Posts Tagged ‘ Data Security ’

‘Tis the season for data privacy

As our world becomes ever smaller and more networked, Data Privacy Day provides information to consumers about the ways in which personal information is collected, stored, used and shared. The international privacy promotion also helps businesses understand the laws and regulations to which they’re subjected and offers guidance about how to best shield themselves from risks. [ READ MORE ]

Resources for managing your enterprise security and privacy risk in the new year

Here’s a look at some of the resources I find useful in testing and training for a data breach.[ READ MORE ]

Year of the breach: 2011 in review

Several high profile events throughout the year have kept the spotlight on the issue of data exposures, especially those where millions of consumers information was obtained by malicious hackers. Although the information involved, emails and passwords, does not rise to the level of a “personal identifying information” (PII) breach, it is definitely troubling that such a large number of consumers may become targets of phishing and related attacks, which do attempt to get consumers PII.[ READ MORE ]

Holiday travel without data leaks

The average value of a lost laptop is $49,246, a number based on several factors: replacement cost, detection, forensics, data breach, lost intellectual property costs, lost productivity and legal, consulting and regulatory expenses. [ READ MORE ]

Data breaches make the hospitality industry less hospitable

According to a new report by British insurance firm Willis Group Holdings, insurance claims for data theft worldwide jumped 56% last year, with the largest share of those attacks - 38% - targeting hotels, reports and tour companies. Why are hackers increasingly making themselves at home in the hospitality sector? [ 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 ]

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 ]

A billion dollar crime that needs an urgent response

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 crime. With an average cost per victim of $20,663 the total national economic impact of medical identity theft crimes is more than $30 billion.[ READ MORE ]

Scam report: shipping pirates

With some precautions, your business can safely navigate through hazardous shipping channels without fear of data piracy.[ READ MORE ]

Understanding the risks of chip and PIN credit card verification

The point of sale chip and PIN payment technology is believed to be a safer form of payment than the common magnetic striped credit card. The new technology uses a card with an embedded microchip that requires the consumer to enter a unique PIN through a reader to make payment. So why aren’t more businesses adopting this technology? [ READ MORE ]