Articles Tagged with ''data security''

Internet users may soon have a way to have their questions about online privacy policies answered automatically, thanks to a new multi-institution research project that includes Penn State.

The Food and Drug Administration sent Strides Pharma Science a warning letter regarding violations found during an inspection in January and February of this year.

Despite the past year’s global focus on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data privacy regulations designed to give consumers more power over their data, more than half (55 percent) of respondents still don’t know how brands are using their data. 

Society’s access to - and reliance on - information is historically unprecedented.

More than two billion files exposed across SMB-enabled file shares, misconfigured network-attached storage (NAS) devices, FTP and rsync servers and Amazon S3 buckets were found.

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) sent a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos requesting information about the company’s privacy and data security practices for Alexa devices.

Nearly a quarter of surveyors have been affected by a cyber threat in the past 12 months and more than 10 percent have been affected more than once, according to the 2018 Data Health Check report.

Employees are aware of the risks associated with inadequate USB drive security, yet aren't following best practices, according to the report, “The State of USB Data Protection 2019: Employee Spotlight.”

Hackers are tapping into a growing consumer trend: the use of illicit devices and apps to access pirated content to spread malware and exploit unsuspecting users, a Digital Citizens Alliance report found.