EU GDPR Archive
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforced from May, requiring all organizations that handle EU residents’ data to abide by its strict terms. If yours is one of the millions of organizations that need to comply with the GDPR, then no doubt …
If you’re trying to advance your cybersecurity career, there’s good news. A report from job listings site Indeed found that the number of advertised cybersecurity jobs increased by 3.5% between March 2017 and March 2018. The report also lists the …
New technologies, whether from Apple, Facebook or other organizations always cause regulatory confusion. When cars were first developed and sold in large numbers in the early 20th century, the streets were chaos: there were no stop signs, warning signs, traffic …
IT Governance USA has launched a new survey to learn where organizations stand on current cyber related regulations. Findings will be used to develop new courses, services, products, and webinars. The seven-question “The Effect of Regulations in Business” survey aims …
2018 may have seen fewer breaches than 2017, but more sensitive information was compromised. According to a report by Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout, the number of exposed records more than doubled from 2017–2018. Findings The number of breaches …
The Minnesota DHS (Department of Human Services) announced that an employee’s email account was accessed by criminal hackers last September.The phishing attack may have exposed the PII (personable identifiable information) of about 3,000 people within its Children and Family Services …
In January, Ascension’s server suffered a security lapse that allowed information on 24 million bank, mortgage and other loans to be accessed online. The server contained decades worth of data, but was not password protected. The lack of security allowed …
2018 was a year of massive data breaches. From tech giants to small businesses, no organization was immune. With the passing of the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), data privacy has become one of the most crucial issues worldwide. …
Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus has settled a 43-state lawsuit for $1.5 million over a 2013 data breach that affected more than 365,000 cardholders in 43 states and Washington, D.C. Credit card information at 77 stores was exposed and nearly 10,000 …
According to a “Washington Post Online” story, data breaches have become the norm. Consumers have come to expect that their data is at risk, and will continue to shop or do business with a company even if it has suffered …
