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In a recent report, Ernst and Young noted that stronger breach notification requirements are among the top privacy trends for 2011. Governments around the...

Published: May 10, 2011 by ofonseca

With numerous different breaches affecting so many people as of late, millions of consumers are receiving emails from trusted brands noting that customer emails...

Published: May 3, 2011 by bkrenek

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 54 banking-related data breaches in 2010, down from the 62 breaches reported in 2009 but...

Published: April 26, 2011 by ofonseca

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...

Published: April 19, 2011 by lponemon

More than 1500 tax scams reportedly target consumers and businesses through hundreds of thousands of scam emails; many use phishing to fool anxious taxpayers...

Published: April 5, 2011 by ofonseca

Today's headlines trumpet yet another high-profile medical data breach, this time through Health Net. This corporate catastrophe reminds us of the increasing hazard of...

Published: March 29, 2011 by bkrenek

Gift cards are a growing market for businesses and should be treated as valuable sales currency, with the same risks of consumer fraud and...

Published: March 22, 2011 by ofonseca

With some precautions, your business can safely navigate through hazardous shipping channels without fear of data...

Published: March 15, 2011 by bkrenek

For businesses that don’t comply with these new regulations, stiff penalties will be added to the burdensome costs of breaches (and how can you...

Published: March 1, 2011 by ofonseca

The proliferation of state data breach notification laws, substantive state information security laws (such as the Massachusetts data security standards), and FTC and private...

Published: February 22, 2011 by rfreeman

While state laws requiring “reasonable” data security have had a positive impact, data breach notification laws have had the most profound effect on the...

Published: February 17, 2011 by cwolf

Don’t let your bottom line go up in flames: understand how security breaches impact your business and take aggressive action to avert d... Published: February 15, 2011 by bkrenek