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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInIt’s never the data breach — it’s always the cover-up | ZDNet
WHAT SHOULD CISOS TAKE AWAY FROM THE CHARGES? Here’s what senior security leaders should know and understand about these events: This is a warning to CSOs and CISOs: Remove all sense of impropriety in IR. Concealing a data breach is illegal. Every decision made during an incident might be used in litigation and will be […]
Palo Alto Networks Announces Intent to Acquire The Crypsis Group – Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Crypsis Group, a leading incident response, risk management and digital forensics consulting firm. Under the terms of the agreement, Palo Alto Networks will acquire The Crypsis Group for a total purchase price of $265 million, […]
Uber’s former security chief charged for allegedly concealing data breach – CNN
Uber’s former chief security officer has been charged with trying to conceal from federal investigators a 2016 data breach that exposed the information of 57 million users to hackers. A complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court in San Francisco alleges that Joe Sullivan, who led Uber’s security team for more than two years […]
University reports data breach with third-party provider – The DePaulia
The Office of Advancement announced a data breach involving third-party service provider Blackbaud in a statement sent out to members of the DePaul community Thursday. The company suffered from a “ransomware attack” in which backup files containing personal information from various institutions across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom were obtained. According to […]
Over Half of Indian Companies in India Faced Data Breach Since Implementing Remote Working: Report
Nearly 66 per cent of Indian organisations have had at least one data breach or cybersecurity incident since shifting to a remote working model during the pandemic, a survey by Barracuda Networks said on Thursday. The findings indicated employees in 67 per cent of organisations experienced an increase in email phishing attacks. via Over Half […]
CCPA Regulations Take Effect, Six Weeks After CCPA Enforcement Begins | Steptoe & Johnson LLP
On Friday, August 14, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have been approved by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and are effective immediately. The attorney general had already begun enforcing the CCPA itself on July 1. But now that the regulations have […]
Congressman Barr introduces NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act | 2020-08-13 | Security Magazine
Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) introduced the NIST COVID-19 Cyber-Security Act, which instructs the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to produce standards for mitigating and protecting against cyberattacks to American universities researching COVID-19. “Congress must act to safeguard critical scientific Coronavirus research being conducted at universities nationwide,” said Congressman Barr. “My bill would […]
Mullen Coughlin Announces Additional Talent Acquisition, Geographic Locations, and New Home Office | | delcotimes.com
Mullen Coughlin LLC proudly announces three lateral partner hires, further geographic growth, and the expansion of its home office. Founded in 2016 with thirteen attorneys, Mullen Coughlin is now fifty-six attorneys strong, including three recent lateral partner hires. Lynda Jensen and Kevin Mekler, leaders of the Nelson Mullins’ data privacy team, bring their experience from […]
Capital One will pay $80 million over hack. – The New York Times
Capital One has agreed to pay $80 million to settle federal bank regulators’ claims that it lacked proper cybersecurity protocols, more than a year after a Seattle-based software engineer hacked into a cloud server and stole customers’ social security numbers, bank account information and credit card applications, regulators said Thursday. via Capital One will pay […]