Average data breach costs $5 million
Network World’s 11/6/06 edition features an article that focuses on the costs of data breaches. The headline is “Average data breach costs companies $5 million” which clearly summarizes the entire...
View ArticleCompTIA Survey Emphasizes Importance of Security Training
In the November 20, 2006, edition of eWeek, Brian McCarthy, COO of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), reports on results from the 4th annual CompTIA study of information security...
View ArticleCompTIA Survey Emphasizes Importance of Security Training
In the November 20, 2006, edition of eWeek, Brian McCarthy, COO of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), reports on results from the 4th annual CompTIA study of information security...
View ArticleCard Associations Step Up PCI Enforcement
The 11/25/06 edition of The Green Sheet has a very interesting article entitled Card Associations Get Aggressive on PCI Enforcement. According to the article, Visa has publicly indicated its intent to...
View ArticleInside Jobs: The Risk of Data Breach From Insider Threats
An excellent article appeared in the December 11, 2006, edition of Information Week entitled Insider Threats. The article starts with a description of the now infamous attack by an employee against UBS...
View Article100 Million Notifications of Data Breaches in US
In an article posted to www.TechNewsWorld.com on 1/4/07, Ed Moyle writes that there have now been roughly 100 million notifications sent to individuals in the US notifying them that their personal...
View ArticleBackground Checks on IT Personnel
Alice Snell has written an excellent article in the 1/22/07 issue of Network World entitled “IT Security Gets Personal.” She builds the case for conducting background checks on IT staff and cites...
View ArticleThe State of PCI Compliance 2007
Ellen Messmer has written an excellent article in the 1/25/07 edition of Network World entitled “Credit Card Industry Struggles to Enforce Security Standard.” Rob Tourt, vice president of network...
View ArticleIncreased Scrutiny From Card Associations in 2007
In the latest issue of The Green Sheet, David H. Press writes about the increased scrutiny to expect in 2007 from the credit card associations. He cites a Visa announcement that states: “By combining...
View ArticleNew Techniques for Guarding Financial Data
In the 2/6/07 edition of E-Commerce Times, Andrew Rolfe has published an article that discusses ways to use out-of-band authentication to secure online transactions. He defines this as “the use of two...
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