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More Proof that People Want to Pay You to Keep their Data Safe
The Wall Street Journal reports that private cyber security companies received a record amount of investments – $1.77 billion – as venture capitalists looked to get a slice this growing sector.Why the...
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Have Healthcare Clients? Time to Beef Up Your Data Security Practices
The Cheat Sheet reports that data breaches cost $400 billion each year, and while we often read about retail data breaches, attacks on healthcare companies are actually the most costly. In fact, the...
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IT Professionals: Even with Great Tech, Companies at Risk
If you ask tech departments around the country, many will admit that even with renewed efforts to secure their organization's technology, they're at risk of data breaches and security incidents.An EiQ...
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When it Comes to Liability Coverage for Data Breaches, Security Practices Matter
Your clients may assume if they have Cyber Liability Insurance (Data Breach Insurance), their insurance company will automatically cover their data breach costs. But that's not the case. As Consumer...
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Cyber Villains, Rejoice! Password Storage Service LastPass Has Been Hacked
LastPass, a cloud-based password manager, has been hacked – because of course it has.As The Independent reports, hackers were able to make off with a treasure trove of passwords. Luckily, the data was...
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5 Strategies to Help Your Clients Avoid "Embattled" Status
When a company goes through a public relations disaster like a data breach, it often gets the word "embattled" next to its name in newspaper headlines. Case in point: after its embarrassing breaches,...
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Why Your Clients Need Cyber Liability Insurance (And How to Explain that to...
Entrepreneur Magazine recently offered some answers to small-business owners who had questions about their Cyber Liability Insurance, explaining that, yes, all businesses – even small businesses –...
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Hackers Admit Targeting Lax Security, Shoddily Built Applications
A funny thing happened after hacker collective Rex Mundi stole 24,000 records from Belgian loan company AFC Kredieten. The hacking group explained what they look for in a data breach victim. As The...
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Holy Cripes! 4 in 5 Web Apps Have "Medium Security" Vulnerability
A recent Acunetix study of over 15,000 websites and 5,500 companies unveiled startling numbers. Network scans performed on over 1.9 million files revealed that…Almost four in five web applications were...
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The National Law Review reports that two states – Connecticut and Rhode Island – have updated their data breach laws to require a more stringent breach response. Both include changes to specify a set...
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