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Is losing a mobile device really such a big deal?
Comment We know that this area is underserved - only half of the organisations we have surveyed feel protected against the kinds of inadvertent breaches they suffered as a result of theft or loss, compared to... [24 Nov 2009]
A New View on IT Risk: Building a Successful Information Technology Risk
White Paper This awareness is growing in the wake of highly publicized identity theft incidents and other security breaches, as well as legislation aimed at managing financial, market, and operational risk exposures. [13 Nov 2009]
Successful Security Strategies for Retailers in a Challenging Economy
White Paper At the same time, rising incidences of security breaches, credit card fraud, and identity theft are making retailers more aware of the need for tighter network security. Off late economic environment has... [13 Nov 2009]
Application Whitelisting: A New Security Paradigm
White Paper Endpoint Security v1.0's failures are well-documented in the headlines: data breaches, identity theft, cyberextortion, etc. With a defense-? in-? depth strategy in place complete with an Endpoint... [13 Nov 2009]
Preventing Data Loss in Healthcare Organizations: Protect Your Patient Data Against Accidental or Intentional Data Breaches
White Paper With estimates suggesting that breaches cost companies $202 per compromised patient record in 2008, the costs of even a small data loss incident can quickly escalate into the millions. Gartner Research estimated more... [13 Nov 2009]
Data-at-Rest Encryption Implications for Key Management
White Paper Compliance with industry and government regulations, concerns over information privacy and identity theft, and the risks of data breaches are most often cited. There are many factors driving requirements... [12 Nov 2009]
Approaches to Email Encryption
White Paper And with an increase in identity theft and highly publicized security breaches in the media, companies that do not secure their email communications are at risk of negative PR, loss of company secrets,... [12 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance at the Source
White Paper Software security breaches add up in recent headlines: $13 million in losses.million credit cards stolen. These all-too-familiar grim statistics of identity theft and data loss illustrate the depth and... [12 Nov 2009]
Cybersecurity Review: Background, Threatscape, Best-Practices and Resources
White Paper To get an idea of the scale of the threat of cybercrime, it takes a look at the overall use of the Internet, theft or exposure of personal data through data breaches and the amount of money lost to a... [12 Nov 2009]
Meeting 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]
