Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 23, 2018
By Peter Galvin, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Thales eSecurity. Today, organizations are rapidly adopting cloud technology. Many organizations have implemented a cloud first philosophy, requiring that any new applications or IT investments start with the cloud. And not just one cloud, but organizations are investing in multiple clouds and SaaS applications.
IT Governance
APRIL 24, 2018
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will soon be in effect, but many organisations are still working towards compliance. One part of the Regulation tripping people up is Article 32: Security of processing. It describes the technical and organisational measures that organisations should have in place, but it’s densely written and uses unfamiliar terms: Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as we
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AIIM
APRIL 25, 2018
This is the third article in a series; the other two are: Surviving Disruption -- Strategies for the Era of AI and Machine Learning. Looking at Information Management Through a Different Lens. Digital Transformation effectiveness is imperiled by a rising tide of information chaos and confusion. AIIM believes that information is the currency that fuels an organization.
IT Governance
APRIL 27, 2018
Over the next few months, organisations across the EU and the rest of the world will be coming to terms with two new cyber security laws: the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive). Their requirements overlap in many places, which has inevitably led to questions about whether an organisation can be fined twice for the same incident.
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WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 22, 2018
The mythical creature's popularity says a lot about the psychology of password creation.
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 23, 2018
Rights groups say new data protection legislation will lead to further miscarriages of justice The Home Office is to be given sweeping data protection exemptions that will prevent anyone seeking information about their immigration status in future, campaigners for the Windrush generation are warning. Continue reading.
TAB OnRecord
APRIL 26, 2018
Many RIM managers are tasked with finding ways to ensure their RIM programs are effectively and accurately used. The best way to accomplish this is to develop a policies and procedures manual for record users. This will ensure your organization reaps all of its RIM program benefits. It should outline what responsibilities, expectations, and authority [.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 23, 2018
Whether to pay ransomware is a complicated—and costly—calculation.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 25, 2018
North Korea Suspected of Running 'GhostSecret' Attacks Against Banks, Others The Thai government has seized servers used to run the so-called GhostSecret cyber espionage campaign that targets organizations in the finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure sectors - and beyond. McAfee suspects the attacks are being launched by "Hidden Cobra" - a hacking group tied to North Korea.
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 21, 2018
Carole Cadwalladr just wanted to insure her car. Six months later, she found a mass of personal details held by a firm she had never contacted that is run by Leave.EU’s biggest donor, Arron Banks. How did it get there? If a 29-year-old Peugeot 309 is the answer, it’s fair to wonder: what on earth is the question? In fact, I had no idea about either the question or the answer when I submitted a “subject access request” to Eldon Insurance Services in December last year.
Elie
APRIL 23, 2018
This post looks at the main challenges that arise when training a classifier to combat fraud and abuse. At a high level, what makes training a classifier to detect fraud and abuse unique is that it deals with data generated by an adversary that actively attempts to evade detection. Sucessfully training a classifier is such adversarial settings requires to overcome the following four challenges: Non stationarity.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 25, 2018
Ray Ozzie thinks his Clear method for unlocking encrypted devices can attain the impossible: It satisfies both law enforcement and privacy purists.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 27, 2018
Agency Says It Would Assess Vendors' 'Cybersecurity Responsibility' The FDA is proposing to pre-certify vendors of certain medical device software, including various mobile apps, allowing the companies to skip the agency's much more rigorous pre-market approval process for hardware-based medical devices.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 21, 2018
Former Cambridge Analytica director told MPs Brexit campaign group may have used data from Moneysupermarket Personal information gathered from price comparison websites may have been used without people’s knowledge or consent by pro-Brexit campaigners in the European referendum. An ex-director of Cambridge Analytica told parliament last week that she believed the Leave.EU campaign, headed by Nigel Farage and bankrolled by Arron Banks, may have breached data protection laws by using people’s priv
Elie
APRIL 23, 2018
This post looks at the four main challenges that arise when training a classifier to combat fraud and abuse. This is the second post of a series of four that is dedicated to provide a concise overview of how to harness AI to build robust anti-abuse protections. The first post. explains why AI is key to build robust anti-defenses that keep up with user expectations and increasingly sophisticated attackers.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 25, 2018
Researchers didn't have to hack Amazon's Alexa voice assistant to use it for eavesdropping. They just took advantage of the system in place.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 27, 2018
Experts Say Breaches Spotlight Business Associate Risks Two recent security incidents involving ransomware attacks on vendors serve as the latest reminders of the risks business associates pose to healthcare organizations. What steps should entities take to mitigate those risks?
