Tag archive for ‘Ponemon Institute’
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Study: Only Half of CEOs Strongly Support Data Security Efforts
In yet another very interesting Ponemon Institute study, more than half of IT and security professionals worldwide believe their companies’ laptops and other mobile devices pose security risks, and only half of them have CEOs who are strong advocates and supporters of data security efforts.
Kelly Jackson Higgins’ article at Dark Reading gives a good summary.
And, [...]
Rip of the Week: LAX Travelers Lose a Laptop Every 8.4 Minutes
In the Tip of the Week column I’d previously noted the insecurity of airports, with the Ponemon Institute’s study revealing 12,000 laptops per week lost or stolen in US airports alone. For the Rip of the Week I will actually include 1,200. That is, 1,200 thefts (and losses) per week in one single airport.
LA Weekly [...]
Tip of the Week: Use Technology to Beat Your Employees
Interesting: back on May 27, my Tip of the Week was entitled “Assume Your Employees Ignore You.” I described how employees really pay little attention to company policy, or even actively break it.
Then, two weeks (to the day) later, Ponemon Institute released another superb study, sponsored by IronKey, this time entitled “Trends in Insider Compliance [...]
Tip of the Week: Airport Insecurity
For those who travel with laptops, the zoo that is the security checkpoint is a none-too-welcome hassle. Of course, many veteran travelers have gone through security so many times that they do have it down to a science, and the main frustration is dealing with the inexperienced travelers in front of them in line.
Still, all [...]
Tip of the Week: Get Serious (and “Passwords” Aren’t Serious)
It would be hard not to have this week’s tip center around the massive data breach in Oklahoma (our home state), which centered upon a stolen Oklahoma Department of Human Services laptop.
So, let’s do that indeed.
According to officials at DHS, the system was protected by “multiple passwords” and a person would “have to be a [...]
How Laptop Theft is Eating at your Customer Base
One stolen laptop. Unlimited data up for grabs. But what should you really be concerned about?
Well, if you’re a business owner, take a look at your customers. A recent study by the Ponemon Institute indicates that after a data breach, almost one-third of the customers notified terminate their relationship with the company.
In Sue Poremba’s article [...]
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