Category Archives: breaches

California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic

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This one isn’t even related to contact tracing: On March 17, 2020, the federal government relaxed a number of telehealth-related regulatory requirements due to COVID-19. On April 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the Order), which relaxes various telehealth reporting requirements, penalties, and enforcements otherwise imposed under state laws, including those associated with unauthorized access and… Continue reading California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic→

Bitglass Security Spotlight: Data Breach Disclosed After the San Francisco International Airport is Targeted

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Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

San Francisco International Airport Affected by Data Breach
Foreign-Exchange Company Pays Multimillion Dollar Ransom to Hackers
Cyber Attacks on the Upsurge for Healthcare Facilities in the Midst of the Pand… Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Data Breach Disclosed After the San Francisco International Airport is Targeted→

The True Cost of Data Leaks

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Let’s talk about data loss prevention (DLP) and how your organization can protect itself from any data leaks that are related to IP or regulatory compliance such as GDPR or HIPPA. According to some estimates, an average breach can cost a company… Continue reading The True Cost of Data Leaks→

Marriott Was Hacked — Again

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Marriott announced another data breach, this one affecting 5.2 million people: At this point, we believe that the following information may have been involved, although not all of this information was present for every guest involved: Contact Details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., account number and points balance, but not passwords) Additional… Continue reading Marriott Was Hacked — Again→

Work From Home, Securely

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Working from home went from a luxury to a necessity in most parts of the world this month. For CISOs around the world, this brings various security challenges. 
Working from home or from personal devices increases security risks. For example:

U… Continue reading Work From Home, Securely→

Bitglass Security Spotlight: Critical Data Stolen From Covid-19 Vaccine Test Center and Dispersed Online

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Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

Critical Data Stolen From Covid-19 Vaccine Test Center and Dispersed Online 
Malicious Credit Card Skimming Plot Affects Tupperware Site
Multiple Russian Ransomware Attacks Take Down American Government … Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Critical Data Stolen From Covid-19 Vaccine Test Center and Dispersed Online→

Why Forego Health: WFH Securely through the Cloud

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Companies across all verticals are facing the unfortunate reality of the current situation. Cautionary measures to flatten the curve have prompted a rapidly growing number of employees to join the Work From Home (WFH) culture. Although fortunate enou… Continue reading Why Forego Health: WFH Securely through the Cloud→

Don’t Take Our Word for It – Listen to Our Customers

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Gartner’s Voice of the Customer series (which to date (since October 2015) has featured well over 320,000 reviews across more than 330 markets), has played a key role in educating organizations about the tools that they are considering deployi… Continue reading Don’t Take Our Word for It – Listen to Our Customers→

Bitglass Security Spotlight: Cyber Attack Results in Defense Contractor Paying $500,000 Ransom

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Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

U.S. Defense Contractor Pays Threat Actors Half a Million in Ransom 
T-Mobile Falls Pray to Second Security Breach in Six Months 
International Airline, Cathay Pacific, Fined as Breach Exposes 9.4 M… Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Cyber Attack Results in Defense Contractor Paying $500,000 Ransom→

Leading Analyst Overheard: Bitglass SmartEdge Tech is SASE on Steroids

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Applications moving to the cloud and increased user mobility are changing the way networking and network security services are delivered. We at Bitglass firmly believe that the future of network security is in the cloud and cloud access security broke… Continue reading Leading Analyst Overheard: Bitglass SmartEdge Tech is SASE on Steroids→