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November 2018

Marriott Starwood Hotels Breach: Details on 500 Million Guests Compromised

Global hotel chain Marriott has revealed that it suffered a significant data breach with the data of 500 million customers possibly compromised by attackers. Marriott received an alert on September 8 from a security tool regarding an unauthorized attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database. Upon inspection, the company discovered that there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood network since 2014.

The 5 Stages of Compliance Audit Grief

Some of us will need therapy during and after an audit - that's not unusual - but can a Compliance Audit really bring about the same feelings as other forms of grief? Furthermore, if this really is the case then, by extension, could we coach ourselves through the compliance audit process to become more effective at dealing with future audit situations?