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Controversial Cyber Security Bill Revived in Congress
Cyber risks have grown exponentially since the dawn of the Internet age. In 2012 alone, data breaches and other cyber risks caused $94 million in direct business losses – and that number ignores the...
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2013 Data Breach Prevention Guide Outlines Key Data Safety Measures
In honor of Data Privacy Day on January 28, the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released a 33-page guide to ensuring data privacy, preventing data breaches, and managing cyber liability risks for...
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Data Breach at Online Data Security Company for IT Professionals
Infosecurity magazine reports this week that Eduserve, an online community for IT professionals focused on serving higher education, has suffered a data breach that affects the accounts of 2,100...
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Survey: Only 19% of Firms Have Cyber Risk Insurance
With fresh hacking stories in the news every day, cyber risk insurance is on the minds of business leaders around the globe. But recent surveys on business responses to cyber threats suggest that...
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Cyber Risk Insurance: More Important for Smaller Firms?
A lot of advice written about managing a data breach is targeted to large corporations. Analysts suggest assembling teams of members of your HR, marketing, PR, IT, and legal departments to craft a data...
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2012’s Record Data Leaks Means Data Breach Insurance Is Becoming More Important
If you felt like data breaches were in the news a lot in 2012, you weren’t imagining things: a report from Risk Based Security released last month shows that the data breach total for 2012 (2,644...
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What Can March Madness Teach Us about Data Breaches?
A recent article in the Huffington Post compares March Madness to retirement planning to illustrate how many factors can influence a person’s success or failure in setting aside enough money for the...
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Data Breach Not Evidence of Negligence, Court Rules
A California district court has handed down a ruling that could impact the way data breach cases are handled around the country – and whether or not your business is held liable if and when cyber crime...
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Should Tech Firms Pay for Digital Security Software?
Cyber security is a hot topic right now. Lawmakers, industry leaders, and media outlets are buzzing about how the latest data breach will affect the economy, privacy, and even national security. But...
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Will CISPA Make Cyber Risk Insurance Obsolete?
In 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Designed to improve digital security, the bill has proven controversial...
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Survey: Most IT Privacy Policy Templates Woefully Insufficient
A survey published this month by DataGuidance, a global provider of data compliance resources, shows a dismal state of IT privacy policies for online companies. In fact, the survey found that 23...
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What's Your Data Breach Notification Plan? (Part 1 of 2)
Data breach security is becoming more and more important with the growth of cloud operating systems, mobile device use, and other cloud-friendly platforms. Never before have we had more access to our...
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How to Protect Data: Data Breach Solutions
There are many reasons to protect data: it's good for your clients, your reputation, and your bottom line. Many IT professionals underestimate the value of that last factor, but that can be a costly...
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Data Leaks: 3 Questions Every IT Professional Needs to Know
They go by many names – data leaks, data breaches, identity thefts, cyber attacks – and just as many security measures IT professionals can put in place to protect their customer data and the financial...
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Why the HealthCare.gov Debacle Is Good for IT Pros
As an IT professional, when you tell people what you do for a living, you probably get two responses: either their eyes glaze over, or they ask if you can fix their printer. The second you start...
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What the Reintroduction of the Data Privacy Act Means for Small Businesses
As an IT professional, developer, or consultant, you've probably heard rumblings about a bill called The Data Privacy Act. The bill will increase data security standards and strengthen punishments for...
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What IT Businesses Need to Know about the Future of Identity Theft, Data...
While you might assume that the Target data breach was caused by a coordinated and sophisticated malware attack, the truth is much more frightening.SecurityWeek.com profiles MacAfee's investigation of...
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Will CISPA Make Cyber Risk Insurance Obsolete?
In 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Designed to improve digital security, the bill has proven controversial...
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Does the Bitcoin Model Offer the Future of Technology Insurance?
Since Mt. Gox, Poloniex, and other Bitcoin exchanges (and mobile software) were hacked, developers have increasing concerns about digital security and data breach lawsuits. Bitcoins can be a polarizing...
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Gmail Just Got Safer (But You Could Still Be Sued)
According to the corporate law magazine InsideCouncil, Google has increased its Gmail security standards in order to ease customer concern and provide a more secure email platform to companies that...
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