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NEW TECH: CyberGRX seeks to streamline morass of third-party cyber risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level.

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Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Schneier on Security

The boundaries between research and grey data are blurring, making it more difficult to assess the risks and responsibilities associated with any data collection. Many sets of data, both research and grey, fall outside privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, and PII.

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Insurance and Ransomware

Schneier on Security

It is important to remember that the primary purpose of cyber insurance is not to improve cyber security, but to transfer residual risk. As such, it should be one of many tools that governments and businesses can draw on to manage cyber risk more effectively. Often, that’s paying the ransom.

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Debunking the Misconception That CRQ Requires a Lot of Data Collection

Security Boulevard

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post Debunking the Misconception That CRQ Requires a Lot of Data Collection appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

A Data Privacy Impact Assessment, or DPIA , is a formal assessment of the privacy risks of your data processing activities. The purpose of conducting a DPIA is to identify and assess the potential impact of these risks on individuals’ rights and freedoms from your proposed processing operations.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Management Problems Have Created a Privacy Nightmare For Americans – Even Without Vaccine Passports

Joseph Steinberg

In some cases, Voice-over-IP numbers are not acceptable as cellphone numbers either – meaning that registrants must increase their cyber-risk by providing their actual cellphone numbers to a party that has offered no information about how that data will be protected. Provide as little information as possible to vaccinators.

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The Best 10 Vendor Risk Management Tools

Centraleyes

Let’s discuss an acronym reshaping the business world: Vendor Risk Management , or VRM. With supply chains extending across multiple regions and involving numerous third-party vendors, organizations face unprecedented challenges in managing vendor risks effectively. What risks are you facing?

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