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GDPR Strengthens EU Data Privacy

April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Data Privacy

On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in the European Union. The GDPR requires companies to get permission from customers before sharing their data. A company that does not […]

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Cyber Policy Transfers Breach Risk

March 31, 2018April 17, 2018 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Cyber Insurance
Open Country

A cyber insurance policy transfers risk to an insurance company for losses involving a cyber breach. However, a cyber insurance policy is not a substitute for implementing adequate safeguards to secure an organization’s network. Cyber […]

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Facebook Users Allege Privacy Breach

March 26, 2018May 30, 2020 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Data Privacy

A class-action complaint filed against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica (CA) describes how the companies violated the privacy of 50 million users in the summer of 2014. The plaintiffs filed the complaint in a California federal district […]

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Path Clears For Data Breach Plaintiffs

February 27, 2018March 28, 2018 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Cyber Security

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the path for cyber breach plaintiffs to establish standing in their lawsuit against CareFirst. The Supreme Court’s refusal to review the lower appeal court’s decision to grant standing for the plaintiffs […]

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Ransomware Sparks Class Action

February 4, 2018March 26, 2018 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Ransomware
Hospital Hall

On January 25, 2018, Allscripts, a platform service provider for managing electronic health care records, experienced a ransomware attack. The ransomware was a variant of the “SamSam” malware. Allscripts restored its systems with backups, but […]

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Congress Considers Hack Back Law

January 30, 2018October 21, 2019 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Cyber Security
pegasus

Congressional committee findings show that cyber crimes pose a “severe threat” to the economic strength of the United States. The committee found that the threat continues to grow because law enforcement has limited resources to respond […]

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Blockchain Tech Innovations Continue

January 4, 2018May 9, 2019 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Blockchain

Cryptocurrency is a decentralized payment system that operates with peer-to-peer transactions. The system adds each transaction to a permanent ledger, which is transparent to the parties. Processors, called miners, verify these transactions by solving hashing […]

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Google Compels Websites To Use SSL

December 12, 2017January 3, 2019 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Cyber Security

Most states have data breach laws that require companies to secure the personal data of their customers, yet WIRED reported that only 50% of websites use the Internet’s secure HTTPS protocol. With the release of Chrome […]

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FTC Issues Consent Order to Uber

November 29, 2017August 5, 2022 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Cyber Security

Uber, a global transportation technology company, is facing lawsuits and government investigations after the company hid a cyber breach for a year. According to the City of Chicago’s complaint against Uber, in October 2016, hackers […]

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Robot Lawyer Advances Legal Access

October 12, 2017August 18, 2018 Alice M. Porch, Esq., CIPP/US, C|EH, Security+Artificial Intelligence

The year 2017 marks the rise of the robot lawyer. This new concept provides legal help using bots, which have been around since the early days of the Internet. Programmers use bots to do any type […]

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