Posts Tagged ‘ Data Breach Notification ’

Webinar: Data breaches can happen anytime, anywhere

Tweet Can you imagine losing backup disks containing information for 300,000 patients? Or having computer back-up tapes stolen? What if someone hacked into your network servers or lost important laptops? These aren’t hypothetical scenarios. They’re real data breach cases that have occurred in recent years. Can this happen to you? You bet. The key is [...][ READ MORE ]

Three reasons your breach notices are flawed

Tweet Still using the less-is-more approach to notification letters? As it turns out, consumers want more – much more than they’re getting. In a new study, 72% of consumers who recall receiving a notification letter express disappointment. The Ponemon Institute explores why in the 2012 Consumer Study on Data Breach Notification. Among all survey respondents, [...][ READ MORE ]

Responding resourcefully to medical data breaches

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 [...][ READ MORE ]

Infographic: Unlock data breach facts

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Extended fraud resolution is the new standard

Tweet Customers see a data breach and the loss of their personal data as a threat to their security and finances, and with good reason. Identity theft occurs every four seconds in the United States, according to figures from the Federal Trade Commission. As consumers become savvier about protecting their personal data, they expect companies [...][ READ MORE ]

The data breach reporting landscape – part 1

Tweet Our guest blogger this week is Karen Barney of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). As an organization specializing in monitoring and tracking data breaches, the ITRC has come across varying degrees of breaches and reasons for notification due to the varying types of compromised information. We would like to take this opportunity to [...][ READ MORE ]

Are you in hiding after a data breach? Watch our new video.

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Consequences following a data breach

Our latest study, Aftermath of a Data Breach Study, was conducted to better understand how a data breach affects organizations over the long term.[ READ MORE ]

Quick glance: data breach litigation & legislation in 2012

With the recent spate of data breaches and accompanying class action lawsuits, businesses have constant reminders that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best way to protect your business against the high costs of data breaches is to ensure your security practices and fraud resolution plans are strongly built to ward off malicious attacks and the complications that follow.[ READ MORE ]

What consumers should know about data breach notification

It can be unnerving to be told that your information has been compromised in a data breach. The uncertainty of not knowing all the details and the anxiety over what information has been exposed is deeply troubling to many consumers. A breach notice makes us aware of a new risk to our lives that we can’t measure easily.[ READ MORE ]