All Cybersecurity articles – Page 3
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News BriefGovernment contractor fined $307K after third-party hack compromised personal data
It was a double whammy of cybersecurity no-nos for a federal contractor hit with a data breach: The personal data of Medicare beneficiaries contained in unencrypted screenshots were allegedly compromised when their third-party vendor’s server was hacked.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Trust and Technology: Cyber compliance in finance
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the stakes are high–protecting customer data, ensuring operational resilience, and maintaining trust are critical considerations for regulated industries.
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News BriefAmerican Water Works discloses probe into cybersecurity breach
American Water Works Company, which supplies drinking water and wastewater to 14 million customers, disclosed a breach of its computer networks and system due to a cybersecurity incident.
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PremiumCompanies are slowing AI launches in Europe, some say European Union regulations are why
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.
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News BriefT-Mobile reaches $31.5M settlement with FCC over multiple data breaches
T-Mobile, which experienced three huge data breaches in the past three years, agreed to pay $31.5 million in penalties and remediation for failing to protect millions of its customers’ personal information as part of a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission.
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PremiumDeloitte survey: AI adoption raising concerns about trust, reputational damage, ethics
As the artificial intelligence boom sweeps into the business world, employees are increasingly concerned about ethics questions and data privacy, a new Deloitte survey found, leading them to increasingly lose trust in their organizations.
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WebcastWebcast: Five automation trends to modernize InfoSec compliance
In this session, we’ll introduce a new approach to enterprise-wide program development and automation that can meet the modern complexity of businesses today.
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News BriefCISA creates new portal for businesses to file cyber incident reports
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a new online portal for organizations to voluntarily report cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware attacks.
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News BriefDOJ joins compliance officers in lawsuit over Georgia Tech cyber lapses
The Department of Justice joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed by two former Georgia Tech compliance officers who alleged that the institute violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to meet cybersecurity requirements in a Department of Defense contract.
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PremiumHow are you keeping up? The adoption of AI in compliance
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the business landscape, and this is especially true for anyone working in compliance. But while AI offers immense potential to streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and mitigate risks, it also introduces a new set of challenges that compliance professionals must navigate.
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News BriefSEC orders Equiniti to pay $850K over alleged lax cybersecurity
Equiniti Trust Company has agreed to pay $850,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations that its failed security measures allowed millions in client funds to be stolen in two cyber incidents.
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PremiumSolarWinds partial dismissal casts doubt on SEC Cybersecurity Rule
A partial dismissal of charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Solarwinds has cast doubt about the breadth of the SEC's Cybersecurity Rule.
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PremiumDORA set to enhance cyber resilience requirements for EU financial firms
The European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act, which is set to take effect next year, will require financial services firms to implement stronger measures to protect not only themselves from disruption caused by cyberattacks but also the sector as a whole.
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PremiumAI can help reel in ‘unsustainable’ breach costs, IBM report finds
The global average cost of a data breach jumped to an all-time high for the second year in a row, but companies can reel in the ballooning drag on profits by adopting artificial intelligence, according to an IBM report.
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News BriefFCC fines Charter Communications $15M over failing to report 911 outages
Charter Communications agreed to pay $15 million and put in place a “robust” compliance plan, including cybersecurity upgrades, to settle allegations it didn’t comply with emergency 911 and network outage notification rules, the Federal Communications Commission announced.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Proactive AI compliance: 4 essential steps to minimize exposure
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance rapidly and organizations expand their usage to optimize efficiency and productivity, implementing internal AI policies to ensure regulatory compliance and minimize exposure remains a hot topic.
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Blog
Tufin names general counsel
Network and cloud security policy automation provider Tufin has named Christian Na as general counsel.
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Blog
Allegion announces general counsel
Global security products and solutions provider Allegion appointed Stacy Cozad as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Aug. 5.
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PremiumHow fintechs can overcome major compliance hurdles in embedded finance
Margaret Holmes Tibbets, chief compliance officer at financial technology company Pipe, explains how firms are facing an existential compliance crisis, and to survive they’ll need to overcome not one but two hurdles.
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News BriefDOE offers supply chain cybersecurity guidance for energy, oil, gas industries
The U.S. Department of Energy released supply chain cybersecurity principles meant to help strengthen key technologies used to manage and operate electricity, oil, and natural gas systems.