{"id":7267,"date":"2024-05-29T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T22:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T22:25:07","slug":"report-on-3-8-million-response-to-the-moveit-cybersecurity-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/report-on-3-8-million-response-to-the-moveit-cybersecurity-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on $3.8 Million Response to The MOVEit Cybersecurity Breach."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nova Scotia has strengthened government\u2019s cybersecurity and improved the Province&#8217;s ability to respond to cyberthreats since Nova Scotians\u2019 personal information was stolen in the MOVEit breach one year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Province is also committed to further action on the evolving issues around cybersecurity as outlined in its final report on the breach, released today, May 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to be able to say we will never face another cybersecurity breach. Cyberthreats are unfortunately a reality in the world we now live in. Everyone \u2013 governments, private companies and people \u2013 are all at risk. We must take steps to protect ourselves,\u201d said Cyber Security and Digital Solutions Minister Colton LeBlanc. \u201cWe learned important lessons from the MOVEit breach and our response to it. We made changes immediately, and we\u2019ll continue to strengthen our defences to keep Nova Scotians\u2019 information as safe as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Province has already acted on recommendations in the report. The recommendations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>enhance security within the MOVEit file transfer system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improve how data is classified and managed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ensure there is enhanced capacity to respond to large-scale breaches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>continuously review and adapt the overall cybersecurity strategy to strengthen the ability to respond to large-scale events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>require all staff to take mandatory cybersecurity awareness training every year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>work closely with other jurisdictions, across Canada and around the world, to share information and build capacity in Nova Scotia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, responding to the MOVEit breach cost $3.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t measure an organization\u2019s success in cyber-resiliency by a lack of events or incidents. I measure it by how well they handle it, how clearly they explain it and how they apply the lessons they&#8217;ve learned. By that measure, Nova Scotia has done well. They showed tremendous leadership following last year\u2019s MoveIt breach, demonstrating a strong command of the situation and outstanding transparency in response efforts.\u201d<br><em>\u2014 David Shipley, co-founder and CEO, Beauceron Security Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the MOVEit vulnerability happened on May 30 and 31, 2023, impacting governments and private companies around the world that used this file transfer service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Province sent out more than 168,000 notification letters to Nova Scotians whose personal information was breached<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>people affected included retired teachers, civil servants, people who received parking tickets in Halifax Regional Municipality and 1,923 patients whose personal health information was stolen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>credit monitoring was offered to those whose sensitive personal information, including social insurance numbers and financial data, was stolen; 30,000 people signed up for the service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>MOVEit public report:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/privacy-breach\/\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/privacy-breach\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Centre for Cyber Security:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gc.ca\/en\">https:\/\/www.cyber.gc.ca\/en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nova Scotia has strengthened government\u2019s cybersecurity and improved the Province&#8217;s ability to respond to cyberthreats since Nova Scotians\u2019 personal information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7269,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions\/7269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}