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End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

GAO report: NASA at 'high risk' of data breach

What kind of 'sensitive data' would they have?I mean, I don't think that they are still working on experimental planes for the DoD, are they?Well...NASA has done, and continues to do some pretty freaky stuff. Also, lest you forget, they're big into big/fast rockets, and they are the people who...

Tags: Strategy, NASA, risk, General Accounting Office

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Radisson Hotels report significant data breach

HotelsI don?t find this that surprising ? when staying at a well know chain Hotel, the Server Room, and all Comms Kit was in an unlocked cupboard which was located in the Baggage Room ? full access to anything was possible, and if one wished, one could connect to anything...

Tags: server

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

FAA confirms data breach; 45,000 affected

FAA confirms data breach; 45,000 affectednot connected to the operation of the air traffic control system????If it distracts the controllers themselves IT IS DIRECTLY connected with the safe operation of the air traffic system!RE: FAA confirms data breach; 45,000 affectedDavid Scott believes these data breaches and thefts are largely due...

Tags: data breach, FAA

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

Kaspersky suffers attack on support site, no apparent data breach

Kaspersky suffers attack on support site, no apparent data breachoops!It's always entertaining when the mighty slip on a banana peel.Change control process failure? Or did someone just signoff without doing the required code walkthrough, "he's a high billing rate contractor, he won't make mistakes! and I'm too busy ..."

Tags: data breach, Kaspersky

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound

The cost of a data breach runs companies $202 per compromised record, up 2.5 percent from $197 per record in 2007 and up 11 percent from 2006, according to research from Ponemon Institute. In its fourth annual study on data breaches, the Ponemon Institute, a security research...

Tags: Data Breach, Party Data Breach, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Financial Planning, Healthcare, Branding, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Protect Yourself Against Internal Threats: Reduce the Risk and Liability of Data Breaches

The threat of insider data breaches is substantial. Research indicates 70 percent of security incidents incurring actual losses occur internally, so there is need of plan to protect the critical assets. The presenter shows how to protect the organization from internal data breaches. The presenter will also share the results...

Tags: Compuware Corp., Data Breach, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Bank of Ireland: data breach repeat offender

Bank of Ireland: data breach repeat offenderThere is actually a solution...I agree that training and internal policies are important. However, you can not just rely on the human factor, you need to adopt technology. Secure USB flash drives with strong encryption like the SanDisk Enterprise Cruzer and a data management...

Tags: Flash memory, Bank of Ireland, data breach

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)

Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill againInteresting predicamentOn one side the consumer should be notified of data breaches where their data is at risk, but on the other side should the consumer be notified everytime the systems is breached, even in the smallest way, one that has no effect on...

Tags: SECURITY, data breach, new data breach, Schwarzenegger, corporate data

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Stanford University data breach leaks sensitive information of approximately 62,000 employees

Stanford University data breach leaks sensitive information of approximately 62,000 employeesNo end to these breaches.As long as we're dealing with human beings, breaches of this sort will happen again, and again. The only solution is to enforce full disk encryption, and any employee not doing that would face a firing...

Tags: data breach, Stanford University, sensitive information

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

90% of all statistics can be made to say anything... 50% of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon report

** Update 06/23/2008: I realize I didn't do a very good job of talking about what we're reviewing here.  This is in response to the statistics gathered by Verizon related to Forensic Analysis of Data Breaches over a four year span.  First off, let me...

Tags: Business Partner, Vulnerability, Verizon Communications Inc., Attack, Data Breach, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-22

An (Imaginary?) Hannaford Conspiracy

The regularity with which geezers like me see history repeating itself suggests some combination of memory influencing perception with an amazing continuity in the forces driving human behavior. Worse, our perceptions of what happened then may be wrong but influence our interpretations of what's happening during the perceived re-run anyway,...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Debit Card, Computer, IBM Corp., Hannaford, Data Breach, Linux, Financial Services, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-08

2008: The security wishlist

There's no sense in making predictions in the security space. There will be more creative attacks and vulnerabilities will multiply at a rapid clip. Meanwhile, unsuspecting or just plain stupid users will enable hackers. All of those items are a given. But we can outline a few items that sure...

Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple QuickTime, IBM Corp., Data Breach, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-02

Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar

Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstarDATA BREACHES ARE HERE TO STAYIntersting, one of today's top news items put out by the AP, is "Data Breaches Hit Record in 2007." As I said before, the personal data of employees and the public has *value* only to that person unless a company's...

Tags: embarrassment, Data Breaches, IT failure superstar, IT Failure, superstar, data breach, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar

Data breaches represented the most important category of IT failure during 2007. The year 2007 saw spectacular failures, ranging from improperly-paid teachers at Arizona State University ASU and the Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD, to a massive implementation problem at the UK National Health Service NHS,...

Tags: Breach, Information Technology, Data Breach, Disaster Recovery, Strategy, Data Management, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-12-29

Why we still invite data breaches

Why we still invite data breachesWhy companies still invite dta breachesI am so glad that you wrote about this. When comes to good data security, the attitude in companies seems to be like the attitude of drivers on the roads... it's the other guy, not me, who's the bad driver....

Tags: Identity theft, data breach

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

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

TD Ameritrade discovers database breach

TD Ameritrade discovers database breachThat's greatThat's great, I'd given them one of my "keeper" email addresses because I thought their site was secure. I wondered why I started getting so much spam on it. Now I know.Should I believe that, even though my SSN was in the same database, it...

Tags: E-mail, Storage, TD Ameritrade, database breach, data breach, database

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

U.K. commissioner blames CEOs for data breaches

U.K. commissioner blames CEOs for data breachesPatty Dun and HPHuzzah, this is good news. The Patty Dunn HP identity theft resulted in far less publicity than it should have. U.K. bank Barclays is connected because Patty sat on several boards, not just HP's and those benefited Barclays as she sat...

Tags: Corporate governance, Social Security, Operational accounting, Financial services, Patty Dun, Hewlett-Packard Co., data breach

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

CA bill would hold retailers responsible for data breaches

CA bill would hold retailers responsible for data breachesOh DearIt's whirltime. My business could be the only one to survive the imminent chaos this bill addresses. My business will be California's first barter-economy business, where I guarantee to my customers that their customer information will be available, because...

Tags: Retail, INTERNET, Sales channel, Civil Code Section 1724.4(b), data breach, Computer Associates International Inc., mail-order merchant, retail company

Discussion threads 2007-07-09