Mathew J. Schwartz

Executive Editor, DataBreachToday & Europe, ISMG

Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014, where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications. He lives in Scotland.

Patch Now or Risk GDPR Fines Later, Regulator Warns

Mathew J. Schwartz • January 11, 2018

Following the alert over Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is warning that failures to patch today could be punished with fines under GDPR once enforcement of the data protection law begins later this year.

Carphone Warehouse Breach: 'Striking' Failures Trigger Fine

Mathew J. Schwartz • January 10, 2018

Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has been hit with one of the largest fines ever imposed by Britain's data privacy watchdog after an attacker breached its outdated WordPress installation, exposing 3 million customers' and 1,000 employees' personal details.

10 Cybersecurity Trends: What to Expect in 2018

Mathew J. Schwartz • January 2, 2018

Information security truisms: 2017 was the year of more cybersecurity - more attacks, more spending, more defenses, more breaches - and 2018 will see more of everything "cyber," plus GDPR enforcement, proxy wars online and more.

Did Uber Break Breach Notification Minimum-Speed Limits?

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 24, 2017

Uber's tardy data breach notification - one year after the incident occurred - has trigged fresh questions about how quickly companies should come clean after they suffer a cybersecurity incident.

Driving Privacy Regulators Crazy: UK Probes Uber Breach

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 22, 2017

Britain's data privacy watchdog has launched a probe of the massive 2016 data breach suffered by Uber. More than 12 months after the breach, the ride-hailing service is scrambling to notify 57 million individuals across multiple countries that their personal details were exposed.

Business Case: Bug Hunters Need Better Financial Incentives

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 16, 2017

Businesses need to find more ways of incentivizing good researchers to find flaws in technology before bad actors discover them, says Rafael Narezzi, CIO of financial services firm TS Lombard. For every bug hunter with good intentions, how many more are developing weaponized exploits for sale on darknet markets?

UK Cybersecurity Center Issues 'The Dark Overlord' Alert

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 7, 2017

Want to stop the latest cybercrime bogeyman? For the umpteenth time, put in place well-known and proven strategies for repelling online attacks, such as the Australian Signals Directorate's top 4 mitigation strategies for repelling targeted cyber intrusions.

How to Comply With New York's Cybersecurity Regulation

Mathew J. Schwartz • October 10, 2017

New York state's Department of Financial Services is enforcing minimum cybersecurity standards by which all banks and other financial services firms that it regulates must abide. Think of the new regulation "as a playbook or a guidepost," says cybersecurity attorney Paul Ferrillo.

Equifax Breach: Long-term Implications. What Does It Mean for Europe?

Presented by Christopher Greany , Mathew J. Schwartz , David Stubley , Terry Wilson • September 20, 2017

Will the Equifax breach upend the rules of the data breach notification game? Will it even be discussed in another year? Already, the breach is leading to tough questions about how personal data gets stored, sold and secured - or not - in the United States. Equifax also should consider itself lucky that it didn't lose...

Cynic's Guide to the Equifax Breach: Nothing Will Change

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 12, 2017

If the Equifax breach turns out like every other massive data breach we've seen for more than a decade, after a big brouhaha - from Congress, state attorneys general, consumer rights groups and class-action lawsuits - nothing will change, because that would require Congress to give Americans more privacy rights.

Cyber Insurance: A Rising Role in Mitigating Risk for CISOs

Presented by Christopher Burgess , Thomas Clayton , Steven Hadwin , Mathew J. Schwartz • September 8, 2017

The financial risks to organizations from data breaches come from a variety of angles, from share price hits to class-action lawsuits to fines from regulators to reputational damage. As a result, the insurance industry has jumped full steam ahead into cyber. Larger insurers are already helping companies spot and...

Panel: We've Been Breached: Now What? How to Effectively Work with Law Enforcement and Regulators

Presented by Efrene G Sakilayan , Mathew J. Schwartz , David Stubley • September 6, 2017

Too many organizations continue to address breach response from a reactive mode - having a crude disaster-recovery plan in place in case something "does" happen, rather than accepting that something "will" happen and proactively preparing for it. In this session, a panel of legal, technical and law-enforcement experts...

GDPR: Putting 72-Hour Notification into Action and the 'Right to be Forgotten'?

Presented by Jeremy King , Polly Ralph , Mathew J. Schwartz • July 27, 2017

Status check: With just several months to go until any organization that handles Europeans' personal data must comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or GPDR, how prepared are organizations? While the May 25, 2018, enforcement date is fast approaching, EU privacy watchdogs are continuing to issue...

Crypto in Europe: Battle Lines Drawn

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2017

The European Parliament and European Commission are pushing for mandatory end-to-end encrypted communications, and banning backdoors, as part of the EU's rebooted e-privacy regulation. But the move runs counter to anti-crypto rhetoric being spouted by government ministers in Britain and France.

Marissa Mayer Bids Adieu to Yahoo

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 13, 2017

Marissa Mayer bids adieu to Yahoo as Verizon completes its acquisition of the company for $4.48 billion - a $350 million discount gained after the search giant last year revealed that it had suffered two massive data breaches.

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