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Citibank Data Security Breach
Posted: 24th June 2011 by admin in Hacking News, PCI, risk assessment, Security Assesment, Security Policy, Web SecurityTags: citibank hack
Citibank Data Security Breach, credit cards stolen
Google Me on the Web, is it any good?
Posted: 17th June 2011 by admin in Google, Identity theft, Security Policy, Web SecurityGoogle Me on the Web, identity theft and reputation management
Ignorance is far from bliss with a Global Supply Chain
Posted: 4th June 2011 by admin in Compliance, Global Disaster, Global Incident Map, SCRM, Supplier Security, Supply Chain Risk Management, Suppply Chain ManagementTags: Supply chain, Supply chain management
In this time of global financial insecurity, large scale companies are stretching further and further across the planet in order to reduce costs and remain competitive. But this strategy brings with it risks. The pressure on a global company’s supply chain is simply immense, with operations stretching across whole continents and handfuls of countries, variables [...]
Pleasant Grove man sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for role in prescription fraud case
Posted: 27th May 2011 by admin in Government Security, Hacking News, HIPAA, Identity theft, Security Assesment, Security PolicyTags: Credit card, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Identity theft, Theft
Healthcare HIPAA Identity Theft
Whitehouse has released a cybersecurity plan
Posted: 13th May 2011 by admin in Compliance, Government Security, Identity theft, Security Policy, Web 2.0Tags: Computer security, Critical infrastructure, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Intrusion prevention system, Local Government, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, White House
According to the press release they say “Our critical infrastructure – such as the electricity grid, financial sector, and transportation networks that sustain our way of life – have suffered repeated cyber intrusions, and cyber crime has increased dramatically over the last decade. The President has thus made cybersecurity an Administration priority. When the President released his Cyberspace Policy Review almost two years ago, he declared that the “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.”
Data Lifecycle Management: How to reduce risk, Part 2
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by admin in Compliance, Vendor RiskTags: Business, Company, Consultants, Data, Data Lifecycle Management, General and Freelance, Ponemon Institute, security
Data Lifecycle Management: How to reduce risk Part 2 The Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) goes through 5 steps: creation, usage, transport, storage and destruction. Most companies have parts of this lifecycle under control, but that means there are lots of areas for gaps in the control measures that could let a threat affect the data. [...]
Data Lifecycle Management: How to reduce risk (part1)
Posted: 21st April 2010 by admin in Compliance, risk assessment, Security Assesment, Supplier Security, Unstructured DataTags: data lifecycle, Data management, risk reduction, security, Technology
The Data Lifecycle goes through 5 steps: creation, usage, transport, storage and destruction.
Washington State implements PCI law
Posted: 30th March 2010 by admin in Compliance, Could Computing, HIPAA, PCI, risk assessment, Security AssesmentTags: Data security, Minnesota, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, security
Image via Wikipedia PCI laws are expanding around the country. Washington State is the latest to add a law to their books. Washington state follows Nevada and Minnesota in implementing Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI), the law is HB 1149. It changes the breach notification law they already had on the books. The [...]
What are the challenges with protecting electronic documents?
Posted: 29th March 2010 by admin in antivirus, Compliance, Corporate Stupidity, risk assessment, Security AssesmentTags: Adobe Systems, Apple, Data loss prevention products, Document management system, malware, security
Image via Wikipedia We have seen a lot of problems with Adobe vulnerabilities. Adobe has been getting beat up with all the negative publicity in the past few months. Apple is restricting access to Adobe on their devices. Has anyone tried their remote desktop sharing? I wonder if some vulnerability will be release in that [...]