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Many small business owners believe that their companies are too small to be victims of data breach. When in reality, nothing could be further...

September 11, 2012 by ofonseca

Our guest blogger this week is Zachary Smith, a legislative analyst for the Experian Government Affairs team. Despite being a top priority for the...

September 5, 2012 by zsmith

The U.S. tops Germany, the U.K. and France when it comes to data breach notification costs. In other words, it costs American companies more...

August 28, 2012 by Michael Bruemmer

Medical identity theft is no longer some obscure phrase spoken primarily in data security circles. It’s quickly becoming a household term for millions of...

August 21, 2012 by bkrenek

Today, those who steal data from the outside also usually steal the headlines. Witness recent mega-hacks at some very well-known firms: Electronics corporation: criminals...

August 14, 2012 by ofonseca

Swimmers may be stealing the spotlight, but it’s scammers who are taking home the gold–in the form of stolen credit card numbers, PINs, consumers’...

August 7, 2012 by Michael Bruemmer

Phishing attacks, despite their long history, continue to be one of the greatest threats to data security. More than 200,000 new viruses are discovered...

July 31, 2012 by bkrenek

As mobile banking grows in popularity, so do the dangers of data breach and identity theft. In fact, these data security dangers are so...

July 24, 2012 by ofonseca

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...

July 19, 2012 by Michael Bruemmer

Like Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, we’d all like to think that we can depend upon the kindness of strangers.  Unfortunately, Symantec...

July 17, 2012 by bkrenek

Unfettered mayhem, raining down from cyberspace, has birthed the need for new protection few would have envisioned just a few years ago: cyber insurance...

July 10, 2012 by ofonseca

Our guest blogger this week is Karen Barney of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). According to one recent study, more than 19 million...

July 3, 2012 by kbarney