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- Recent compromises highlight the need for strong security practices and policies
- No major vulnerabilities have surfaced in the past week, so John McCormick's taking the opportunity to focus on a couple of recent data compromises. Find out how these incidents highlight the importance of creating strong security policies, and see what else has recently emerged in the security world. Want...
- Tags: John McCormick, Litigation, outsourcing, worker, fraud, security, call-center, IT Locksmith Newsletter, LexisNexis, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Security Procedure, RaFa
- Technical articles 2005-04-25
- LexisNexis and ChoicePoint Admit They Concealed Previous Breaches
- LexisNexis, the data broker that last month notified 32,000 people that their personal data had been stolen from company-owned databases, nowadmits that a total of 310,000 people had their data stolen. The company's databases were breached nearly 60 times over the course of thepast two years. At Senate...
- Tags: ChoicePoint Inc., database, Jaqui, LexisNexis, security
- Discussion threads 2005-04-20
- LexisNexis flap draws outcry from Congress
- New legislation or better security?In my humble opinion, I do not think the question should be what type of legislation can be enacted but where and how was the security exploited?Should not that be the starting point in examining this situation?Broadly speaking, yes, I believe there should be tighter legislation...
- Tags: LexisNexis, scottpmullins@..., security, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2005-04-14
- the data collector
- should face severe financial pentalies, on top of the costs you mention.like at least 100,000 per person's data, plus any damages the individual suffers from thier error.Tougher data-leak law proposedthey still don't get it...We're only seeing half the solution here.Sure, it's nice to have notification built in, but they're still...
- Tags: Identity theft, GOVERNMENT, Social Security, SECURITY, Hacking, data collector, collector
- Discussion threads 2005-04-12
- LexisNexis Searches for Improved Customer Relationships
- In previous years, LexisNexis outsourced the mailing of more than 12 million pieces of mail supporting more than 2,000 campaigns. To reduce the costs associated with this process, LexisNexis needed to create a concise, accurate and up-to-date marketing database from a wide range of sources, including internal databases, state attorney...
- Tags: LexisNexis, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Marketing Research, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- Infra Software Enables LexisNexis Butterworths' Blueprint for IT Best Practice
- With three main offices in the UK, LexisNexis Butterworths publishes information in online, print and CD-ROM formats. The company's incumbent helpdesk software, which provided basic call logging functionality, was increasingly unable to meet the company's needs. Analysts could not easily prioritize or track the status of open calls, or share...
- Tags: Information Technology, LexisNexis, Infra Software, Help Desk, Call Centers, Asset Management, It Operations, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Identity Theft: The Internet Connection
- Concern is growing about identity theft - where one person assumes the identity of another by stealing personally identifiable information PII, such as credit card or Social Security numbers. High profile incidents disclosed in early 2005 involving ChoicePoint, Bank of America, and LexisNexis, where the PII of more than a...
- Tags: Internet Connection, The Library Of Congress, Personally Identifiable Information, Identity Theft, Internet, Security
- White papers 2005-03-16
- What steps do you take to lock down security?
- LexisNexis recently reported over 300,000 names were illegally accessed. Personal data including credit card and social security numbers were compromised. Our TechRepublic poll asked how often you perform security testing and who handles the task. What steps do you take to secure your business data?We don't have to.All employees are...
- Tags: Social Security, security
- Discussion threads 2005-05-06
- Do you bypass blogs when it comes to big news stories?
- When you are seeking the nitty-gritty details of big news stories, do you bypass blogs and go straight to Web sites that have a reputation for delivering up-to-date, accurate information? According to this recent news story, that's exactly what the majority of people do: "Survey: For big news, consumers bypass...
- Tags: Media, Blog, News Story, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Podcasts, Internet, Marketing, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-10-03
- Some do's and don'ts for selecting the best vendor
- You just won a hard-fought battle to secure the line item for new systems in your company's existing network infrastructure. Now you're about to leap into the fray of competing vendors, all of whom say they are the right one to provide the new systems, integrate them into your network,...
