Annual Cost of a Data Breach Study Released: $7.2 Million Per Breach

The Ponemon Institute has released their annual Cost of a Data Breach Study. As usual, it’s a nice, concise trove of useful information. Symantec completed their acquisition of PGP over the past year, so the formerly PGP-sponsored study is now Symantec-sponsored. Symantec’s press release and study download page, as well as a blog post by [...]

New Survey: 9 out of 10 Security-Related Employees Have “No Idea” of Breach Costs

Computerworld has published an interesting article by Jaikumar Vijayan regarding yet another survey with disturbing findings. The survey polled 430 members of the Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG) and was conducted by Unisphere Research and sponsored by Application Security, Inc. It included “developers and programmers, database and systems administrators, systems architects and analysts and professionals [...]

Inc. Magazine: Use MyLaptopGPS as Part of Your Computer Protection Strategy

Courtney Rubin over at Inc. Magazine has written a nice article entitled “What to Do When You Lose Your Computer.” Incidentally, it’s good that the article is entitled “WHEN” and not “IF” you lose your computer. It’s practically guaranteed to happen, so Ms. Rubin goes on to describe a few handy tips:

Change Your Passwords
Check the [...]