News in brief: Job seekers' data may have been exposed
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The Guardian Jobs site has suffered a hack that could have exposed the sensitive data of some users.
Personal details included in users' job applications may have been accessed by the hackers, according to an email sent to affected users by Guardian Jobs on Saturday.
For more see Guardian UK Jobs site hacked, user data breached on ZDNet UK.
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1. Guy Churchward, CEO, LogLogic
It’s widely recognised that 100% prevention of these types of violations is very difficult, but organisations need to be even more vigilant in managing processes and procedures for protecting sensitive data and also monitoring access rights (and keeping on top of it – a policy is great, but only if you maintain it!). They need to consider threats and attacks from both internal and external threats and protect all data copies, locations and platforms. It should be actionable in real-time to detect, alert and prevent.
The need to preserve the confidentiality and integrity of data and monitor privileged user activity is driving CIOs and auditors to re-consider their strategy for database security and impose stringent controls across database systems. It’s critical they implement a workable, secure solution and that they not only act upon it, but that they maintain processes and stay up-to-date with patches and controls.
Compliance demands it and the public expect it.