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- Sanity check: Is perimeter security dead and is protecting the data all that matters?
- The primary method of corporate computer security over the past three decades has been focused around the network. It's been about allowing those inside the network to have privileged access to corporate resources and building impenetrable walls to keep outsiders out. Unfortunately, this model is rapidly losing its effectiveness because...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Information Technology, Data, Perimeter Security, Perimeter, Data Security, TJX Security Breach, Security, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
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- 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
- WPA2 Security: Choosing the Right WLAN Authentication Method for Homes and Enterprises
- Ask a hundred CIOs what three things about WLANs wireless LANs strike fear into their hearts, and the answers are likely to be similar: Security, Security, Security. Sure, you want good coverage. Sure, you want to minimize drops. But the only way an executive is likely to lose their job...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., WLAN, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-09
- How should we handle security notifications?
- A team of researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University studied the statistical relationship between rates of identity fraud and laws that require customers to be notified when there's been a security breach. As a security professional, this should raise a question in your mind: What should breach notification laws achieve? by Chad...
- Tags: Software, Personally Identifiable Information, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Notification Law, Security, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- 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
- 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
- Compliance: The California Security Breach Notification Act (SB 1386)
- The California Security Breach Notification Act states that any business or agency that uses a computer to store confidential personal information about a California resident must immediately notify that individual upon discovering any breach to the computer system upon which this information is stored. Failure to notify the individuals could...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Compliance, Computer, Biscom, Productivity, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2007-04-17
- Security Breach
- How will I prevent from Security Breach when Windows 2000 network is implemented? Please explain how to implement it.It all depends.Strong passwordspolicies and permissionsdmzvpn with encryptionlocked closets with switches, routers, serverscertificatesthe list goes on...one thing you should always remember to do is to rename the administrator account, and create...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Network security, security, Security-Breach
- Q&A 2004-12-17
- Protect Your Cardholder File Transfers Against Data Breaches: Satisfying Payment Card Industry (PCI) Requirements
- Identity theft and credit card crime are on the rise. Organizations today rely increasingly on open protocols and the Internet for business-to-business file transfers. Security attacks have become ever more sophisticated in targeting institutions for financial gain. "All sensitive electronic data needs to be protected, but enterprises should be aware...
- Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Identity Theft, Consumer Credit Card Information, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales
- White papers 2007-05-01
- 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
- CardSystems Solutions security breach endangers 40 million credit cards
- On Friday, June 17th MasterCard Internationalannounced that CardSystems Solutions, a Tuscon-based possessor of payment cardinformation, suffered a security breach that potentially exposed information onmore than 40 million credit cards. MasterCard-branded cards make up approximately13.9 million of the affected cards. According to multiple news reports, CardSystemsSolutions detected the breach on May...
- Tags: CardSystems Solutions Inc., credit card, security
- Blog posts 2005-06-20
- Assess Your Business's Unique Security Risks and How to Mitigate Them
- Today, your company faces increasing security threats from hackers and data thieves. And, the legal and regulatory consequences of a security breach are more serious than ever before. Now, as a business owner or manager, you can prioritize your most critical security challenges using the Cisco Security Assessment...
- Tags: tool, security threat, security, compliance, Cisco Systems Inc., access control
- Presentations
- Developer Security Best Practices
- The importance of strong security cannot be overvalued for any successful business. A security breach can result in significant financial loss, irreparable damage to reputation or worse. Information security should therefore be of the utmost concern when developing computer applications that handle, process, or store consumer information. This paper provides...
- Tags: Developer, Payment, CyberSource Corp., Operational Accounting, Security, Finance
- White papers 2007-10-01
- How Emily Tamed the Caml
- How does one make a program breach resistant? One promising approach is to apply the Principle of Least Authority at object granularity. The E language has previously demonstrated that object-capability languages turn many of the security requirements for software into emergent properties of traditional object-oriented design and modularity enforcement. Emily...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Language, Emily, E Language, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-08-11
- 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
- MSDN Webcast: Application Hacking Techniques and How to Stop Them - Level 200
- This webcast concentrates on how to protect the application by understanding how attacks are conducted. Attendees will discover what actions an attacker will take in order to break the security of an application and how to minimize the cost of a security breach. By acting in a proactive manner developers...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Hacking, Webcast, Security, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Is your credit card data at risk?
- A new report details the issues involved in the recent security breaches that caused millions of TJX and OfficeMax customers' credit card data to be exposed. The News.com article points out that while your credit card data is safe enough when you swipe it in a store, that data...
- Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Data, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- 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
- 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
- 10 ways to reduce insider security risks
- Insiders pose the top corporate security threat today. Not surprisingly, internal employees who are authorized to access company systems are most likely to be linked to fraud or a security breach -- and of all employees, IT staff members have the most resources to do so. Here are some ways...
- Tags: Corporate Security, Security
- Download resources 2007-11-26
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