Posted by admin on January 29, 2012
We know that approximately 5% of data breaches take years to discover. Just this month, for example, the City College of San Francisco discovered an “infestation” of computer viruses that have been leaking data for more than a decade. The investigation of the initial security flag found that an infestation of computer viruses had been [...]
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Posted by admin on January 25, 2012
Businesses across the European Union (EU) will have to report ‘major’ data breaches within 24 hours.
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Posted by admin on January 25, 2012
Businesses across the European Union (EU) will have to report ‘major’ data breaches within 24 hours.
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Posted by admin on January 24, 2012
Just as we have summarized 2011 in terms of data breaches, and talked about some of the breakdowns of those stats, Trend Micro has put together a report on 2011, Information is Currency, highlighting how 2011 was the “Year of Data Breaches.” The report looks back at some of the predictions prior to 2011 and what [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Breakdowns, Currency, Data Breaches, Data Security, Hacktivism, Insights, Social Networks, Trend Micro | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 21, 2012
As we shared earlier this month, healthcare breaches in the US are on the rise: up 32% over the previous year. Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute, discussed these findings with Government HealthIT, alongside Rick Kam of ID Experts, saying that a “data spill” in healthcare could be more damaging than what BP faced after [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Amount Of Money, Bp, Data Breach, Data Breaches, Data Spill, Health Information, Healthcare Data, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Information, Heist, Insightful, Nefarious, Nurses, Oil Spill, Ponemon Institute, Previous Year, Yearly Salaries | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
According to an upcoming study from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), previewed in advance by Information Week, 419 breaches were publicly disclosed in the US for 2011 affecting 22.9 million records*. Of those breaches, hack attacks were the leading cause of data breaches for the year, responsible for 26% of all known data breach [...]
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Posted by admin on January 13, 2012
If you’re in the healthcare field, you can expect that 2012 will bring more complications when it comes to data security: increased risks, increased regulatory expectations and greater reputation fallout for breaches. According to these predictions for 2012 in healthcare data, healthcare data breaches could reach “epidemic proportions” unless action is taken. Here is a [...]
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Posted by admin on January 6, 2012
With 2011 drawing to a close, it’s time to look at how we fared this year in terms of data breaches in the US. The statistics of data breaches only show known data breaches, so we can expect that the 2011 figure will continue to climb as data breaches that have already occurred are discovered [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Chronology, Data Breach, Data Breaches, December 26, December 28, Drawing, Exposed, Improvements, Information Data, People, Privacyrights, Real Time, Source Of Information, Statistics, Tally | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 3, 2012
According to a new Ponemon study sponsored by ID Experts, the Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, healthcare breaches continue to rise. The frequency of data breaches was up 32% over the previous year, averaging four data breaches per healthcare organization. To further complicate matters, 55% of healthcare organizations say they have [...]
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Posted by admin on December 3, 2011
Telus recently released its 4th annual study on IT Security, highlighting trends in the Canadian security landscape including information on breaches, threats and preparedness. Based on a survey of more than 600 Canadian IT professionals in public and private sectors, the research shows that while breaches in Canada may be down, attacks have become more [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Canadian Security, Complexity, Computing Companies, Data Breaches, Environments, Financial Gain, Hardware Device, Losses, Malware, Mobile Device, Mobile Devices, Mobile Hardware, phishing, Preparedness, Private Companies, Public And Private Sectors, Security Landscape, Senior Executives, Unauthorized Access, Viruses | No Comments »
