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 […]
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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 […]
GDPR spurs cybersecurity improvements at biggest public companies
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) spurred the UK’s biggest public companies to improve the measures they […]
Do’s and don’ts of incident response
his article outlines some key do’s and don’ts in cases of data breach. Although there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there […]
Facebookâs Phone Number Policy Could Push Users to Not Trust Two-Factor Authentication
Users are angry that Facebook is letting others, including advertisers, look up users via the phone numbers they provided to […]
New Study Finds Millennials Concerned About Privacy, But Lax On Security
In a Rivetz-commissioned survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, Rivetz found that respondents were incredibly reliant on their smartphones: two-thirds of […]
85 percent of Chrome apps and extensions lack a privacy policy
New data from Duo Security shows that more that 85 percent of Chrome apps and extensions don’t have a privacy […]
Insurer Offers GDPR-Specific Coverage for SMBs
Cyber insurance provider Coalition has announced new policies explicitly designed to cover fines and costs stemming from violations of the […]
Does anonymization or de-identification require consent under the GDPR?
Data de-identification has many benefits in the context of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. One of the recurring questions […]