The UK government has classified data centers as critical national infrastructure, recognizing their importance for society's functioning. The move aims to protect sensitive user data from cyberattacks.

The acquisition comes after reports that rival Wiz had been planning to purchase Lacework for a significantly lower amount. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2024.

Transcend said the $40 million investment will encode privacy controls directly into business systems and address the full personal data privacy life cycle from discovery and classification to responding to data deletion and access requests.

Doctors, clinics and other providers are prohibited from disclosing protected health information related to lawful reproductive healthcare, according to a final rule released Monday by federal regulators to "strengthen" HIPAA privacy.

HHS' Office for Civil Rights in new "frequently asked questions" guidance issued Friday night said it has not yet received breach reports from Change Healthcare, UHG, or any other affected covered entities pertaining to the incident.

Vietnamese financially motivated hackers are targeting businesses across Asia in a campaign to harvest corporate credentials and financial data for resale in online criminal markets.

U.S. federal agencies have until December to implement a series of safeguards that aim to ensure the government is responsibly using artificial intelligence, the White House ordered Thursday.

CISA said the BD product vulnerabilities have a "low attack complexity" and that successful exploitation could allow a malicious actor to compromise sensitive data, hijack a session, modify firmware, and make changes to system configurations.

CISA, in an advisory issued Thursday, said the deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability identified in Medtronic's Paceart Optima, versions 1.11 and earlier, is exploitable remotely and has a low attack complexity.

The FTC made a few bold moves to ramp up its oversight of data privacy, including an effort to codify sweeping changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule and releasing a policy statement warning of greater scrutiny over the use of biometric data.