Data Security

Showing 1 to 10 of 19 articles

UIDAI Begins Hunt for Top Hackers to Identify Bugs in Aadhaar Data Security

UIDAI has called out the top 100 hackers on the bug bounty leader boards to identify any potential bugs in the Aadhaar data security which holds the data of over 1.32 billion Indians. The program will help UIDAI in better governance and delivery.

Staff Reporter Jul 19, 2022 2 min read Public Utilities

Feds Raid Dark Web Market Selling Data on 24 Million Americans

SSNDOB sold email addresses, passwords, credit card numbers, SSNs and more

Staff Reporter Jun 8, 2022 3 min read News

South Mediterranean Countries Face the Challenge of Protecting Personal Data

South Mediterranean countries should be aware of the “necessity” associated with the protection of personal data. These policies are not used adequately when cases such as identity theft, loss or theft of personal data are filed every day.

Staff Reporter Jun 5, 2022 2 min read

Banking-Related Phishing Scams on the Rise Again in Singapore; Police Flag at Least 28 Cases Since May

At least 28 victims collectively lost S$114,000 to banking-related phishing scams since the start of May, the police said.

Staff Reporter Jun 5, 2022 3 min read

DGSN Morocco Receives African Excellence E-government Award

The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), Kingdom of Morocco, has won the "African Excellence E-Government Award", in recognition of the advanced level of services provided by the new generation of the national electronic identity document.

Staff Reporter May 31, 2022 2 min read News

Report Explores Child’s Data Safety Legislation Across 50 Countries

Pro-consumer website Comparitech has released a new report exploring legislation about child data collection in the world’s top 50 countries by gross domestic product (GDP). The document assessed 23 different aspects of these policies to assess whether specific legislation was in place for children’s online data or not.

Staff Reporter May 26, 2022 3 min read

Texas Department of Information Resources and Angelo State University to Pilot Regional Security Operations Center

The RSOC will offer network security infrastructure that local governments can utilize and give university students hands-on experience to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow.

Staff Reporter Apr 18, 2022 3 min read

Boom in Digital Identity Documents Market Predicted, but Privacy Issues Remain

Digital identity issuance and verification systems for e-government powered pandemic support measures, but trust/privacy issues need addressing: marketing study.

Staff Reporter Apr 13, 2022 2 min read

Manchester Universities’ SPRITE+ Network Secures Grant to Develop Its Work

SPRITE+ was created in 2019, as part of the EPSRC’s Digital Economy programme, to foster engagement between academic and non-academic communities and provide a platform for building interdisciplinary collaborations to address challenges related to the future of digital trust, identity, privacy, and security (TIPS).

Staff Reporter Mar 18, 2022 3 min read

Poor Data Sanitization Practices Put Public Sector Data at Risk

Research launched by Blancco Technology Group reveals current practices and policies for device sanitization within the public sector.

Staff Reporter Mar 14, 2022 4 min read Cybersecurity

RSS 2.0 Feed

Subscribe to Data Security

Stay up to date with the latest Data Security articles, analyses, and policy briefings in your feed reader.

Subscribe to Feed