Here’s a roundup of my cartoons and blog posts for 2024. CARTOONS Notice and Choice Personal Data
2024 Highlights: Cartoons and Blog Posts
Tag: Data Breach
Archive of all posts about data breach by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
Cybersecurity and Privacy Resources
Here are some great cybersecurity and privacy resources. Are Many Privacy Violations Also Data Breaches? Unifying Privacy and Data Security Data Security Whiteboard The Funniest Hacker Stock Photos 5.0 Data Security Courses The Failure of Data Security Law
2023 Highlights: Cartoons, Webinars and Blog Posts
Here’s a roundup of my cartoons, webinars and blog posts for 2023. CARTOONS Tech Companies, Innovation, and Regulation Halloween AI Algorithm Training
The Future of Cybersecurity Insurance and Litigation: An Interview with Kimberly Horn
Cybersecurity litigation is currently at a crossroads. Courts have struggled in these cases, coming out in wildly inconsistent ways about whether a data breach causes harm. Although the litigation landscape is uncertain, there are some near certainties about cybersecurity generally: There will be many data breaches, and they will be terrible and costly. We thus […]
Data Security Is Worsening: 2017 Was the Worst Year Yet
Every year, we hear about how climate change is worsening. It seems the same story is happening with data security. Last year was the worst year in recorded data breach history. More than 5,200 breaches were reported in 2017, with more than 7.8 billion records compromised. By comparison, there are 7.6 billion people on Earth, […]
Game of Risks: An Interview with Adam Levin on the HBO Breach, Cybersecurity Insurance, and Cyber Risks
Recently, HBO suffered a massive data breach. The hackers stole unreleased episodes of Game of Thrones and have been leaking them before they are broadcast. Episodes of other shows were also stolen. The hackers grabbed 1.5 terabytes of data including sensitive internal documents.
When Do Data Breaches Cause Harm?
Harm has become the key issue in data breach cases. During the past 20 years, there have been hundreds of lawsuits over data breaches. In many cases, the plaintiffs have evidence to establish that reasonable care wasn’t used to protect their data. But the cases have often been dismissed because courts conclude that the […]
New Security Training Program: Social Engineering: Spies and Sabotage
I am pleased to announce the launch of our new training program, Social Engineering: Spies and Sabotage. This course is a short module (~7 minutes long) that provides a general introduction to social engineering. After discussing several types of social engineering (phishing, baiting, pretexting, and tailgaiting), the course provides advice for avoiding these tricks and […]
The High Cost of Phishing and the ROI of Phishing Training
A study recently revealed that nearly 25% of data breaches involve phishing, and it is the second most frequent data security threat companies face. Phishing is an enormous problem, and it is getting worse. In a staggering statistic, on average, a company with 10,000 employees will spend $3.7 million per year handling phishing attacks.
The FTC Has the Authority to Enforce Data Security: FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
by Daniel J. Solove The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit just affirmed the district court decision in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., No. 14-3514 (3rd. Cir. Aug. 24, 2015). The case involves a challenge by Wyndham to an Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement action emerging out of data breaches at the Wyndham. […]