Tag archive for ‘data security’
Tip of the Week: Five Steps to Managing Mobile Devices
Most people understand that cell phones and, particularly, smart phones, are a “Kind of a Big Deal” (to use the modern vernacular). Suffice it to say anybody who doesn’t have an iPhone, a BlackBerry, an Android device, or some other powerful mobile data device tends to be the odd man out at a party. The [...]
Why So Many Data Breaches Don’t See Light Of Day
There is a very interesting article over at Dark Reading, by Mathew J. Schwartz from InformationWeek, that discusses the apparent lack of “transparency” prevalent throughout the USA when it comes to data breach reporting. No doubt, a data breach is enormously expensive (see our Rips category for just a few samples of that), and it [...]
U.S. Standards Body: CFOs, Not Just CIOs, Should Consider the Risks of Data Breach
In response to a 60-day White House review last year of the nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Internet Security Alliance authored a 76-page guide which addresses the needs of organizations in a data-breach heavy world.
A nice summary article can be found at NextGov (thanks to Jake K at DataLossDB [...]
WSJ: Your Medical Records Aren’t Secure
Dr. Deborah H. Peel has posted a very good opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, discussing the pitfalls of EHR systems, particularly inasmuch as the consent and permissions that patients should be empowered to give, are often absent.
In addition, Peel mentions a lack of the actual underlying data security as well. This is a [...]
Tip of the Week: Ensure Security Policies and Safeguards Extend to Third Parties
Continuing to highlight great information found in the “2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach” by the Ponemon Institute, and sponsored by PGP, we focus this week on a nugget that is reminiscent of a key step recommended in the MyLaptopGPS white paper “Multi-Layer Laptop Security.” The breach report notes that “forty-two percent of [...]
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 [...]
The $31 Million Laptop
The Ponemon Institute, with sponsorship from PGP, has released their “Fifth Annual U.S. Cost of Data Breach Study.” As usual, the report is a treasure trove of great data (just like most people’s laptops are).
The average cost per breached data record rose $2 in 2009, to $204. That’s actually not too bad. The average cost [...]
Tip of the Week: Don’t Keep All Your Eggs (Passwords) In One Basket
This week’s Tip centers once again on password security. Think it doesn’t matter? Consider the rash of recent reports such as the Verizon 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report that once again show how password security is apparently lost even on professions whose job it is to ensure it!
Talk to ten people on the street, and [...]
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