On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) further tightened requirements to safeguard customers’ financial information in the hands of financial institutions, with their release of a new amendment (Amendment) to...more
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A major vulnerability (known as Log4j or Logshell) within Java-based applications is impacting millions of applications around the world. This issue affects most industries and is very dangerous if applications are not...more
In this first session in our Cybersecurity Awareness Series, discover how to implement the “ounce of prevention, pound of cure” approach–specifically, what your organization can do to create a cybersecurity plan and...more
Not every cybersecurity threat is ransomware. Phishing is cybersecurity’s biggest threat. It’s one of the most common ways hackers can “get into” your organization, and it can result in much more than identity theft. In the...more
In the second session in our Cybersecurity Awareness Series, learn the ins and outs of preparing your organization’s staff for a potentially damaging situation–whether created by accident or by a malicious outsider–by running...more
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published data security guidance on their business blog that should be taken seriously by any corporate board. The article, “Corporate Boards: Don’t Underestimate Your Role in...more
As the roughly 18,000 organizations, government agencies and educational institutions continue to recover from last year’s SolarWinds nation-state attack, one of the biggest takeaways from this event is that organizations...more
A putative consumer class action filed in California state court on Friday the 18th against Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc. (Petco) and its wholly owned subsidiary PupBox Inc. (PupBox) alleges that between February and...more