To reduce the vulnerability to a cyber breach and mitigate the damage that results if such a breach does occur, every professional service company should engage in this five-step data security risk management process.

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In this age of data breaches, malware, ransomware, and phishing attempts, small and mid-sized businesses can no longer operate under the premise that th

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Sharing information on the internet while making sure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands will be a balancing act, said IBM General Counsel Michelle Browdy to an audience of students and faculty members at the University of Maryland, Baltimore ...

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A Maryland bill would incentivize investors to put their funds in Maryland cybersecurity companies, attempting to overcome an apparent lack of capital for the state’s startups. The bill also brings in an administration plan to create a “Buy Maryland” program ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said only about 20 out of a targeted 150 state officials have full security clearances needed to receive classified information on cybersecurity threats to their elections, with the midterm congressional primaries already underway. Nielsen, under ...

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A report found that half of its survey respondents who paid a ransom to hackers to get their data back didn't recover their data.

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Joseph Greenwald & Laake P.A. has recently added a new practice area in data privacy and cybersecurity, with a focus on compliance, government investigations and enforcement actions, data privacy litigation and transactional support, the firm announced Wednesday. With businesses facing ...

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The Maryland Joint Insurance Association left data about some of its customers exposed online, but there's no evidence it was accessed improperly.

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Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. launched a new initiative to make a standard for personal and financial data security.

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Fidelis Cybersecurity Inc., a Bethesda firm, announced a new module for its Elevate security platform aimed at tricking cyberattackers.

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