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Educational Institutions and Cloud Providers Grapple with Data Breach Challenges

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A series of recent cybersecurity breaches reveals significant vulnerabilities within educational and technology institutions, underscoring the urgent need for strengthened defenses. Among the most prominent incidents is the...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

If you have a tendency to reuse the same password across multiple accounts, you could be leaving yourself (and your organization) exposed to risk. Credential stuffing, the stealthy technique fueling a recent explosion of...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Series: Employee Cybersecurity Awareness Training

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As Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up, it’s worth mentioning that employee security awareness training is an ongoing process. Employee error remains a significant contributing factor in data breaches. According to the...more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Doubling Your Account Security With Multi-Factor Authentication

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This article is the second in a series of articles about Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, K2 Integrity will be providing tips and solutions to organizations to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ten Ways You Can Protect Your Privacy on Social Media

Social Media connects people across the world by providing users with a means to share content. It has undoubtedly become a huge part of our daily routines. In 2021, Americans spent an average of two hours and thirty minutes...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NY Attorney General Settlement Highlights Challenges of Username and Password Breaches

October was a busy month in New York for cybersecurity enforcement. In addition to a $4.5 million settlement between the New York Department of Financial Services and EyeMed Vision Care (discussed in a forthcoming blog post),...more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] CFPB Weighs in on Data Security; Will Firms with Poor Security Be in the Crosshairs? - October 14th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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In the late summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a circular that concluded in no uncertain terms that insufficient data protection or information security could be considered an unfair practice under...more

Carlton Fields

No Password Required: A Cybersecurity Education Specialist, Whose Passions Include the Forest, DIY, and Deviled Eggs

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Dr. Melissa Dark is the Founder of DARK Enterprises, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and supporting cybersecurity education at the secondary level. Before that, Dr. Dark worked in graduate and college...more

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How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

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Cybercrime is at an all-time high, with just the cybercrime insurance industry alone expecting to grow from $8 billion globally in 2020 to $20 billion by 2025.1 Although cyber liability insurance policies now exist to help...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more

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Employers’ Rights Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Narrowed after Supreme Court Decision in Van Buren

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In today’s digital age, employers store immense amounts of information, including confidential and proprietary information, on their on-premises systems, cloud-servers and other data storage solutions. With this collection of...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

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With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Peril: The Dog Ate My Password

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We have (rightly) harped on the necessity of unique and complex passwords, strengthened by multi-factor authentication (temporary text codes, rolling RSA numbers, secret answers to questions, fingerprint or facial...more

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Privacy Perils: Password Quarantine Hygiene

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Some have used the pandemic, and now the extended inclement weather, to learn to play a musical instrument, speak a new language or another new skill. If those are beyond any of your reasonable expectations, do not simply...more

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Practical Steps to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks During COVID-19

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Cybercriminals love a crisis and COVID-19 is no different. In the last several weeks, cyber-crime has increased exponentially as hackers seek to take advantage of the migration to a remote workplace. As cybercriminals seek to...more

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Coronavirus Home Office Security – Practical Tips for Securing Your “New” Home Office

I’ve been working as an independent consultant for quite some time. Along the journey, I’ve picked up many tips and tricks to maximize productivity while working from home with great results. There have been many articles...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

What California’s New Security Law Means to Your Business

Commonsense IoT security steps that startups and small business should consider to comply with California’s new law - California recently enacted a new law, Senate Bill 327, that requires companies that make Internet of...more

White & Case LLP

Cybersecurity and the UK legal landscape

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As businesses continue to digitise their assets and operations, the need to continually assess IT infrastructure and the technical measures in place to safeguard key information assets and data becomes ever more important....more

Baker Donelson

Protecting LTC Residents' PHI: Eight Tips for Avoiding a Data Breach

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Organizations that meet the definition of "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations (HIPAA) must be diligent to maintain the privacy and security...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

What a Famous Hip Hop Artist Can Teach About Cyber Security

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Risk Management Question: The title of this Alert is not merely click bait; it’s a real life lesson about cyber security risks and how not to handle them. The fact that it involves a famous hip-hop artist should hopefully get...more

McManis Faulkner

Hackers are Vampires - Keep Them from Feeding on Your Private Information

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According to myth, vampires can only enter your home if you let them in. Hackers, the vampires of cyber-world, are out there, waiting for you to ‘invite’ them in so they may feed on your private information. There is no...more

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Passwords Are Getting Ridiculous, Right? Consider Simplifying Your Company's Two-Factor Authentication With A Physical Security...

If you clicked on this post, that means you probably fall into one of two categories. Category 1: You are really tired of having to come up with – and remember – increasingly more complicated passwords, only to then be asked...more

Snell & Wilmer

Has Your Computer Been Hijacked For Illicit Cryptocurrency Mining?

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Another day, and another form of hacking comes to light. On June 26, 2018, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued a security tip...more

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Take the Test: Will You Fall Prey to Phishing? 6 Tips to Identifying an Email Scam

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Email is the driving force of communication. Lawyers often receive over 100 emails a day. It can be easy to overlook potential scams hidden in your inbox. Hopefully, your firm has the proper security protocols in place:...more

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