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 25, 2018
Facebook-owned messaging service will demand users confirm they are old enough to use app after raising age limit from 13 WhatsApp is raising the minimum user age from 13 to 16, potentially locking out large numbers of teenagers as the messaging app looks to comply with the EU’s new data protection rules. The Facebook-owned messaging service that has more than 1.5 billion users will ask people in the 28 EU states to confirm they are 16 or older as part of a prompt to accept a new terms of servic
Troy Hunt
APRIL 23, 2018
Remember the anti-piracy campaign from years back about "You Wouldn't Steal a Car"? This was the rather sensationalist piece put together by the Motion Picture Association of America in an attempt to draw parallels between digital piracy and what they viewed as IRL ("In Real Life") equivalents. Here's a quick recap: The very premise that the young girl sitting in her bedroom in the opening scene is in any way relatable to the guy in the dark alley sliding a slim jim down the Merc
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 25, 2018
Researchers found—and helped fix—a flaw in Vingcard RFID locks that would let hackers break into any room in hotels around the world.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 25, 2018
'Rubella Macro Builder' Available on Cybercrime Underground for $40 Per Month Are you a fraudster craving an easy way to generate Microsoft Office documents with embedded malicious macros designed to serve as droppers that install banking Trojans onto a victim's PC? Say hello to a toolkit that debuted in February called Rubella Macro Builder.
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 24, 2018
Exclusive: panel told researcher Aleksandr Kogan that Facebook’s approach fell ‘far below ethical expectations’ A Cambridge University ethics panel rejected research by the academic at the centre of the Facebook data harvesting scandal over the social network’s “deceptive” approach to its users privacy, newly released documents reveal. A 2015 proposal by Aleksandr Kogan, a member of the university’s psychology department , involved the personal data from 250,000 Facebook users and their 54 milli
Troy Hunt
APRIL 27, 2018
When I launched Pwned Passwords in August , I honestly didn't know how much it would be used. I made 320M SHA-1 password hashes downloadable and also stood up an API to query the data "as a service" by either a plain text password or a SHA-1 hash. (Incidentally, for anyone about to lose their mind over SHA-1, read that launch post as to why that hashing algorithm is used.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 27, 2018
Joy Reid may have very well been the target of a malicious breach. Or she's just the latest person to blame hackers for her past mistakes.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 23, 2018
Kane Gamble Receives Two-Year Sentence for Targeting CIA, FBI, DHS Officials British teenager Kane Gamble has been sentenced to serve two years in a youth detection center after he admitted to targeting U.S. officials - including hacking former CIA Director John Brennan's personal AOL email account - as well as dumping personal details for 20,000 FBI employees.
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 24, 2018
EU security commissioner says new regulations may have to be brought in if tech firms fail to tackle issues voluntarily Brussels may threaten social media companies with regulation unless they move urgently to tackle fake news and Cambridge Analytica-style use of personal data before the European elections in 2019. The EU security commissioner, Julian King, said “short-term, concrete” plans needed to be in place before the elections, when voters in 27 EU member states will elect MEPs.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 23, 2018
Russia has banned the secure messaging app Telegram. It's making an absolute mess of the ban -- blocking 16 million IP addresses , many belonging to the Amazon and Google clouds -- and it's not even clear that it's working. But, more importantly, I'm not convinced Telegram is secure in the first place. Such a weird story. If you want secure messaging, use Signal.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 21, 2018
Xbox hacking, LinkedIn bugs, and more security news this week.
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