All Cybersecurity articles – Page 18
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ArticleBooking.com fined $557K under GDPR for reporting data breach late
Online reservation Website Booking.com has been fined €475,000 (U.S. $557,000) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority for reporting a data breach 22 days later than the 72 hours required under the GDPR.
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VideoVideo: More scrutiny coming to data breach disclosures?
Aly McDevitt assesses controversial data breach disclosures from U.K. retailer FatFace and technology vendor Ubiquiti in light of a report Congress is considering stricter requirements for reporting data breaches.
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ArticleJames Comey: Buckle up for dangerous post-pandemic risk landscape
Former FBI Director James Comey predicted a “time of extraordinary change” is ahead for the compliance profession in the post-pandemic world during a prerecorded video message at Compliance Week’s Financial Crimes virtual event.
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ArticleInternal audit’s role in cyber-security testing: Where to start
Nathan Anderson, senior director of internal audit at McDonald’s, discusses ways internal audit can better answer management questions about cyber-risks and become a more independent cyber-security testing function overall.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: Are you in favor of federal data privacy legislation?
It’s a clean sweep: All five CCOs we spoke with are in favor of U.S. federal data privacy legislation. Read on for the reasoning behind their answers.
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ArticleNYDFS fines mortgage banker $1.5M for cyber-security violations
The New York State Department of Financial Services fined Residential Mortgage Services $1.5 million for violating New York’s cyber-security regulation.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: What’s your strategy for preventing and detecting data breaches?
Five senior compliance practitioners outline their strategies for protecting their firms from data breaches.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: How is your company reacting to cyber-risks introduced by COVID-19?
Five senior compliance practitioners tell Compliance Week how their organizations are reacting to new cyber-threats introduced by the pandemic.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: What’s your role in creating/implementing cyber-security policies?
Five senior compliance practitioners share insights on their roles in implementing and overseeing cyber-security policies and procedures.
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ArticleSpecial report: Compliance, infosec & battling cyber threats
LifePoint Health’s VP for Compliance Program Operations/Chief Privacy Officer Ellen Hunt and VP/CISO Andy Heins share how they work ”hand in glove” to protect their company’s data from bad actors.
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ArticleCyber-insurance: Why you need it and how to choose the right plan
As cyber-attacks surge, the need for cyber-insurance is growing more urgent. But it’s critical for companies to first familiarize themselves with how to navigate the labyrinth of cyber-insurance products on the market so that they are properly covered.
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ArticleKroger joins victims of Accellion data breach
Two months after cloud service vendor Accellion first identified one of its legacy products was targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack, users of the product continue to feel the impact, with grocery chain Kroger the latest to reveal its exposure.
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ArticleSurvey: Firms enhanced cybersecurity in 2020, but not enough
Companies forced to pivot to remote work in a global health crisis spent the bulk of 2020 grappling with heightened cyber-security risks. A year later, compliance practitioners say their companies’ cyber-security postures are better for it—even in the wake of the stunning SolarWinds hack.
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ArticleFINRA report: Top risk areas for AML, cyber-security
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has published a new report designed to help inform member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from its examinations and risk monitoring programs.
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ArticleSurvey: Pandemic pervades executives’ top 10 risks for 2021
The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic dominates the top risks that will keep boards of directors and executive management teams on their toes in 2021, a new survey by Protiviti and NC State’s ERM Initiative finds.
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ResourceWhite paper: Digital Transformation & Cyber Risk: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe
CyberGRX and Ponemon Institute surveyed 581 IT security and 302 C-suite executives to determine what impact digital transformation is having on cybersecurity and how prepared organizations are to deal with that impact.
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ArticleSolarWinds hack turning into Pandora’s box of cyber-risk
The more we learn about the SolarWinds hack, the more troubled compliance officers should be by the scope and breadth of the risks their companies might have incurred.
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ArticleNYDFS regulation a best-practices model for cyber-security training
Companies must make cyber-security a continuous priority as threats evolve, often more quickly than the technology and regulations to counter them. That’s why the New York Department of Financial Services, under Maria Vullo, developed a policy that should act as a model for organizations.
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ResourceWhite paper: Reducing Cyber Risk for the Financial Service Industry
The financial services industry is a leading target for cyber criminals because there’s more than one way one way to profit from an attack.
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ArticleCyber-Risk Summit: Compliance should view cyber-security through prism of risk
What’s most important for compliance officers is to understand the risks breaches and hacks pose to their organizations, not the technical manner of how those breaches occur, according to an expert panel at CW’s virtual Cyber-Risk & Data Privacy Summit.