Tips 
Tip of the Week: Believe It or Not, Don’t Act Too SOON(0)
Following up to last week’s Tip, with key findings from the Ponemon Institute’s “2009 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach” (found here on the web), there’s another finding that is quite remarkable.
According to the study, on page 4, companies that notify victims too quickly may [in] (sic) fact incur higher costs. The most [...]
Tip of the Week: Decide Who is on the Hook
Our Tip this week focuses on some key, interesting findings in the Ponemon Institute’s “2009 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach.” If you haven’t read the report already, you can find it here on the web (and elsewhere).
According to the report, the leadership of a CISO or equivalent position substantially reduces the overall [...]
Tip of the Week: Walk a Fired Employee Straight to the Door
Nobody likes having to fire people. It can be an ugly business. Sometimes it must happen, however. And when it does, it’s important for your business to have a policy in place for how you handle the termination when it comes to leaving the premises.
That is, do you notify an employee that he is being [...]
Tip of the Week: Control Employee Websurfing ASAP
This weeks’ Tip is a bit of a misnomer. Of course most businesses want to control employee websurfing, for a number of reasons, only beginning with productivity.
Often the question is “how?”
Yet, as today’s Tip highlights, many businesses just don’t get around to putting any controls in place at all.
security curmudgeon over at DataLossDB gives a [...]
More in this category:
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Four
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Three
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Two
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part One
- Tip of the Week: Use a Third-Party Security Auditor
- Tip of the Week: Use a Real (Strong) Password
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Keep All Your Eggs (Passwords) In One Basket
- Tip of the Week: Shut Down Unused Ports
- Tip of the Week: Patch the Jugular First…Or Just Patch Something First
- Tip of the Week: Ensure Comprehensive, Not Selective, Encryption
- Tip of the Week: Change the Default Password!
- Tip of the Week: Watch Your Logs
- Tip of the Week: Implement Periodic Policy Review
- Tip of the Week: Security Through Obscurity is Not Security
- Tip of the Week: Encryption + Tracking = Serious Protection
- Tip of the Week: Automate Your Backup
- Tip of the Week: Again, Avoid Distraction in Public
- Tip of the Week: Use a Screen Shield
- Tip of the Week: Leave it Home
- Tip of the Week: Would You Really Trust a Stranger?
- Tip of the Week: Encrypt!
- Tip of the Week: Use the Safe
- Tip of the Week: Use a BIOS Password
- Tip of the Week: Consider Private Web Browsing
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Even Trust Security Software
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Forget the 250 GB Thumbnail
- Tip of the Week: Avoid Distraction in Public
- Tip of the Week: Record Serial Numbers
- Tip of the Week: There is No Silver Bullet
- Tip of the Week: Use a TSA-Approved Laptop Bag
- Tip of the Week: Use Technology to Beat Your Employees
- Tip of the Week: Back it Up
- Tip of the Week: Stop Denying Your Risk
- Tip of the Week: Airport Insecurity
- Tip of the Week: Assume Your Employees Ignore You
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Assume Anybody is Keeping Your Data Safe
- Tip of the Week: Forget Your Passwords
- Tip of the Week: Know What’s Going On
- Tip of the Week: Get Serious (and “Passwords” Aren’t Serious)
- Tip of the Week: Patches Make Perfect
- Tip of the Week: Take a Jacket (Mom Was Right)
- Tip of the Week: Follow the Thief and Slap Him
- Tip of the Week: Break the Twenty Second Window
- Tip of the Week: Plain Sight Means Just Might
- Tip of the Week: Mark It
- Tip of the Week: Throw Your Elbows
- Tip of the Week: Common Sense Can Save Your Life