data breach
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. Agencies of the U.S.government such as The Pentagon, NASA, FAA, The Army, The Veterans... [13 Nov 2009]
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 procedures to reduce... [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 procedures that... [13 Nov 2009]
Why You Need an Incident Response Plan
White Paper One may not be smiling when one get word of a data breach, but the knot in stomach won't be so big. Between them, CERT and SANS represent a tremendous amount and quality of resources to help one create a... [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 data, strategic... [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]
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 customers is in... [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 application. So... [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 losses, and... [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]
McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008
White Paper Storm Worm) grew into the largest Peer-to-Peer (P2P) botnet to date, while TJ Max revealed the largest data breach in history. As 2007 comes to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the current threat... [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). Organisations that... [12 Nov 2009]
Europe: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The Telecoms Reform package, which consists of a set of new laws tackling subjects ranging from data breach notifications to faster number porting, will become law in every EU country by May 2011, it was... [05 Nov 2009]
Hackers breach Guardian Jobs site
News The Guardian Jobs site has suffered a hack that could have exposed the sensitive data of some users. For more see Guardian UK Jobs site hacked, user data breached on ZDNet UK. Personal details included... [26 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. Employees have easy access to this... [06 Oct 2009]