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Wegmans discloses data breach

June 21, 2021

Wegmans, American supermarket chain, has disclosed a data breach incident, affecting two of their customer databases.

European Commission adopts new standard contractual clauses

Keypoint: Companies using the previous standard contractual clauses will have eighteen months to transition to the new documents.

David M. Stauss

June 21, 2021

Earlier this month, the European Commission announced that it has adopted “two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries.” The new SCCs take into account new requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation as well as the Court of Justice’s Schrems II opinion.

Threat actors are using Google Docs to host phishing attacks

June 18, 2021

Avanan analysts have recently discovered an exploit vector in Google Docs that attackers are using to deliver malicious phishing websites to victims.

Research explores the potential of continuous liveness detection for voice biometrics

June 15, 2021

The research from Florida State University and Rutgers University scientists aims to establish a new level of security for voice biometrics and claims that the tech is vulnerable to spoofing.

Dr. Boaz Gelbord named Chief Security Officer at Akamai Technologies

June 15, 2021

Dr. Boaz Gelbord has joined Akamai Technologies as senior vice president and chief security officer. Gelbord will assume direct leadership of Akamai’s existing information security organization which includes responsibility for cybersecurity, information security compliance, and the protection of Akamai’s systems

CISO leadership and response to data breaches

Ethical disclosures are being ignored: an unchecked security crisis

Ran Nahamias

May 31, 2021

The ethical issues that exist around the wake of discovered security vulnerabilities are vast and murky. Far too often, the conversation about how and when to disclose security weaknesses shifts from a dialogue to a one-way monologue. What's a security leader to do?

Product spotlight on cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy solutions

Maria Henriquez

April 16, 2021

Check out the latest cybersecurity products, all designed to protect your networks, infrastructure, critical data, assets and private information.

What’s the failsafe alternative to FireEye and SolarWinds?

Elliot Lewis

April 6, 2021

Those on the cyber threat frontlines may view the entire FireEye-SolarWinds catastrophe through a very different lens. It’s a mile-high view that proves a thesis: why data must be smart and able to protect itself from cybercriminals – no matter where it goes, where it’s stored or who has it.

The insider risk within healthcare

April 1, 2021

A new report from Varonis finds that the average healthcare worker has access to 31,000 sensitive files on their first day of work.

World Backup Day 2021

March 31, 2021

March 31st is World Backup Day 2021, the 10th anniversary of the inaugural World Backup Day in 2011. Though the day serves as a reminder to backup your data, this process should be done frequently to offset the risk of data loss - or the intentional or unintentional destruction of information, which may be caused by people or processes from within or outside of an organization.