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The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
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Web Host Liabilities: How Hackers Can Shut Down Your Clients’ Website
Many of your clients use web hosts and kits (like those offered with WordPress), which could expose your clients to data breaches and downtime – and ultimately lead to a lawsuit filed against your...
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OpenSSL Made Less Than a Part-Time Fast Food Worker
If there's an upside to the whole Heartbleed debacle, it's that the media drew attention to an incredible disparity: the group that works on OpenSSL gets less than $2,000 dollars a year to maintain the...
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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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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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New Security Flaws in Oracle Products Prove IT Contractors Are Always at Risk
According to an article on Kaspersky’s Threatpost.com, security researchers became upset with Oracle's slow efforts to update major security flaws in its Java cloud services and decided to publicly...
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Personal Data Theft Up 82% in the Last 6 Months
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January, nearly one in five Americans reported that they have had private information (such as such as social security and credit card numbers)...
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DDoS Attack Shuts Down Salesforce, Exposes IT Department to Liability
In the last two weeks, we've read about a number of high-profile DDoS attacks.A blog at the IT performance solution company ThousandEyes profiles how a recent DDoS attack brought down a few of...
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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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The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Web Host Liabilities: How Hackers Can Shut Down Your Clients’ Website
Many of your clients use web hosts and kits (like those offered with WordPress), which could expose your clients to data breaches and downtime – and ultimately lead to a lawsuit filed against your...
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OpenSSL Made Less Than a Part-Time Fast Food Worker
If there's an upside to the whole Heartbleed debacle, it's that the media drew attention to an incredible disparity: the group that works on OpenSSL gets less than $2,000 dollars a year to maintain the...
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Tried and True: Phishing Scams Still Cause Data Breaches
Phishing attacks can strike organizations of any size. They are especially frustrating for IT professionals because they exploit a weakness that all organizations have: user error.Phishing attacks...
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eBay Data Breach Shows Danger of Phishing Attacks on Small Businesses
The Internet is abuzz with news that eBay is the victim of the latest data breach, and it's a big one. Business Insider reports that millions of users' logins, addresses, and personal information might...
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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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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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Security Flaws in Oracle Products Prove IT Contractors Are Always at Risk
According to an article on Kaspersky’s Threatpost.com, security researchers became upset with Oracle's slow efforts to update major security flaws in its Java cloud services and decided to publicly...
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