Susan Read-Miller
Latest Research Indicates Smaller Data Breaches and Reduced Customer Churn
TweetThis has been a very newsworthy week for data breach research. Dr. Larry Ponemon, the Ponemon Institute’s privacy advocate and researcher, released their yearly U.S. Cost of Data Breach Study which wrapped up the latest statistics for 2011. After six years of less-than-encouraging news, there were a few surprises in this report. First, the average [...]
Monitoring Logs Can Prevent Data Breaches
Tweet“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Benjamin Franklin coined this expression to help convey that it is better to try to avoid problems in the first place rather than attempt to fix them once bad things happen. Waiting to fix these issues can be very costly – as many organizations have [...]
Cyber Crooks Targeting Education IT Systems
TweetEducation IT systems seem to have a large target on their back these days. According to an October, 2010 McAfee study, universities and colleges rank number 1 in the ‘Top 10 Riskiest Places to Give Your Social Security Number’. Cyber crooks are attracted to the vast pools of personal data available on university and educational [...]
U.S. Healthcare Industry sees Skyrocketing Data Breaches in 2011
TweetAccording to research provided by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the healthcare industry has seen a marked jump in data privacy breaches over the last 2 years. In 2011 alone, PrivacyRights.org tracked nearly 200 breaches for the industry, more than 2.4 times the next leading industry, Retail/Merchant Businesses. In addition, the latest Patient Privacy and data [...]
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