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A Comprehensive Study of Retail Data Security Breaches in the United States
White Paper This study is designed to review the scope and impact of data security breaches in the retail industry in an effort to encourage proactive modification to risk mitigation technologies, policies and... [13 Nov 2009]
A Comprehensive Study of Financial Data Security Breaches in the United States - 2008
White Paper This study provides a review of the scope and impact of data security breaches in the financial industry in an effort to encourage proactive modification to risk mitigation technologies, policies, and... [13 Nov 2009]
Data Loss Prevention Starts at the Endpoint: Seeking Safety From the Data Loss Pandemic
White Paper It's every CIO's nightmare: critical business data lost, stolen or maliciously exposed in a major breach of security systems or policy. It might be sensitive financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Data Protection Is What Matters
White Paper All it takes is a lost laptop or USB flash drive, a disgruntled or criminal employee, or a breach to some other part of security efforts, and critical data about business, partners, or... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Top 5 Database Vulnerabilities Plaguing Federal Agencies
White Paper According to the recently released Verizon 2009 Data Breach Report, 285 million records were compromised in 2008. Intruders have the potential to compromise, steal, change, or destroy critical... [13 Nov 2009]
Barracuda Web Application Firewall Protects Against the Top 10 Biggest Web Site Threats
White Paper Today's companies need to increase efforts to protect against a crippling Web site hack or data breach as Web applications and Web site attacks are increasing in frequency and cost to recover customer... [13 Nov 2009]
Breaking the Bank - Vulnerabilities in Numeric Processing Within Financial Applications
White Paper Brand damage, loss of client and corporate data, fraudulent transactions and loss of revenue are just some of the direct local impacts associated a security breach of a financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Finding Value in a Turbulent Economy With PCI DSS
White Paper The list of merchants that have experienced a breach in the security of credit card data continues to grow.1 The frequency of these data loss events, mounting financial... [12 Nov 2009]
The Path to a Secure Application: A Source Code Security Review Checklist
White Paper The ongoing epidemic of data breach notifications forced by today's data breach disclosure laws has painfully highlighted the insecurity of many of today's applications.... [12 Nov 2009]
£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News From next year, the privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be able to fine companies that recklessly or maliciously breach the Data Protection Act (DPA). Under the ICO's... [12 Nov 2009]
Convenient Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Web Portals & Enterprise Applications
White Paper Single-factor authentication is easily defeated by hackers and can result in a security breach, financial loss, or loss of sensitive data such as Personally Identifiable Information... [06 Oct 2009]
Securing Personally Identifiable Information
White Paper Yes, access to this data enables collaboration and makes the business more productive, but it also places PII in constant danger of a data breach. Sensitive information - such as credit... [06 Oct 2009]
Practical Steps to Mitigate Virtualization Security Risks
White Paper Every day, information security practitioners live with the reality that they are a single change away from a security breach that could result in front page news, brand damage, or... [06 Oct 2009]
Tripwire Helps Meet FFIEC Requirements
White Paper Today, with the passage of legislation such as the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the subsequent GLBA Security rule that took affect in 2001, information security and technology risk management... [06 Oct 2009]
Guide to PCI Compliance for Web Applications: Updated for Version 1.2 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
White Paper On the surface, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) reads as a series of do this, don't do that" absolutes. This section states that all web applications must be protected by an... [06 Oct 2009]
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