Stricter federal rules have protected the privacy of millions of patients
Business associates are medical professionals that do not provide services directly to patients, yet they have access to patient data […]
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Uber faces potential $13.5 million lawsuit over data breach
Uber is facing another lawsuit over the massive 2016 data breach. This time, it’s from Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, […]
Insiders Main Cybersecurity Risk in Healthcare
It’s no secret that health care is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks when compared with other industries. But a new cybersecurity […]
Third-party risk under the GDPR
According to recent research by RSA, failure to protect customer data is creating long-term business problems for organizations. That was […]
UK and Australia Are Now Monitoring Their Government Domains on Have I Been Pwned
If I’m honest, I’m constantly surprised by the extent of how far Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) is reaching these […]
The FTC-Venmo Privacy Settlement is All About Design
Paypal has settled charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that stated its popular money transferring app, Venmo, misled customers […]
Additional 2.4 million Equifax consumers were affected by the cyber attack
Equifax disclosed earlier on Thursday that it had discovered an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers were affected by the cyber […]
What changes GDPR will bring?
While some tend to portray new European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (?GDPR?) as menacing Apocalypse coming from nowhere, […]
Luxembourg DPA Publishes Data Breach Reporting Form
On February 12, 2018, the Luxembourg data protection authority ( Commission nationale pour la protection des donées , “CNPD”) published […]
Lack of funding exposes US federal agencies to high data breach risks
US federal agencies suffer the highest volume of data breaches out of government agencies worldwide and budgets are part of […]
Catastrophic Data Breach Is Inevitable by 2021
The growing internet of things and increasingly sophisticated malware are putting global organizations at a greater risk for cyberattacks, but […]
When Obscurity Is Not a Defense
Many organizations facing a data-security incident struggle to understand how or why their organization was targeted in an attack. Most […]