Tip of the Week: Research

This latest tip is an oldie but a goody: do your research. The latest Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach Study has many helpful pieces of information, summarized, which help emphasize some of the damage vectors that are actually affecting businesses–not in theory, but in practice. There are many guides and tools available (try a [...]

Rip of the Week: South Carolina Hospital Breached by Laptop Theft

Another hospital has suffered a costly and dangerous data breach. This one, it turns out, actually happened a few months ago. WSPA reports that Spartanburg Regional Hospital in Spartanburg, SC, has warned “potentially thousands” of patients that their personal information could be at risk thanks to a stolen laptop. An employee’s work laptop was stolen [...]

Annual Cost of a Data Breach Study: Malicious Attacks Gaining Prominence

We continue to look at highlights from the annual Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach Study, sponsored by Symantec. Be sure to visit Symantec’s Press Release and the download page to get the full report. A couple more highlights are worth mentioning this time around:

For the first time, malicious or criminal attacks are the most [...]