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- Stop Data Loss Before It Happens
- Data breaches are becoming a high-profile element of the threat environment. Most data-centers are too complex and porous to protect critical information. That's why a data-centric approach is called for - one that examines all transmission of information for critical patterns, without compromising database, application, or network performance. Symantec Database...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Loss, Data Breach, Symantec Database Security, Data Centers, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-09-25
- Root out data breach dangers by first implementing common sense
- As security breaches of personally identifiable information (PII) make the news, (http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm) an analysis of the breaches may lead you to the conclusion that it is not hackers or malicious employees that are to be feared but just plain stupidity. While you will find data breaches that can be blamed...
- Tags: Practices, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-17
- Establish a strategy for security breach notification
- Even if your organization takes every possible precaution to protect its data, a security breach is often inevitable. What do you do if it happens? Mike Mullins offers some pointers for notifying those affected in this edition of Security Solutions. News broke recently about one of the largest...
- Tags: Identity theft, Social Security, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, strategy, security, data breach, Security Solutions Newsletter, Security Breach, Information, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2006-12-14
- Harder than selling insurance
- In the process of preparing for a data security meeting next week, I have been asking myself, "Why is it so darn hard to convince those that control the purse strings to spend money on security?" If you talk about data security to most people they will nod their heads...
- Tags: General, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, Data Accountability, Compliance, Accountability
- Blog posts 2007-04-22
- My name is Tzu, how do you do...
- Okay, yes: Im willing to flaunt my ignorant western mispronunciation just for the sake of cheap wordplay. (Although nobody around here gets it right, the correct pronunciation of Sun Tzu is closer to "Soon Tzzz.") In his military treatise, The Art of War, Sun Tzu asserted that all warfare...
- Tags: Data Breach, pretexting, Security, social engineering, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Tzu, Sun-Tzu, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Security alerts often go unnoticed by IT pros. Why?
- In a time when data security is so important, how well does your company monitor who is accessing your data? My guess is not very well at all. Even though corporate compliance laws such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley help keep data protection fresh on the minds...
- Tags: alarm, Analysis, Audit, Beliefs, Bill Elmore, Compliance, Data, Data Breach, Data Security, Enterprise, Hipaa, Identity Theft, information technology, IT Security, Privacy, Security, security alert, Sox
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- Fully disclosing the year 2006
- The end of another year demands a certain amount of reflection – both personally as well as professionally. The New Year naturally prompts us to consider what we’ve accomplished during the last twelve months, and dupes us into creating lofty goals for the days and weeks ahead....
- Tags: Breach, Comments, Data Breach, Data Security, Enterprise, Identity Theft, Policies, Privacy, Security
- Blog posts 2007-01-01
- data breach Reports Prove Security is Becoming Focus
- Data breaches. Thenumber of reported data breaches involving sensitive private information atorganizations and companies is growing at an alarming pace. I click the refresh button for my RSS newsfeed if it doesnt flash a data breach story at some point during the day. I havent had to...
- Tags: data breach, security
- Blog posts 2006-06-30
- ChoicePoint to pay 15M for data breach
- Remember the little data breach that occured nearly a year ago thatpossibly compromised the personal information of 163,000Americans? Well ChoicePoint settled with the FTC for a 15 milliondollar fine. A drop in the bucket to ChoicePoint but the largestfine in FTC history. Read the details here:
- Tags: ChoicePoint Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
Additional Resources
- Establish a strategy for security breach notification
- Re: Breach NotificationAs you are developing breach notification procedures you may want to consider the following:1. Business leaders need to be part of the working group to develop and execute breach notifications.2. Add legal council and yo
- Tags: feedback, breach notification, security, nospam@..., security breach, monitoring service, monitoring, strategy
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- data breach Notification Laws Highlight the Need for Spyware Detection Capability
- Much has been written about the pressing need for today's businesses to comply with the corporate governance provisions that are outlined in laws like HIPAA, SOX, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Unfortunately, data breach notification laws have received far less attention, even though noncompliance with such laws can create dire financial...
- Tags: Webroot Software Inc., Notification Law, Corporate Governance, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Corporate Law, Regulatory Compliance, Hipaa, Regulations, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Security, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Healthcare, Government
- White papers
- Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security
- Hacking, cracking, and cyber crimes are hot topics these days and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. However, there are steps you can take to reduce your organization's threat level. This white paper discusses ten common methods hackers use to breach your existing security, and what...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Hacker, Hacking, Security
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Enterprise Data Protection
- In today's enterprise, data knows no boundaries. While data is consumed, transferred, and stored, however, it is also susceptible to compromise. The cost of a data breach can reach millions of dollars and permanently damage brand equity as well as customer trust. That's why protecting data in the modern enterprise...
- Tags: Data Protection, Enterprise, PGP Corp., Disaster Recovery, Backups, Branding, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2007-06-01
- ooohh to much fun...
- this is just to good to be true.US anti-terrorism laws are a breach of the Canadian Privacy Laws, so this guy is right to be pissed.but sooner or later the Credit Union he is doing this to is going to realize he is breaking a Canadian Law by doing this.[...
- Tags: Jaqui
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- Mobile phones and the risks to Enterprise data security
- Mobiles pose data security threat to enterprises?What measures do you adopt at your enterprise to prevent a breach of data via mobile devices?
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, phone, pr.arun@..., security, mobile, data security, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- Establish a strategy for security breach notification
- When it comes to security breaches, it's important to remember that old adage about quality vs. quantity. Data breaches aren't just about a hacker breaking into a network and stealing information. In fact, they come in all shapes and sizes: A data breach can occur with a...
- Tags: Strategy, Financial, Information, Financial Information, Identity Theft, Security, Mike Mullins
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Security Solutions to Minimize Risk of Breaches of Personal Information
- Enterprises recognize the difficulty of providing written or electronic notices to customers in the event of a breach. Accordingly, most enterprises operating in states that have breach reporting laws recognize the need to prevent security breaches that necessitate reporting and may potentially damage their reputation. To minimize risk exposure caused...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Security
- White papers 2006-08-07
- Tales of Email Misdirection
- Whether it's due to misdirected email or breach of email etiquette, your email could be exposing yourself to more than you know. It's wise to remember how easily email can be misused and misdirected, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences. Do not trust confidential information to email unless you are using...
- Tags: E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers 2006-01-12
- Panel: Don't rush into new data security laws
- Quit stalling. Enact these laws now.The information industry that buys and sells our personal information had no incentive to do the right thing until California passed its disclosure requirement law.Now the Feds have an opportunity to empower citizens in the other 49 states with the same kind of knowledge....
- Tags: anti-spam, data security, disclosure, Internet Service Provider, personal information, privacy, security, sojs, spam
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- Application Auditing: Guidelines for investigating internal data breaches
- Mainframe data security has become a critical IT issue--one that businesses have thus far addressed by locking down applications to keep unauthorized outside users from accessing them. But that only begins to solve the problem. This white paper explores the dangers posed by internal data security threats....
- Tags: Auditing, Compuware Corp., Data Security, Mainframe Data Security, Security
- White papers 2007-01-01
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