What is SEC Cybersecurity?

Learn about how the Securities and Exchange Commission views cybersecurity, examples of how the SEC enforces the financial market, and more in this week's Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car IP

Federal agents apprehended a former Apple employee last week suspected of stealing intellectual property, including engineering schematics on the company's secret self-driving car technology.

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USB the Hard Way

Apple made it trickier for anyone looking to download the contents of an iOS device this week with a new feature that prevents USB accessories from communicating with devices that haven't been unlocked in an hour.

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Sinovel Fined $1.5M in IP Theft Case

Sinovel, a Chinese turbine manufacturer behind one of the decade's classic insider threat cases, was ordered to pay $1.5M by a federal judge last week for the theft of trade secrets.

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20 Information Security Tips for Hospitals

Encryption, monitoring data access, and ensuring there's a recovery plan in place: In this week's Data Protection 101 we countdown 20 information security tips designed to help hospitals better safeguard sensitive patient data.

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What is a Data Classification Policy?

Learn about data classification policies, benefits, examples, and best practices, in this week's Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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California Passes Rigorous New Data Privacy Bill

California passed a sweeping data privacy bill on Thursday believed to be the strictest in the nation. The law will give consumers the ability to ask what data companies have on them and to sue over data breaches.

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Mozilla Fixes Critical Flaws, Adds Have I Been Pwned Integration in Firefox

The latest version of Firefox includes a new feature that integrates Have I Been Pwned, a service by security expert Troy Hunt that alerts users if their credentials have been compromised.

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What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?

Learn what the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is, who it impacts, and how to implement it in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Tesla Data Theft Case Illustrates the Danger of the Insider Threat

Tesla filed a lawsuit against a former employee this week after it learned he made changes to company source code and exported gigabytes of proprietary data to unknown third parties.

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