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In a recent report, Ernst and Young noted that stronger breach notification requirements are among the top privacy trends for 2011. Governments around the...

May 10, 2011 by ofonseca

With numerous different breaches affecting so many people as of late, millions of consumers are receiving emails from trusted brands noting that customer emails...

May 3, 2011 by bkrenek

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 54 banking-related data breaches in 2010, down from the 62 breaches reported in 2009 but...

April 26, 2011 by ofonseca

According to Ponemon Institute’s Second Annual Survey on Medical Identity Theft, we estimate that more than 1.49 million Americans have been targeted by this...

April 19, 2011 by lponemon

More than 1500 tax scams reportedly target consumers and businesses through hundreds of thousands of scam emails; many use phishing to fool anxious taxpayers...

April 5, 2011 by ofonseca

Today's headlines trumpet yet another high-profile medical data breach, this time through Health Net. This corporate catastrophe reminds us of the increasing hazard of...

March 29, 2011 by bkrenek

Gift cards are a growing market for businesses and should be treated as valuable sales currency, with the same risks of consumer fraud and...

March 22, 2011 by ofonseca

With some precautions, your business can safely navigate through hazardous shipping channels without fear of data...

March 15, 2011 by bkrenek

For businesses that don’t comply with these new regulations, stiff penalties will be added to the burdensome costs of breaches (and how can you...

March 1, 2011 by ofonseca

The proliferation of state data breach notification laws, substantive state information security laws (such as the Massachusetts data security standards), and FTC and private...

February 22, 2011 by rfreeman

While state laws requiring “reasonable” data security have had a positive impact, data breach notification laws have had the most profound effect on the...

February 17, 2011 by cwolf

Don’t let your bottom line go up in flames: understand how security breaches impact your business and take aggressive action to avert d... February 15, 2011 by bkrenek