To respond to a security incident, an organization must first be aware of it. But too many intrusions go undetected, says Rob Lee of SANS Institute. That's the first problem that needs to be addressed.
Delaware Chief Security Officer Elayne Starkey offers her insight into the security challenges organizations face with two of IT's most popular trends: mobile device use and cloud computing.
Creating a "culture of compliance" that emphasizes the importance of maintaining patient privacy requires far more than "management by committee," says change management specialist Jan Hillier.
One problem tracking IT security employment is the dearth of information. Even the most trustworthy organization in collecting employment data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, furnishes infosec data it cautions aren't reliable.
With a court decision handed down in Texas, a lingering lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems and two acquiring banks, KeyBank and Heartland Bank, appears to finally have been put to rest.
CIO Roger Baker concurs with auditor's recommendations, saying the Department of Veterans Affairs has "embarked on a cultural transformation" and that "securing information is everyone's responsibility."
State officials in Utah have again revised upward the number of individuals affected by a March 30 healthcare information hacking incident. They now estimate that 780,000 patients were affected.
Science Applications International Corp. claims it has enough insurance to cover the costs of potential judgments or settlements stemming from seven class action lawsuits related to a September 2011 breach incident affecting 4.9 million TRICARE beneficiaries.
Healthcare organizations need to make mobile device security a top priority because so many recent data breaches can be tied to poor mobile device management, says consultant Jeff Brandt.
Ignorance is not bliss. Two new studies, when viewed together, show that consumers' ignorance of the consequences of their actions coupled with enterprises' unawareness of their computing environment equal unacceptable risk.
The cost of a data breach is down, say the latest Ponemon Institute study. But as the Global Payments breach shows, organizations still have many reasons to be concerned, says researcher Larry Ponemon.
How might the Global Payments breach saga unfold? A look back on the Heartland Payments System incident and investigation offers clues to what could be a rocky road ahead.
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