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House Passes Bill Barring Sale of Personal Information to Foreign Adversaries

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House Passes Bill Barring Sale of Personal Information to Foreign Adversaries 2024-03-21 at 17:16 By Ionut Arghire H.R. 7520 prohibits data brokers from selling Americans’ data to foreign adversary countries or entities controlled by them. The post House Passes Bill Barring Sale of Personal Information to Foreign Adversaries appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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BigID Raises $60 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

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BigID Raises $60 Million at $1 Billion Valuation 2024-03-19 at 16:02 By Eduard Kovacs Data security firm BigID raises $60 million in a growth round that brings the total to $320 million and values the company at over $1 billion. The post BigID Raises $60 Million at $1 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73 Million for FHE Solution

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Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73 Million for FHE Solution 2024-03-07 at 18:38 By Eduard Kovacs Zama raises $73 million in Series A funding for a fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) solution for AI and blockchain applications. The post Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73 Million for FHE Solution appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Cayosoft Raises $22.5 Million for Microsoft AD Recovery Tech

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Cayosoft Raises $22.5 Million for Microsoft AD Recovery Tech 2024-03-07 at 16:40 By SecurityWeek News Ohio security vendor Cayosoft banks new capital to fuel growth of its flagship Active Directory forest recovery product suite. The post Cayosoft Raises $22.5 Million for Microsoft AD Recovery Tech appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Navigating regulation challenges for protecting sensitive healthcare data

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Navigating regulation challenges for protecting sensitive healthcare data 2024-03-06 at 07:10 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Chris Bowen, CISO at ClearDATA, emphasizes the importance of digital health companies being more transparent with their users. As more and more Americans flock to direct-to-consumer digital health apps and resources, most people don’t

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CrowdStrike to Acquire Flow Security

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CrowdStrike to Acquire Flow Security 2024-03-06 at 05:03 By SecurityWeek News CrowdStrike says the acquisition of Flow Security will expand its cloud security capabilities with Data Security Posture Management. The post CrowdStrike to Acquire Flow Security appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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3 free data protection regulation courses you can take right now

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3 free data protection regulation courses you can take right now 2024-03-05 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Increasingly, information about us, and even by us, is being processed. Even mundane or insignificant details can be combined and linked with other data in a manner that may intrude upon or pose a risk to our

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Cyber Insights 2024: Quantum and the Cryptopocalypse

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Cyber Insights 2024: Quantum and the Cryptopocalypse 2024-02-27 at 16:46 By Kevin Townsend Quantum computers are coming, and will defeat current PKE encryption. But this cryptopocalypse is not dependent upon quantum computers — it could happen through other means, at any time. The post Cyber Insights 2024: Quantum and the Cryptopocalypse appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers

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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers 2024-02-22 at 22:17 By Ryan Naraine European security vendor Avast is charged with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and anti-virus software and “and sold it without adequate notice and without consumer consent.” The post FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing

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Apple Adds Post-Quantum Encryption to iMessage

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Apple Adds Post-Quantum Encryption to iMessage 2024-02-21 at 16:46 By Eduard Kovacs Apple unveils PQ3, a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage designed to protect communications against quantum computing attacks. The post Apple Adds Post-Quantum Encryption to iMessage appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React

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Collaboration at the core: The interconnectivity of ITOps and security

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Collaboration at the core: The interconnectivity of ITOps and security 2024-02-15 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Krista Macomber, Research Director at The Futurum Group, discusses how IT and security teams increasingly unite against cyber threats. Organizations are still struggling with the issue of disjointed data protection solutions, leading

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French Healthcare Payments Processor Breaches Affect Half of Population

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French Healthcare Payments Processor Breaches Affect Half of Population 2024-02-13 at 19:01 By Ryan Naraine France’s data protection agency CNIL says it is investigating massive data breaches at two companies that manage third-party healthcare payments, warning that more than 33 million people may be affected. The post French Healthcare Payments Processor Breaches Affect Half of

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Cohesity to Buy Veritas’ Data Protection Businesses

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Cohesity to Buy Veritas’ Data Protection Businesses 2024-02-11 at 14:32 By SecurityWeek News Data security firm Cohesity will buy Veritas’ data protection business, creating a data security and management giant valued at roughly $7 billion. The post Cohesity to Buy Veritas’ Data Protection Businesses appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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How companies are misjudging their data privacy preparedness

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How companies are misjudging their data privacy preparedness 2024-02-09 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Karen Schuler, Global Privacy & Data Protection Chair at BDO, discusses overconfidence in data privacy and data protection practices. There is an apparent disconnect between tech CFOs’ confidence and consumer perceptions. BDO’s 2024 Technology

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Common cloud security mistakes and how to avoid them

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Common cloud security mistakes and how to avoid them 2024-02-07 at 08:01 By Helga Labus According to recent surveys, 98% of organizations keep their financial, business, customer and/or employee information in the cloud but, at the same time, 95% of cloud security professionals are not sure their security protections and their team would manage to

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How CISOs navigate policies and access across enterprises

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How CISOs navigate policies and access across enterprises 2024-02-06 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Marco Eggerling, Global CISO at Check Point, discusses the challenge of balancing data protection with diverse policies, devices, and access controls in a distributed enterprise. He also highlights the significance of security validations, especially internal

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Netherlands Fines Uber Over Data Protection

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Netherlands Fines Uber Over Data Protection 2024-02-02 at 13:46 By AFP Dutch regulators impose a 10 million euro ($10.8 million) fine on ride-hailing app Uber for lack of transparency in treating the personal data of its drivers. The post Netherlands Fines Uber Over Data Protection appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Budget cuts loom for data privacy initiatives

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Budget cuts loom for data privacy initiatives 2024-01-26 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The past year saw developments and updates to privacy regulations across the globe—from India’s Personal Data Protection Bill to Brazil’s General Data Protection Law, according to ISACA. However, only 34% of organizations say they find it easy to understand their privacy

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Organizations invest more in data protection but recover less

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Organizations invest more in data protection but recover less 2024-01-24 at 06:32 By Help Net Security 92% of organizations will increase 2024 data protection spend, to achieve cyber resilience amidst continued threats of ransomware and cyberattacks, according to Veeam Software. Respondents shared that cyberattacks remain the top cause of outages and that while organizations are

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Outsmarting Ransomware’s New Playbook

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Outsmarting Ransomware’s New Playbook 2024-01-18 at 13:17 By Rik Ferguson Encryption is a technological necessity and also a legal safeguard, with importance in both defending against and mitigating the consequences of cyberattacks. The post Outsmarting Ransomware’s New Playbook appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React

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