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Major threats to your business: human factor

Managing behavioral risk, measuring employee morale, detecting corporate fraud and protecting your staff from blackmailers or undisciplined colleagues — moulding keys to healthy environment and data safety

How EyeMed got to pay for an issue discovered by a breach

How EyeMed got to pay for an issue discovered by a breach

EyeMed is to pay $600,000 to the state of New York to offset possible consequences of poor information security program implementation. The…
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Alex Parfentiev
Jan 31, 2022
What has happened this January, 2022, so far?

What has happened this January, 2022, so far?

According to State Government of Australia, the payroll provider failed to deliver which resulted in a data breach that affected 80,000…
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Alex Parfentiev
Jan 25, 2022
I resolve to… leave those security errors for good in 2021

I resolve to… leave those security errors for good in 2021

The resolutions for businesses to begin the New Year without old mistakes finally cleaning up the awareness mess which never seems to be…
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Alex Parfentiev
Dec 28, 2021
Business continuity and information security integration

Business continuity and information security integration

A business knows how it is to be prepared to a force majeure situation, at least how important this is to ensure business continuity, so…
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Alex Parfentiev
Dec 13, 2021
The hacker turned out to be the former employee

The hacker turned out to be the former employee

As Security Week reports, the hacker attack turned out to be an insider breach. According to the Security Week, Ubiquiti has got the…
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Alex Parfentiev
Dec 8, 2021
Major fraud cases in healthcare revealed this year

Major fraud cases in healthcare revealed this year

According to Fierce Pharma, Pfizer employee, who was later dismissed, had uploaded more than 12,000 documents to her personal Google Drive…
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Alex Parfentiev
Nov 26, 2021
Credit monitoring as most popular offset against data breach

Credit monitoring as most popular offset against data breach

The Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri has been facing the consequences of the recent information security…
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Alex Parfentiev
Oct 21, 2021
Facebook security upgrade decision leaked

Facebook security upgrade decision leaked

The company decided to exempt a number of employees from groups which have access to internal message boards.
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Alex Parfentiev
Oct 15, 2021
The danger of multi-party data breach incidents

The danger of multi-party data breach incidents

A sophisticated network of digital interconnections causes the unavoidable growth of multi-party data breaches.
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Alex Parfentiev
Sep 29, 2021
Dealing with information overexposure

Dealing with information overexposure

According to the recent report made by Varonis, manufacturers risk losing too much data if they don’t manage their internal access rights…
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Alex Parfentiev
Sep 21, 2021
Users are monitored by gadgets. Should we turn down everything digital?

Users are monitored by gadgets. Should we turn down everything digital?

77% people in Russia believe that they are being monitored by their devices. 47% think that intelligence and security service is what they…
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Alex Parfentiev
Sep 15, 2021
SearchInform FileAuditor has added confidential document tagging into MS Office

SearchInform FileAuditor has added confidential document tagging into MS Office

SearchInform announced an update of the SearchInform FileAuditor DCAP system. Now the system allows you to specify the level of document…
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Alex Parfentiev
Sep 8, 2021
How to configure DLP and not to overlook a leak

How to configure DLP and not to overlook a leak

How efficient are DLP systems with preset configurations? Can a system be configured once and for good? Why does a system see violations…
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Alex Parfentiev
Sep 1, 2021
Former employees and foolhardy ransomware attackers

Former employees and foolhardy ransomware attackers

Several information security incidents which have happened recently are all based on utter carefreeness. A former employee in Nijmegen…
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Alex Parfentiev
Aug 27, 2021
Data breach cost rises in South Africa, ransomware incidents grow in Australia

Data breach cost rises in South Africa, ransomware incidents grow in Australia

According to the OAIC (the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner), ransomware-related data breaches rose by 24%. As Australian…
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Alex Parfentiev
Aug 24, 2021
JBS chose to pay ransom

JBS chose to pay ransom

JBS, the largest meat producer, paid a $11 million ransom, according to Andre Nogueira, chief executive of Brazilian JBS SA’s U.S. division…
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Alex Parfentiev
Jun 16, 2021
Top 5 actions to be taken by CEO to increase cybersecurity

Top 5 actions to be taken by CEO to increase cybersecurity

In case you are a CEO there is a set of preventive measures you can take to ensure company’s security and employee trust.
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Alex Parfentiev
Jun 8, 2021
New features in the SearchInform solution: investigation management and blocking on the fly

New features in the SearchInform solution: investigation management and blocking on the fly

Blocking within the agent
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Alex Parfentiev
Jun 7, 2021
Not all DLP systems are equally helpful

Not all DLP systems are equally helpful

How to choose a system and not to get disappointed
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Alex Parfentiev
May 27, 2021
Oursourcing the role of information security officer

Oursourcing the role of information security officer

A company can’t ensure effective data and asset protection having only an IT specialist onboard. The main task of IT department is to make…
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Alex Parfentiev
May 14, 2021
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