Scottish Agency Still Recovering from 2020 Ransomware Attack
Scottish Agency Still Recovering from 2020 Ransomware Attack A ransomware attack on a Scottish regulator in 2020 continues to significantly impact operations, with the true...
CIS Benchmarks February 2022 Update
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Me on App Store Monopolies and Security
There are two bills working their way through Congress that would force companies like Apple to allow competitive app stores. Apple hates this, since it...
Cyber-Attack on Oil Firms
Cyber-Attack on Oil Firms A cyber-attack has disrupted operations at two oil storage and logistics firms in Germany. Oiltanking GmbH Group and Mabanaft Group said on...
California Passes FLASH Act
California Passes FLASH Act The California State Senate has passed legislation to ban the transmission of unsolicited sexually explicit images and videos without the recipient’s...
Social Security Numbers Most Targeted Sensitive Data
Social Security Numbers Most Targeted Sensitive Data Social Security Numbers (SSN) are the type of sensitive data most commonly targeted in data breaches in the...
British Council Students’ Data Exposed in Major Breach
British Council Students' Data Exposed in Major Breach Hundreds of thousands of British Council students had their personal and login details exposed in a worrying...
What Is IaC and Why Does It Matter to the CISO?
Many vendors and security companies are buying or building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security into their portfolios, and this trend is only expected to continue....
UK/US data protection claim highlights ambiguity of GDPR’s geographic scope
A decision by the UK Court of Appeal to allow a claim for contravention of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to be...
Quantum computing brings new security risks: How to protect yourself
This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Although commercial quantum computing may still be decades away, government agencies and industry experts agree that...