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DOJ Will Use False Claims Act to Target Cybersecurity Fraud

October 15, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
Breach Notification, Breach response, Compliance, Cyber Fraud, Cybersecurity, Data Mapping and Inventory, Department of Justice, Government Contracting, Risk Management

On October 6, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. The DOJ will utilize the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. The False Claims Act was enacted during the Civil War to stamp out fraud…

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2020 News in Review

January 4, 2021
Tim Crino
Africa, Artificial Intelligence, Banks, Biometric, Brazil, Breach prevention, Breach response, Business Continuity, C-Suite, Canada, CCPA, CISO, CMMC, CNIL, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, COVID-19, Cyber Fraud, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Rights Management (DRM), data trusts, differential privacy, DPO, Dubai, European Union, Federal Reserve, Federated Learning, Financial Services, GDPR, GLBA, Governance, Government Contracting, Hiring, Hybrid, International Agreements, Investigations, Japan, Machine Learning, New York State, NIST, Penalties and Enforcement, Phishing, Privacy, Privacy Shield, Project Management, Resilience, State Laws, Third Party Compliance, United Kingdom, US Regulatory, Work from Home

Week Ending December 28 ICO Warns SolarWinds Victims to Report Breaches The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to organizations compromised by the SolarWinds breach. The breach, which was carried out by Russian hackers, affected more than 18000 organizations worldwide. ICO requires UK data controllers subject to NIS regulations to report…

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What We Can Learn From the SolarWinds Breach

December 22, 2020
Max Totsky
Breach prevention, Breach response, Business Continuity, Consumer Privacy, Cyber Fraud, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Government Contracting, Privacy, Third Party Compliance

SolarWinds, a network management software company, found itself the direct victim of an insidious malware breach last week that had been in the works for months. The hack involved the installation of malware onto an updated version of their software, which was downloaded by over 18,000 customers, including approximately 421 Fortune 500 companies–and large swaths…

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ADCG names Sowmya Kandregula to Advisory Board

June 19, 2020
Joy Meason Intriago
Cyber Fraud, Cybercrime, Press Release, Training and Education

The Association for Cyber and Data Governance, a professional association that provides data governance, data privacy, data protection, and cyber compliance information and education to professionals in the financial services industry, has appointed Sowmya Tejha Kandregula to the Advisory Board Member effective immediately. Sowmya Tejha Kandregula, a senior data governance leader with over 14 years of…

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ADCG names Recognized Cyber Risk Expert, Jody R. Westby, to Advisory Board

May 19, 2020
Joy Meason Intriago
Cyber Fraud, Cybersecurity, Press Release, Privacy

The Association for Data and Cyber Governance announced the appointment of Jody R. Westby to its Advisory Board. “Jody Westby is someone to be reckoned with in the field of cyber risk and cyber governance as one of the world’s leading authorities on these subjects. In the early days of a global awakening to cybercrime,…

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ADCG names OSINT expert, Sandra Stibbards to Advisory Board

May 11, 2020
Joy Meason Intriago
Cyber Fraud, Cybercrime, Investigations, Press Release, Training and Education

Sandra Stibbards, a respected investigative and intelligence expert in diverse subjects such as financial fraud, competitive intelligence, counterintelligence, business espionage, intellectual property, online vulnerabilities and other areas, has been named to the Advisory Board of the Association for Data and Cyber Governance. “We are delighted to have the expertise and guidance of a seasoned professional…

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Best Practices for Cybersecurity During Social Distancing

March 18, 2020
Max Totsky
Breach prevention, Business Continuity, Compliance, Cyber Fraud, Cybersecurity, Phishing, Privacy

It’s unusual that a cybersecurity news organization has the chance to report on a biological virus instead of a software virus. But here we are. The rapid-fire spread of COVID-19 has turned the world on its head, and it’s safe to say that a lot of changes are in store for the foreseeable future. While…

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Phishing Schemes are Only Getting More Sophisticated

January 5, 2020
Tim Crino
Cyber Fraud, Phishing

Pretexting is the New Phishing Email phishing schemes may seem like a tactic from bygone days – when the internet was new and users still reeled from the novelty. But the reality is that, according to Proofpoint’s Phishing Statistics and News report, email-based phishing attacks quadrupled in Q3 of 2018 over the previous quarter. These…

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