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The financial services sector is one of the worst affected by data breaches and cyber attacks. Indeed, according to IBM and Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, the average cost of a data breach for financial services …
A member of Microsoft’s AI research division has accidentally leaked 38 terabytes of data via a misconfigured storage bucket. Researchers from the Cloud security company Wiz.io found the Microsoft employee had shared a URL for the Azure storage bucket in …
The cybersecurity sector is one of the most attractive job markets worldwide, with professionals earning a sizeable average salary in a range of positions. It also offers plenty of room for growth, while many consider it to be rewarding work …
The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack that shut down emergency rooms and other healthcare facilities across the U.S. Prospect Medical Holdings, which operates healthcare facilities in Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, began reporting disruption last week. In Connecticut, …
Many people in the data privacy community will tell you that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the gold standard of privacy law and that new U.S. state privacy laws fall short. This prejudice is not entirely correct, but …
Cyber criminals linked to the Chinese government have exploited a software flaw to steal emails from several U.S. government employees. The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in Microsoft’s web-based Cloud systems, which the threat actors used to compromise two dozen …
Only three U.S. states have laws protecting biometric data: Illinois, Texas, and Washington. Of those, Illinois’s BIPA (Biometric Information Privacy Act) is the most rigorous, and its rules have led to almost 2,000 class action lawsuits being filed since 2017. …
U.S. organizations might be surprised by the recent onslaught of information security requirements issued by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). It has put forward two proposals aimed at regulating cybersecurity: the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure …
When a new rule or regulation comes into effect, organizations usually have one question: Does it apply to me? For U.S. businesses in the health care industry and defense industry, the answer is rather simple. If the new rule covers …
It has been a busy time for cybersecurity pronouncements on both sides of the Atlantic. First there was President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, then the UK government’s data protection reform bill and its white paper on AI (artificial intelligence), and …
