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RSS theft breachesMeeting the Challenge of Protecting Sensitive Data
White Paper This paper looks at how the rise in data security breaches is a wakeup call for the healthcare industry. For example, they wouldn't be able to prevent an instance of medical identity theft. It then... [05 Aug 2009]
VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Services: Five Business Strategies for Reducing the High Cost of Online Consumer Authentication
White Paper However, as online identity theft, fraud, and credit card data breaches become increasingly sophisticated, user names and passwords are insufficient to verify or authenticate users' identity and protect... [31 Jul 2009]
How to secure your on-the-go data
Comment Research from data clearing house Data Loss DB shows that, of data breaches made public in 2008, 32 per cent resulted from the loss or theft of laptops, mobile phones or other portable media and storage... [30 Jul 2009]
HSBC companies slapped with £3m fines over data breaches
News Staff were also not given proper training over how to spot and deal with risks like identity theft, the FSA found. Three HSBC companies have been hit with fines after the financial services watchdog found they weren't... [22 Jul 2009]
IT Risk Management: Guide to Software Risk Assessments and Audits
White Paper Despite the size, there is no standardized notion of software security quality even though the repercussions include product patches, data breaches leading to massive theft and fluctuations in corporate... [14 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News FBI agent Donna Peterson said her office had seen a "tremendous uptick in large-scale, fairly devastating data breaches", with the biggest heist being close to $10m stolen in 24 hours. Parrella spends a lot of time... [13 Jul 2009]
Shopping for a Secure File Transfer Solution for Retail: Research and Best Practices Provided by the PCI Knowledge Base
White Paper Retailers and merchant service providers are under increasing pressure to adhere to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) in an effort to avoid costly fines - and the even more detrimental loss of customer confidence... [12 Jul 2009]
Converged Physical and Network Security to Protect Your Business Data
White Paper Protecting the organization against confidential data breaches or theft and strengthening its position in anticipation of an audit are priorities for security and IT leaders. Today, the need to mitigate... [01 Jul 2009]
Simplifying Compliance for Multiple Regulation Environments: The Check Point Advantage
White Paper Risks such as electronic data theft, privacy breaches, and corporate fraud have grown exponentially. Innovation continues to redefine the way people do business around the world. Technological advances... [01 Jul 2009]
Guide to PCI Application Security Compliance for Merchants and Service Providers
White Paper Triggered by a number of security breaches and concerns over the abuse and theft of credit card data, major credit card companies including American Express, Discover, JCB, Master Card and Visa formed... [20 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News The Information Commissioner's Office is putting pressure on the NHS to improve data security at its facilities, following a string of breaches. The ICO has also written to the permanent secretary about a number of... [26 May 2009]
When IT security becomes a gothic horror story
Comment And a series of data breaches have made CEOs wake up to the need to invest in this area. It's not just the professionals - consumers also think the economic crisis makes them more at risk of ID theft or... [21 Apr 2009]
Payment cards: Top target in data breach attacks
News As far as types of breaches, 64 per cent resulted from malicious hacking, 38 per cent used malware, 22 per cent involved privileged misuse, and nine per cent used physical attacks such as equipment theft... [16 Apr 2009]
Browser hijacks and holey software skyrockets
News Theft or loss of equipment accounted for nearly half of data breaches that could lead to identity fraud and for 66 per cent of identities exposed. Most data breaches that could lead to... [14 Apr 2009]
IT Departments on Data Security: A Research Concepts Survey
White Paper A survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft. One out of four... [18 Mar 2009]
