Report: Health care leaders overrate their data privacy policies

Growth in AI makes identity protection vital, lawmaker says | Report: Health care leaders overrate their data privacy policies | Analyst: Make sure casino security systems evolve along with IoT Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( June 27, 2019 [Data Security & Privacy SmartBrief]( [Data Security & Privacy SmartBrief]( [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( ⋅ [ARCHIVE]( [] Top Story [] [Growth in AI makes identity protection vital, lawmaker says]( Cybercriminals are using artificial intelligence technology to steal Social Security numbers, credit and debit card numbers and other sensitive information, making identity theft protection increasingly important, says Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill. He warns that such information can easily and quickly be sold on the dark web. [Forbes]( (6/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Data Security & Privacy [] [Report: Health care leaders overrate their data privacy policies]( Report: Health care leaders overrate their data privacy policies (Pixabay) A report by Integris Software finds that health care executives place too much confidence in their data privacy maturity in light of the actual effectiveness of their policies. Seventy percent of respondents expressed strong confidence in their management of sensitive data, despite 50% saying their personal data inventory is updated only once a year, at most. The researchers noted that a majority of respondents implement data security measures for regulatory compliance rather than to build a comprehensive data protection strategy. [Health IT Security]( (6/21) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Analyst: Make sure casino security systems evolve along with IoT]( A hack two years ago into the sensors for a casino's fish tank led to a breach into proprietary casino data as well as informational data -- just one alarming example of the risks of newer technology with an ever-increasing number of connected sensors. Casinos should consider employing AI to keep track of device activity from day one and using better internet of things security for network access controls, 451 Research analyst John Spooner says. [Ars Technica]( (6/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Cyber Risk [] [Cyberinsurers struggle with lack of historical data, experts say]( The lack of historical data in cyberinsurance is causing underwriters to remain tepid about expansion in the space, said Brian Meredith of UBS Group. A willingness by the government to share cyber-related data "would be instrumental" in helping the insurance industry "get its arms around this risk and really grow it and price it better," said Robert Hauff of Wells Fargo Securities. [Insurance Journal]( (6/18) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] By the Numbers [] [Calif. leads nation in records-exposed incidents]( California is first in the nation for number of records exposed and data breaches, followed by New York and Texas, owing to the large number of data-rich companies in those states, a new study by Comparitech found. In the past decade, 5.6 billion records have been exposed in California; New York had 239 million records exposed; and Texas had 288 million exposed. [Infosecurity (U.K.)]( (6/21) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] - [Breach at Ore. human services agency exposes info of 645K patients]( Statesman-Journal (Salem, Ore.) (tiered subscription model) (6/18) [] Practice & Policy [] [Good data can be a challenge for Industry 4.0]( Industry 4.0 is meant to improve visibility, monitoring and decision-making while reducing manual work, but there remain challenges related to security and gathering enough quality data for algorithms. "Even when there's good collaboration, there's another problem for many predictive models: while there's plenty of data available, most of it is about normal operations rather than failures (which is how it should be -- a smoothly running plant shouldn't be suffering a lot of failures)," writes Sean Gallagher. [Ars Technica]( (6/18), [Ars Technica]( (6/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] - [Commentary: Major security exposures offer lessons for reducing cyberrisk]( Bloomberg Law (free content) (6/20) [] Editor's Note [] SmartBrief will not publish July 4 In observance of Independence Day in the US, Data Security & Privacy SmartBrief will not publish July 4. 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