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The UK data protection regulator (the Information Commissioner’s Office – ICO) launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of personal information for political purposes following the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica affair. It resulted in the publi… Continue reading UK Data Watchdog Fines Leave.EU, Eldon Insurance
The State Bank of India is the latest large organization to leave a database full of personal information exposed and accessible on the internet.
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Continue reading State Bank of India Leaves Millions of Customer Messages Exposed
False positives are one of the biggest problems for security controls. In malware detection they interrupt work and divert incident response away from real issues. But in ecommerce and financial fraud detection, false positives can have a direct and se… Continue reading The Tricky Balance in Declining or Accepting Online Payments
U.S. Government Announces Initiative to Disrupt Joanap Botnet Associated With North Korean Regime
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Continue reading U.S. Takes Aim at North Korea’s Joanap Botnet
In his Time magazine article from two weeks ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that people deserve privacy online. “Consumers shouldn’t have to tolerate another year of companies irresponsibly amassing huge user profiles,” he wrote.
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Continue reading Internet Society Publishes Privacy Code of Conduct
Mimecast, a company that focuses on email security, acquired Simply Migrate (a cloud migration specialist) for an undisclosed sum on January 29, 2019. The purpose is to allow Mimecast customers to more easily migrate legacy email archives to Mimecast’s… Continue reading Mimecast Acquires Cloud Migration Firm Simply Migrate
nCipher re-emerged from Thales as a separate stand-alone company manufacturing and marketing hardware security modules (HSMs) on January 7, 2019, and was officially launched on January 26, 2019. It had been acquired by Thales for just over $100 million… Continue reading Crypto Hardware Maker nCipher Re-Emerges From Thales After 20 Years
Privacy Concerns Raised Over Facebook’s Reported Plans to Merge FB Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram
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Continue reading Privacy Fears Raised Over Facebook Messaging Apps Integration
Despite all indications that cybersecurity is now ‘top of mind’ for company boardrooms, less than 50% of companies have a CISO position with a seat at the board. Boardrooms have learned all the words and they know all the notes, but they’ve never quite… Continue reading Boardrooms Are Still Not Singing the Security Song
(ISC)² has increased its annual membership fee (AMF) for security professionals by 47% from $85 to $125. This will include holders of the most popular professional certification, CISSP. The new fee is fixed, whether the professional holds one or multip… Continue reading CISSP Price Hike Dismays Certified Security Professionals