In early september, Yves Rocher warned about a data leak of millions of its customers. An exposed database left by a third party vendor was the cause of the breach. A server owned by Aliznet (serves IBM, Salesforce, Sephora, Louboutin) had an exposed database of Yves Rocher with millions of… Read More »Yves Rocher Breach (2.5 Million Canadian Customers Affected)
8 American Cities were affected by this breach. Click2Gov is a popular software solution used by local governments for receiving parking tickets or taxes. The software was developed by Superion. It’s a popular municipality payment software. Gemini said it had found at least 46 compromised U.S. locations and one in… Read More »Click2Gov Breach (8 American Cities Affected)
24 million customers is approximated to be affected through this third party breach. The data breach experienced by American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a third-party bill-collection vendor for the health institutions, affected 17 health institutions including the United States’ biggest lab testing companies, Quest and LabCorps. The affected institutes include Quest… Read More »American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) Data Breach : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn? (24 Million Customers Affected)
Cable One Inc. on 16 August 2019, said that a data breach earlier this year could have affected the personal information of some current and former employees, but also could have reached some of those employees’ family members. Although Cable One (NYSE: CABO) said it is not aware of any… Read More »Cable One Data Breach : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
Vendor or enterprise third party risk related breaches are at an all time high. Several of the high profile breaches like Uber, Amazon, British Airways & more has been caused due to 3rd party. Most of the major security related framework, guidelines, compliance and regulations has made 3rd party risk management a mandatory part of overall security program. Following are the key steps for building an effective third party risk management (vendor risk management) program.