Posts Tagged ‘ Data Breach ’

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 ]

Your biggest data breach risk may be on your payroll

Data breaches may conjure images of malicious hackers and global cyber gangs, but often the worst breaches come at the hands of a company’s own employees. [ READ MORE ]

Stealing data through doppelganger domains

A new form of data hacking has been exposed by two researchers who found ways to easily penetrate Fortune 500 companies through mistyped email addresses.[ READ MORE ]

Cyberdefense without coffee breaks

Strong cyberdefense means strong planning to mitigate the risks of a breach and strong support to help your organization fight against hackers. The solution, experts say, is to shift from the goal of perfect security to active monitoring.[ READ MORE ]

Cyber crime gets costlier

The Ponemon Institute’s recently released “Second Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study” confirms that data breaches have become a more frequent and damaging hazard of business.[ READ MORE ]

Ensuring the security of personal identifiable information

Everywhere you turn these days there’s word of a new data breach. In the course of our lifetime, our “personal identifying information (PII)” is shared with hundreds of companies, governmental agencies, educational facilities, businesses and health care providers. What can a consumer do to protect their sensitive personal information?[ READ MORE ]

Lost memory: How memory sticks can lead to data breaches

A recent survey by the Ponemon Institute uncovered some scary facts about how vulnerable companies are to the threats posed by thumb drives.[ READ MORE ]

Do your passwords pass the hack test?

The steady drumbeat of recent data breaches has called significant attention to the security vulnerabilities of even the world’s biggest corporate brands and defense organizations. These incidents have spotlighted the need for improved breach prevention measures.[ READ MORE ]

The dollars of a data breach

It’s no surprise that data breaches are expensive. The exact cost of these incidents, which have only become more spectacularly headline-grabbing in recent months, is a question that the Ponemon Institute has addressed for the past six years. [ READ MORE ]

Trouble in the clouds: Data breaches threaten cloud computing

Cloud services that handle enormous amount of data amongst consumers and corporate clients are a big target of fraudsters.[ READ MORE ]