Tag: #dataprotection
Top cybersecurity companies are instrumental in mitigating the financial toll of cybercrime, a growing concern as global cybercrime damage costs are projected to hit $9.5 trillion USD annually by 2024, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. This staggering figure breaks down to $793 billion USD per month and $182.5 billion USD every week, highlighting the urgent need […]
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) has been fined €91 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for improperly storing user passwords in plaintext, violating multiple General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) articles. The penalty stems from a 2019 incident, where Meta discovered that hundreds of millions of user passwords were left unsecured on its internal systems. […]
Cybersecurity best practices for small businesses are no longer optional—they are essential, especially for small, rural agricultural enterprises. These businesses often operate under the false assumption that their small size or remote location shields them from cyberattacks. However, as Lauri M. Baker, Cheryl R. Boyer, and Russell Boyer emphasize in their study Selling Safely: Cybersecurity […]