Tag archive for ‘data loss’
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 [...]
Tip of the Week: Watch Especially for Malicious Attacks
Continuing yet again to highlight great information found in the “2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach” by the Ponemon Institute, and sponsored by PGP, another good takeaway concerns malicious attacks versus insider negligence.
Most folks aren’t surprised to hear that malicious and criminal attacks are more expensive (more damaging) than insider negligence [...]
It’s Been a Bad Year of Data Breaches
As the year draws to a close, it’s handy to take a look back at a year’s worth of trouble. As expected, the headlines just kept flowing, with lost devices leading the charge. The steady flow of data into the wrong hands seemed to pick up momentum this year, as always.
For a recap of this [...]
Rip of the Week: Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (USA) Stolen Laptop Breaches Applicants
This week’s rather classic breach involves The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, who notified applicants to its programs that their personal information may now be compromised due to a stolen laptop.
According to the entry at DataLossDB, BCCS International Director Roberto Ribeiro sent a letter to at least one Attorney General (New Hampshire), alerting about the [...]
Tip of the Week: Don’t Forget the 250 GB Thumbnail
Moore’s Law has been around since roughly 1965, essentially stating that computing power doubles every two years. There are some caveats to that, but that’s the basic idea. And, we all know it to be true, as memory capacities continue to skyrocket and processors get faster (or we get more of them in parallel). Whether [...]
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