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A court in Illinois has issued an opinion clarifying how the statute of limitations should be applied to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). In what The National Law Review described as “a highly anticipated ruling,” the Illinois Appellate Court published an opinion that while a one-year deadline would be applied to claims based on unlawful profit or disclosure, claims relating to data retention policy disclosure, informed consent, and safeguarding would have a limitation period of five years. …

What is Cloud Workload Protection? Cloud Workload Protection is the process of keeping workloads that move across different cloud environments secure. The entire workload must be functional for a cloud-based application to work properly without introducing any security risks. Cloud workload protection is therefore fundamentally different from application security on a desktop machine. Today, many organizations are in flux with these environments and leverage a hybrid cloud model with a combination of infrastructure on-premises and…

Specops recently released a roundup of the top 20 TV shows found on breached password lists. These shows offer plenty of entertainment, but aren’t ideal for password inspiration. Sorry, “Cheers” fans. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock Forgotten passwords can be a time suck and a general drag. As a result, people often resort to less than ideal cybersecurity strategies. On Monday, Specops Software, a password management and authentication company, released a roundup of the popular TV shows…

Attackers can easily buy, deploy and scale phishing campaigns to steal credentials and other sensitive data, says Microsoft. Image: iStock/OrnRin Just as many legitimate businesses outsource operations and services, so do cybercriminals. Cybercrime as a service has expanded to malware, ransomware and even phishing campaigns. A Microsoft blog post published on Tuesday looks at one specific phishing-as-a-service operation and the danger it poses to organizations. SEE: Social engineering: A cheat sheet for business professionals (free PDF) (TechRepublic)   Named BulletProofLink,…

If you’re an IT leader navigating the challenges of a multi-cloud world, you’re certainly not alone. These days, the question isn’t “should we use more than one cloud provider?” but rather, “what is the best multi-cloud strategy for our organization?”   With most businesses today using two or more public clouds, multi-cloud has become the norm. In a recent survey, we found that 80% of organizations plan to have a distributed cloud across public, private, and edge instances.    This shift certainly makes sense, as organizations of all types can benefit from a multi-cloud strategy. Multi-cloud is flexible and agile, allowing you to customize your strategy based…