Capital One data breach affected over 106 million people, 140,000 Social Security numbers, 80,000 bank account numbers,1,000,000 Social Insurance Numbers … The breach had taken place about 4 months back however it took some time before the breach was realised, in-fact it took an external… Read More »Capital One Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
This is a summary of the panel discussion at Security Symposium & Cyber Sentinel Award by Infocon global. The panel discussion was moderated by Jitendra Chauhan (Head of Engineering at FireCompass) along with Balaram (CISO, Manthan), Anath Kumar Ms (Head-IT Assurance & Security, Janalaxmi Financial… Read More »(Panel Discussion) Shadow IT: You Cannot Protect What You Can’t See
$700m to be paid by credit score agency Equifax as part of a settlement for data breach in 2017. The breach is known to expose data of at least 147 million people. It is FTC’s largest data-breach settlement, much above the uber penalty of $148m. (Free… Read More »Equifax To Pay $700m As Data Breach Settlement
Why It Happened ? Marriott faces a fine of $124 million proposed by UK regulators under the EU’s new privacy rules. Before being discovered, the breach persisted for 4 years, dated back to 2014 but was not discovered until November 2018. Marriott said the long-running… Read More »Marriott Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
$230m fine proposed as penalty to British Airways from the Information Commissioner’s Office for the data breach that is believed to have affected thousands of their customers between April and June 2018. The breach was disclosed in September. (Free Demo) Discover Your Attack Surface Now Why It… Read More »British Airways Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
(NASA Hacked) On 21 June, 2019 major news channels disclosed a major hack on NASA. Hackers were able to gain unauthorized access using Raspberry Pi and stole ‘Mars Mission Data’ and breached ‘NASA’s satellite dish network’. This happened around April 2018 and went unnoticed for… Read More »NASA Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
In recent past there have been some major breaches and some key reasons responsible for the breach were Shadow IT, Leaked Credentials, 3rd Party/Vendor Risks. Major breaches like American Express, Uber, Dropbox, Dunkin Donuts, British Airways & many more. This research was in line with this to… Read More »Shocking Results From Hidden Internet – Exposed Database,Leaked Passwords, Code Leaks & more
This free document is on Free 3rd Party Information Security Assessment Guideline (Courtesy Cybersecurity Malaysia). Cybersecurity Malaysia has made this great document with authors Nor’azuwa Muhamad Pahri and Noor Aida Idris Third Party Information Assessment Guideline Includes –Â Pre-Assessment Roles & Responsibilities for Organisations Develop… Read More »Free 3rd Party Information Security Assessment Guideline
This document is on Supplier Security Assessment Questionnaire (SSAQ) (Security self-Assessment and Reporting) (Courtesy Halkyn Consulting). This includes the following sections – Document Control Supplier Name & Address Assessment Completed by Date of assessment Additional Documents ProvidedRelevant Network Diagram Relevant Security Diagram Relevant System Architecture… Read More »Free Supplier Security Assessment Questionnaire
This free document is on 3rd party data security assurance (Courtesy UCF, Information Security Office, VR Program). The document is made in a way such that vendors must answer the questions in a yes/no. Third Party/ Vendor Data Security Assurance Questionnaire (SAQ)Document covers questions from various sections… Read More »Free Third Party Data Security Assurance Questionnaire
