All Cybersecurity articles – Page 13
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ICA to explore impact of ransomware on financial crime compliance
The International Compliance Association will explore the impact of ransomware on financial crime compliance on Nov. 16 as part of a free webinar.
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ArticleCompliance Week National Conference is going back in person in May
Mark your calendars: Compliance Week’s National Conference in Washington, D.C. will be held in person for the first time in nearly three years from May 16-18, 2022.
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ArticleFinCEN report: Ransomware SARs surge past 2020 totals
A Financial Crimes Enforcement Network report on financial trends in Bank Secrecy Act data found a greater number of SARs related to ransomware filed between January and June 2021 than during all of 2020.
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ArticleHow to respond to government’s renewed emphasis on cybersecurity
The Department of Justice’s new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative is the latest development to suggest companies’ cybersecurity defenses had better be up to snuff when doing business with the U.S. government or risk enforcement.
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ArticleDOJ to enforce False Claims Act in regulating contractor data breaches
The Department of Justice will use the False Claims Act to pursue cases of cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients—including claims against entities that fail to report breaches and hacks in a timely manner.
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ArticleNeiman Marcus data breach exposes personal info of 4.6M customers
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus discovered last month a May 2020 data breach that exposed personal and financial information contained in the online accounts of approximately 4.6 million customers.
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ResourceWhite paper: 2021 Consumer Cybersecurity Poll Executive Report
To uncover Americans’ top cybersecurity concerns, CSI partnered with The Harris Poll to survey more than 2,000 U.S. adults age 18 and above about their perceptions, fears and expectations related to cybersecurity.
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ArticleIntroducing: Cybersecurity training customized for compliance
The professor who created CW’s first-ever self-directed learning module explains what compliance practitioners can expect to get out of the course—and why it’s an essential tool in an evolving cyber-risk landscape.
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TrainingOn-demand training: Protect your company from cyber risks
Take this self-directed, interactive course to deepen your understanding of cybersecurity risks and learn about the latest regulations to keep your organization compliant and prepared for today’s dangerous cyber environment.
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ArticleTreasury sanctions virtual currency exchange as part of ransomware response
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced “robust actions” to counter ransomware, including blocking the assets of a Russian virtual currency exchange that has facilitated payments for at least eight ransomware variants.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Defending yourself from ransomware third-party risks
Ransomware continues to dominate headlines with no sign of slowing down. What started more than 30 years ago has become one of the most prevalent and lucrative cyberattacks that does not discriminate by company size, industry, or geography.
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ArticleSEC sanctions 8 over email breaches
The Securities and Exchange Commission penalized eight firms across three separate actions for breaches of employee email accounts that exposed the personal information of thousands of customers in each case.
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ArticleBanking guidance: Six key areas of FinTech due diligence
Three federal banking regulators have released guidance offering tips and suggestions to community banks for conducting due diligence on potential FinTech partners.
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ArticleCEO: T-Mobile ‘humbled’ by data breach, taking steps to prevent future attacks
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert lamented the recent breach of company servers that led to a hacker stealing the personal information of nearly 55 million customers, but said the company is “fully committed to take our security efforts to the next level.”
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ArticleT-Mobile ups compromised customer account total to 55M
A “highly sophisticated” cyber-attack illegally accessed nearly 55 million customer records of mobile phone carrier T-Mobile, the largest such attack against the company that has been hit at least four previous times since 2018.
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ArticleT-Mobile the least surprising data breach of 2021
Cyber-attacks catch most companies and their customers off guard, but T-Mobile, the victim of at least five data breaches since 2018, had many red flags indicating its vulnerability ahead of its latest incident.
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ArticlePearson fined $1M for misleading data breach disclosures
U.K.-based education company Pearson has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors regarding a 2018 data breach.
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ArticleFINRA notice outlines key areas for supervising third parties
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a notice on compliance deficiencies arising from firms’ relationships with vendors culled from examination findings.
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ArticleWhat factors are driving change in your corporate investigations process?
A recent survey from Compliance Week and OpenText reveals while investigations and data volumes are on the rise, machine learning combined with external expertise may give companies the upper hand in accelerating response and results.
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ArticleQ&A: How Kaiser Permanente has handled change brought by COVID-19
Vanessa Benavides, chief compliance and privacy officer and senior VP at Kaiser Permanente, shares how the company adjusted its policies and procedures because of COVID-19 and the lessons she learned along the way.