Breach Prevention
The compliance risks of social media
Posted on May 29 2012 by bkrenek
Tweet Organizations are adopting social media tools within their networks at increasing rates, yet the legal and compliance risks are often not fully understood or addressed. A recent Forrester report noted that more than half of security decision-makers and influencers at enterprises reported that they were “concerned” or “very concerned” about the inability to meet [...]
ITRC report identifies top three data breach triggers
Posted on May 07 2012 by ofonseca
Tweet For a company, a data breach can seem like it comes out of the blue. Yet, according to analysis by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the three primary causes of data breaches have remained the same since 2009: Hacking Data on the move Insider theft ITRC has been releasing an annual Breach Report since [...]
Responding resourcefully to medical data breaches
Posted on Apr 26 2012 by bkrenek
Tweet It’s safe to say that healthcare data is/are under attack. Breaches of medical records increased 97% from 2010 to 2011 according to HHS data. Statistics like that lend new urgency and importance to gatherings such as the upcoming HCCA 2012 Compliance Institute. Be prepared: Does your organization observe security protocols and have controls [...]
Big data can mean big breaches
Posted on Mar 27 2012 by ofonseca
Tweet As companies accumulate vast amount of data to improve their business intelligence, the risks of data breaches accumulate accordingly. While organizations are rapidly increasing their ability to store, process and analyze huge amount of information collected from social networks, sensors, IT systems and other sources, they’re often failing to consider that much of this [...]
When data recovery becomes a data disaster
Posted on Feb 21 2012 by ofonseca
Tweet Your server crashed. You dropped your storage device. Your computer drive failed. And there’s no back-up in sight. Who ya gonna call? A data recovery vendor, of course. Not so fast. Before you madly dial for help, beware of unscrupulous providers who turn data recovery services into data breach scams. According to a recent [...]
Expanding the scope of security testing
Posted on Feb 15 2012 by tbowers
Continual testing is one of the main tenants of data breach prevention. Your network has to remain secure to ward off attacks. The typical security test, known as a penetration test, provides a point-in-time view of your security, limiting your scope of analysis.
Students and cyber defense
Posted on Feb 07 2012 by bkrenek
This vulnerability, combined with the fact that stealing personal information from minors can go undetected for years, is just part of the reason why minors are 51 times more likely to suffer from identity theft than adults.
Five top trends in security threats
Posted on Jan 31 2012 by ofonseca
Just as technology is continuously evolving, so are the wily ways in which fraudsters circumvent the safeguards for changing technologies. Symantec’s study Internet Security Threat Report offers a review of where cyber thieves are finding new opportunities and, accordingly, where experts believe the thorniest security trouble spots lie.
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