GEICO and Travelers Indemnity Company have agreed to pay $11.3m in fines for poor data security which lead to the exposure of personal data of over 120k New York residents. The companies failed to implement sufficient data security controls. As part of the settlement, both must adopt cyber security best practices.

HSCC Urges White House to Shift Gears on Health Cyber Regs
The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has asked the Trump administration to stop work on a proposed update to the HIPAA security rule and instead