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Compliance chaos: NY regulators see a data breach — then focus on IT errors

The age-old IT defense when compliance violations are investigated by regulators is to try and keep a low profile — and hope no one looks too closely. But with enhanced SEC interest in all data breaches encouraging regulators around the globe to take those closer looks at IT, data breach disclosure rules are becoming more…

Humanix expands detection to identify live violations of security procedures

Humanix has announced a capability to identify live violations of organization-defined procedures governing IT support workflows. Designed to prevent unauthorized access, these procedures typically require help desk and service desk agents to follow identity verification steps before fulfilling sensitive requests, such as credential resets. Attackers have learned that pressuring agents to bypass these safeguards is…