Data Security

The Register reports that former U.S. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ambassador and Federal Communications Commission Executive Karen Kornbluh has warned about the national security risk concerning the massive proliferation of Americans' data.

Cisco says no sensitive customer or employee data, intellectual property or supply chain operations were exposed in ransomware attack.

Myths around digital health data amid the abortion conflict pose greater risk to women’s privacy and safety. As part of the 2022 Women in IT Security, SC Media spoke to a force in women's health and privacy about the current state of digital health controls to disbunk myths and find ways to protect providers, and their female patients.

Georgia-based art school Savannah College of Art and Design had hundreds of students' and employees' data exposed following a recent ransomware attack, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

CNN reports that the Internal Revenue Service has confirmed having accidentally leaked some non-profits' and tax-exempt organizations' taxpayer information after The Wall Street Journal initially reported that the inadvertent data exposure affected up to 120,000 individuals.

Samsung has affirmed being impacted by a data breach that compromised some U.S. customers' information, TechCrunch reports.

Netwrix warns the education sector that as they plan to have 56% of their workloads in the cloud by the end of 2023, they’ll need proper visibility into sensitive data to keep their networks safe.