Posted by admin on February 19, 2011
During his keynote at the RSA Conference 2011, Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, gave a great talk on computer security. In particular, this analogy really jumped out at me: Comparing Internet security to public health, Charney said computing devices not only need to be treated when they get sick with [...]
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Posted by admin on February 19, 2011
Results from a new survey from SafeNet indicate that 52% of US adults are concerned about the safety of their personal data / medical records. Past data has found that data breaches cost the healthcare industry over $6 billion annually, and that the loss of personal information can not only lead to financial identity theft, [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Adults, Brochure, Consumers, Data Breaches, Data Security, Financial Identity, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Security, Identity Theft, Image Clipart, Layer Approach, Medical Information, Medical Record, Medical Records, New Survey, Personal Data, Record Security, Social Security, Social Security Numbers, Ssns | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 12, 2010
The FTC has released a report stating that the top consumer complaint for 2009 was identity theft. The FTC received 278,078 complaints of identity theft during the year, topping the list with 21% of all the 1.3 million complaints received. Despite topping the list, the number of complaints actually went down 5% from the 2008 [...]
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Posted by admin on February 20, 2010
Using a password manager program like can greatly help you keep your passwords safe and secure. Though no password or password program can guarantee that you will be 100% secure, you can definitely improve your security by a long shot. One example is 1Password that comes from Agile Web Solutions. It provides password management as [...]
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Posted by admin on February 8, 2010
Whenever you think of hackers, you think “how did they get in?” Well, the answer may not be as simple as “this one ‘door’ was left open,” where that door refers to an insecure point in security. This could be an unpatched software, phishing or other exploits. Andrew Whitaker explains that hackers often combine multiple [...]
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Posted by admin on January 28, 2010
Today’s World Data Privacy Day and what better way to spend it than to take a look at the effects of data breaches. The Ponemon Institute and PGP have released a new report about the Cost of a Data Breach in 2009. In 2008, the cost was found to be $202 per breached record. The 2009 cost [...]
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Posted by admin on January 28, 2010
I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good title. This post on Help Net Security – “Online Fraud: Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins” – caught my eye for obvious reasons. It’s a basic 7-step program to reduce the treat of online transactions from the corporate perspective – not the consumer perspective, as is [...]
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Posted by admin on January 27, 2010
The first HIPAA-related lawsuit has just been filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The AG is suing Health Net of Connecticut for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information for 446,000 Connecticut residents and for failing to promptly notify those at risk from the breach. In his lawsuit, Blumenthal is seeking [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Breach, Company Policies, Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Residents, Consulting Firm, Disclosure, Financial Information, Forensic Consulting, Health Imaging, Health Net, Hipaa Compliance, Hipaa Violations, Image Clipart, Patient Medical Records, Scope, Six Months, Thieves, Unauthorized Access | No Comments »
