The Federal Trade Commission has been urged by Senate Democrats, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to launch an investigation on possible Twitter data security concerns since Elon Musk's acquisition of the microblogging site last month, according to CyberScoop.
The U.S. Department of Defense has been found by the Government Accountability Office to be at risk of having inadequate visibility of cyber threats due to incomplete information on most of its cyber incident reports, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Until Sen. Mark Warner’s proposal for a cybersecurity incentivization program, healthcare leaders expressed frustration over government proposals for new frameworks rather than building off past foundational efforts.
Automated security compliance provider Laika has landed $50 million in Series C funding, which will be allocated toward bolstering its platform's functionality, according to TechCrunch.
According to the terms of the settlements, Experian, one of the big-three credit reporting agencies, will bear a $13.67 million fine for security incidents in 2012 and 2015 while T-Mobile will pay $2.43 million for its part in the 2015 Experian breach. Both companies have agreed to take steps to improve their security measures.
The ‘safe harbor’ provision of the HITECH Act mandates the HHS OCR to consider recognized best practices after a healthcare data breach. Its new video outlines the required evidence.
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