm […].

Artificial Intelligence 88

Artificial Intelligence IoT 88

Threatpost

MARCH 7, 2019

In a proof-of-concept hack, researchers penetrated an ultrasound and were able to download and manipulate patient files, then execute ransomware.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Data breaches IoT Privacy 98

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

Data Privacy

Data Breach Today

MARCH 7, 2019

RSA Conference Panel: Organizations Worldwide Face Long List of Challenges Nearly 10 months after the beginning of enforcement of the EU's GDPR privacy regulation, organizations around the world are still learning plenty of compliance lessons - including how to locate all personal data so it can be protected, according to regulatory experts on a panel at RSA Conference 2019.

GDPR 172

GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 172

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2019

The Wireshark Foundation released Wireshark 3.0.0, the latest release of the popular open-source packet analyzer. The Wireshark Foundation announced the release of Wireshark 3.0.0, the latest release of the popular open-source packet analyzer. The new version addresses several bugs and introduces tens of new features, it also improved existing features.

Libraries 110

Libraries Security IT 110

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2019

Here are our picks for the top RSA conference sessions that could help you improve cybersecurity within your own organization.

Cybersecurity 105

Cybersecurity 105