Data breach
Missing Guardrails, a Troubling Trend in Data Protection
An estimated 2.7 billion personal records were stolen from National Public Data (NPD), a Florida-based data broker company that collects and sells personal data for background checks ...
Oregon Zoo Data Breach Exposes Payment Card Information
The Oregon Zoo's recent data breach serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures in today's digital landscape. With over 117,000 payment card details potentially compromised, this ...
The Inefficiency of People-Search Removal Tools, Massive Data Breach Impacting U.S. Citizens
In episode 342, we discuss the effectiveness of people-search removal tools like DeleteMe and Reputation Defender, based on a study by Consumer Reports. We also cover how almost every American’s social security ...
The C-Suite Conundrum: Are Senior Executives the Achilles’ Heel of Cybersecurity?
C-level executives have insights, access and control over privileged company data, systems and finances. Such information and access are highly coveted by cybercriminals, due to their potential for exploitation and illicit gain ...
Cyber Risk Landscape Peer Report: 4 action items for your organization
Traditional measures to detect and respond to cyberattacks are inadequate to protect organizations against modern data breaches, a new report has found ...
National Public Data Sued for Hack that Exposed Data of 2.9 Billion People
National Public Data, a background check company that collects sensitive personal information, is facing a class-action legal complaint for allowing the data from 2.9 billion people to be stolen in a breach ...
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/2/24
Insight #1 Per IBM, the average cost of a data breach is now closing in on $5 million. You know what causes many of those breaches? Account compromise due to lack of ...
IBM: Cost of Data Breach on Average Reaches $4.9 Million
An IBM analysis of 604 organizations published today finds the average cost of each breach, including lost revenue, has now reached $4.9 million ...
HealthEquity: 4.3 Million People Affected by Data Breach
Some 4.3 million people had their personal and health care information compromised by hackers who were were able to access the data by breaching the account of a business partner of HealthEquity ...
Critical Infrastructure is Under Attack – Next-Gen Zero Trust Can Help Protect
The United States government is ramping up efforts to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, providing guidance to both public and private sectors to strengthen their security and resilience over the next two ...
