Tag: data breaches

January 25, 2024

Ransomware, data breaches and fraud are unabating, with cyber insecurity as well as misinformation and disinformation being the top and fourth risks, respectively, for the upcoming two years as projected in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024. The […]

July 24, 2023

The average cost of a data breach to a UK organisation now stands at £3.4m, but this figure drops by approximately £1.6m at organisations that have “extensively” deployed artificial intelligence (AI) and automation as part of their cyber security stack. […]

April 17, 2023

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Ireland’s An Garda Síochána are probing a series of data breaches at several charities working with vulnerable individuals, including victims child sexual abuse, after their data was compromised in a cyber attack […]

April 17, 2023

Organizations nowadays process tons of consumer data every day. This data ranges from the standard – names, email addresses, etc. – to personally identifiable information, like social security numbers and banking credentials. And while this type of data is an […]

March 9, 2023

People.ai, the enterprise revenue intelligence company, is announcing that it has recently achieved three new security certifications—ISO 27701:2019, ISO 27017:2015, and CSA STAR Certification—which represent the company’s dedication to data privacy and secure cloud computing environments. Citing a 2022 report […]

February 27, 2023

Modernizing and streamlining company processes to efficiently operate in today’s hybrid world has become critical. With promises of increasing revenue, providing improved experiences, and bringing innovation, it is no wonder that the market for digital transformation (DT) is predicted to […]

December 7, 2022

Cybersecurity and threat detection continues to be top of mind moving into 2023. Data breaches and the capture of sensitive information remain concerns for organizations large and small. Just in 2022, the average cost of data breaches reached $4.35 million […]

September 22, 2022

A data security analyst, also known as an information security analyst, is responsible for monitoring and analyzing network activity to identify potential threats or risks. Data security analysts primarily analyze data, conduct research, and use complex analytical tools to address […]

August 9, 2022

Over the last year, a series of high-profile cyber attacks caught the attention of media, national governments, and the broader public. Spectacular data breaches like those that affected Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and SolarWinds can have dramatic consequences for the victims, […]

July 25, 2022

According to IBM, the average cost of a breach was $1.76 million less at organizations with a mature zero trust approach than those without. It’s understandable why this verify-first, trust-later mentality has gained steam over the last few years. And […]

November 1, 2021

Data is created at such a high volume that many IT executives simply don’t know what to do with it. In fact, many executives likely have no idea how or where their company’s data is stored, whether it’s been replicated, […]

September 20, 2021

Sources indicate 40% more Americans will travel in 2021 than those in 2020, meaning travel companies will collect an enormous amount of personally identifiable information (PII) from passengers engaging in “revenge” travel. In a near 100% digital world, sensitive information […]

June 4, 2021

The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights recognizes privacy as one of the most basic rights that should be afforded to everyone. But the inherent openness of the internet and the ability of a person to access information from the other […]

April 13, 2021

It is ironic to witness the rate of cyberattacks, data breaches, and unauthorized use of personal data growing directly proportional to laws being established to regulate the collection, use, retention, disclosure, and disposal of personal information worldwide. With the growing […]

October 15, 2019

Digital advances are recreating global business through ongoing advances in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), data availability, blockchain, and other key areas. The rapidity with which these technologies are evolving and reconfiguring traditional business models keeps increasing. Meanwhile, […]