- Tags: Karen Ann Kidd
- Technical articles 2003-09-11
- Juvenile appropriately sentenced for accessing Paris Hilton's Sidekick
- Last week, the U.S. District Court in Boston sentenced a17-year-old Massachusetts boy to 11 months in a juvenile detention facility andtwo years supervised release for a series of computer crimes--most notable theillegal accessing of Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick. The teen plead guilty tonine counts of juvenile delinquency. During this time...
- Tags: 11-Month, Hilton Hotels Corp., T-Mobile
- Blog posts 2005-09-16
- Enhance your due-diligence efforts with Hoovers.com
- Everyone knows that you can find almost anything you want on the Web. But when you don't have time to conduct long, drawn-out searches on competitors or clients, there's a Web site that can accelerate your quest for information.For IT executives with little time to kill, having access to more...
- Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, John Connell, Hoovers.com, Hoover's Inc., industry
- Technical articles 2001-09-14
- Watching the watchers of the GPL
- Ah, the GPL. The GNU Public License. It's probably one of the most controversial topics in all of the IT world. What is it and how is it enforced? Who backs it and who defends it? And who watches the watchers? Now there's the real rub. We all know...
- Tags: GPL, Groklaw, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-04-26
- Research client financials and business environment before signing on
- Finding out about a client's financial and business information can help a consultant determine if it's too risky to accept a contract offer. Here are some ways to get detailed financial information on what could be your next paying client.Few things about a potential contractor will impress a client more...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Sales channel, Meredith Little, financial, business information
- Technical articles 2001-10-29
- Are you in compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley storage requirements?
- The Gramm-Leach-BlileyAct is aimed at financial institutions and is enforced by eight separate federalagencies and the states. Gramm-Leach-Bliley providesfor a fairly broad interpretation of the phrase "financialinstitution" and not only affects banks, insurance companies, and securityfirms, but also brokers, lenders, tax preparers, and real estate settlementcompanies, among others.How does this...
- Tags: Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Scott Lowe MCSE, financial company, storage, compliance, financial
- Technical articles 2005-07-26
- Take steps to prevent phishing attacks by using best practices when selecting URLs
- Want to stay on top ofthe latest security updates? Automaticallysign up for our free IT Locksmith newsletter, delivered each Tuesday!Phishing attacks are on the rise, but do your organization'sURL naming practices help protect customers or help the attackers?DetailsMarch has been an incredibly slow month, and I'm notcomplaining. It's wonderful to...
- Tags: John McCormick, personal record, phishing, security, Web
- Technical articles 2005-03-28
- ID Theft and National Security
- If it turns out, as I believe, that enemies of the United States are behind a lot of the major ID thefts in the US, that would mean that a lot of money is going to our enemies. Can we therefore surmise that those who mishandle our identity information,...
- Tags: government, identity fraud, identity theft, Info-Safety, LLC, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- Protect government databases with data encryption
- With the recent proliferation of data thefts, you should be revisiting the security environment of your organization's data. While firewalls and physical security are important, Ramon Padilla advises you to implement data encryption to seal the gaps. Keep up with the issues and challenges that uniquely affect public-sector IT...
- Tags: Ramon Padilla Jr., Social Security, Hacking, Strategy, Operational accounting, Government IT Newsletter, Database, Data, Data Encryption, Storage, Databases, Security, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-05-02
- Financial organizations must make vigorous response to ID theft concerns
- Financial services companies must take aggressive steps to mitigate the consequences of ID theft after an avalanche of consumer data loss and bad publicity. Mark Vernon reports on what leading security analysts are recommending to combat the problem. Identity theft has been in the headlines again in recent...
- Tags: Mark Vernon, Outsourcing, Financial services, financial, identity theft, bank, security, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Henry
- Technical articles 2005-07-01
- Turning off smart tags in Windows 2002
- TechRepublic's content management system doesn't like smart tags. I was one of the user guinea pigs who found this out the hard way when I received an upgrade to Microsoft Office XP recently. After editing a few articles, I discovered I was unable to upload the documents to our CMS...
- Tags: Beth Blakely, Microsoft Windows, Smart Tags
- Technical articles 2003-06-10
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