Tag: Identity Theft

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Data breaches occur in every industry, but, in healthcare, they’re a whole different ballgame. Black market prices and mobile devices drive data theft and...

April 10, 2012 by bkrenek

Customers see a data breach and the loss of their personal data as a threat to their security and finances, and with good reason....

March 5, 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...

February 7, 2012 by bkrenek

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...

January 31, 2012 by ofonseca

As our world becomes ever smaller and more networked, Data Privacy Day provides information to consumers about the ways in which personal information is...

January 24, 2012 by bkrenek

The Ponemon study clearly shows that when data breaches occur, the collateral damage of a company’s brand and reputation become significant hard costs that...

January 17, 2012 by ofonseca

A recent data breach discovery serves as a reminder that even when you’re on vacation, cyber criminals never s...

December 27, 2011 by ofonseca

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...

December 13, 2011 by bkrenek

It is a cruel irony that service members who defend our country by fighting abroad are often most at risk from the threat of...

November 10, 2011 by ofonseca

It can be unnerving to be told that your information has been compromised in a data breach. The uncertainty of not knowing all the...

November 2, 2011 by kbarney

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...

October 25, 2011 by bkrenek

These days, the fraud economy has matured to a point where it is run like a global marketplace, with specialists for every aspect of...

May 24, 2011 by bkrenek