Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to GDPR
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was released today revealing the amount of late […]
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Data breaches up 400 percent, 15 billion records compromised
The number of data breaches increased more than 400 percent in 2018 exposing almost 15 billion records, according to the […]
Study shows programmers will take the easy way out and not implement proper password security
In an experiment that involved 43 programmers hired via the Freelancer.com platform, University of Bonn academics have discovered that developers […]
WebAuthn: What you need to know about the future of the passwordless Web
Hate passwords? We all do. So Microsoft, Google, and other browser makers have made WebAuthn to replace passwords with your […]
2 Billion Unencrypted Records Leaked In Marketing Data Breach
Another day, another mega data breach. Except this one is different. More than two billion unencrypted records with very detailed […]
Twitter Boosts Feature to Plug Personal Data Sharing
Twitter on Thursday added to efforts to address concerns over privacy protection on social media. The company announced an update […]
Is encrypted data personal data under the GDPR?
As businesses across the world have begun adjusting to life under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, an important question […]
Email verification service leaks 800 million records
An online email verification service has taken itself offline after approximately 809 million of its customers’ emails were exposed through […]
Will Data Privacy Regulations Upend Your Information Security Program?
Data privacy regulations can help ensure a baseline level of visibility and control over sensitive data. For many organizations, changing […]
Huawei calls for common cyber-security standards
Huawei, in the spotlight over the security risks of its telecoms equipment, urged governments, the telecoms industry and regulators on […]
Organizations Taking Less Time to Detect Breaches
Internal security teams at enterprise organizations are generally getting better at detecting compromises, but it’s still taking them well over […]
The Marriott Breach Shows Just How Inadequate Cyber Risk Disclosures Are
Recently, Marriott waited 11 weeks to reveal that 383 million customer records had been compromised, exposing at least 25 million […]