US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High
In 2017, ITRC counted 1,579 U.S. breaches, up 45 percent from 2016. That doesn’t reflect every U.S. data breach last […]
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Swisscom data breach: 800,000 customers affected
Swisscom has revealed its customer data systems have been compromised and information belonging to roughly 800,000 customers has been stolen. […]
Data breach notification to become mandatory in Australia from 22 February 2018
Privacy compliance will become even more important for all companies in Australia now that the mandatory data breach notification scheme […]
Australia: Notifying individuals about an eligible data breach
When an entity experiences a data breach, its first step should be to contain the breach where possible and take […]
Breach Notification in the GDPR Era
Most American organizations, and many organizations operating in certain member state jurisdictions in the EU, have been dealing with breach […]
Incident response plans must be tested
A cyber incident response plan isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if it hasn’t been tested, a Canadian lawyer […]
New global cybersecurity center announced at Davos
The World Economic Forum announced plans Wednesday to launch a new coordinating group to counter emerging cybersecurity threats and help […]
Was 2017 the year of the breach?
This article is part of an ongoing series on privacy program metrics and benchmarking for incident response management, brought to […]
Five ways to keep your data safe
It was revealed that the loss of highly valuable and sensitive data was the second biggest digital risk for 999 […]
South Korea Fines Bitcoin Exchanges Over Privacy Violations
The South Korean telecommunications regulator has fined eight cryptocurrency exchanges for data protection violations. Source: South Korea Fines Bitcoin Exchanges […]
Cyber incidents doubled in 2017
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), an Internet Society initiative with the mission to enhance online trust, today released its Cyber […]
Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers
Similar to Uber’s “God View” scandal, Lyft staffers have been abusing customer insight software to view the personal contact info […]