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Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.  |
InternetNews August 3, 2010 |
Health Care Orgs Endure Data Breach Epidemic Hospitals, medical centers and physicians' offices have been responsible for a disproportionately large number of data breaches so far this year, according to one security study.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Alex Goldman |
The Offline Vulnerability of Personal Data Organizations cannot substitute technology for common sense in the handling of personal information, warns a new report.  |
CIO January 2007 |
Data Breaches Cost You More Data breaches continue to become more expensive.  |
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier |
Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.  |
InternetNews October 20, 2010 |
McAfee Names Top 10 Social Security Number Traps At the kickoff of National Protect Your Identity Week, software security vendor McAfee advises users to exercise caution when sharing their Social Security numbers with colleges, government agencies and other groups.  |
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.  |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.  |
Wall Street & Technology December 12, 2007 Melanie Rodier |
Data Breaches Costly For Financial Firms Data breaches are costly for any company, but according to a 2007 study, the average total cost for an incident is much higher in the financial sector.  |
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark |
ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.  |
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.  |
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?  |
PC Magazine June 1, 2008 Larry Seltzer |
Measuring Identity Theft at Top Banks Is your bank a top target? Does it matter?  |
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Melanie Rodier |
How Are U.S. Businesses and Lawmakers Responding to Data Breaches? Nearly 77 million individuals have been affected by data breaches so far this year. But even after suffering a data breach, many businesses failed to implement encryption solutions or seek legal counsel.  |
InternetNews April 21, 2011 Stuart J. Johnston |
Report: Data Breaches on the Decline. New report from Verizon shows a positive trend, but that doesn't mean that the battle is over.  |
InternetNews January 12, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Vendors See More DLP with ID Management CA's recent acquisition is a sign of more product adds to come.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2010 |
Student Loan Guarantor Hit With Data Breach After theft of a portable media device, federal student loan group Educational Credit Management Corp. notifies 3.3 million borrowers that their information is at risk.  |
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.  |
Insurance & Technology February 6, 2008 Melanie Rodier |
Data Breaches Increasingly Costly, Especially in Financial Services As the number of data breaches reported annually continues to surge, the costs incurred by companies that report incidents also are increasing  |
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.  |
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest |
Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.  |
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Jim Wagner |
VeriSign Goes to School Amid a string of college security breaches, the company teams with a nonprofit to offer digital certificate services to schools.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Melanie Rodier |
Identity Theft Top Priority for State Legislators More than 1,300 bills covering a range of issues that could impact financial institutions currently are pending before the 50 U.S. state legislatures.  |
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.  |
InternetNews March 9, 2011 |
Data Breach Recovery Getting More Expensive Report says the cost enterprises have to pay to fix security and restore operations after a data breach continue to grow.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2010 |
New Law Aims to Shore Up Retail Data Security Banks get a break in Washington, one of a growing number of states enabling them to recoup money lost from ID theft and data breaches.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Hassled to the Maxx The identity theft saga involving T.J. Maxx continues: Consumers need to be on the lookout for evidence that their identity, credit card, or debit card information has slipped into the wrong hands.  |
InternetNews February 8, 2010 |
The Biggest Security Breaches of 2009 There were some spectacular data breaches last year. Here's some of the best, or worst, depending on your perspective.  |
InternetNews July 10, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Calif. Heath Firms Claim 800+ Breaches in 2009 New laws prompt an overwhelming number of reported incidents of inappropriate data access.  |
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Gregg Keizer |
ID Theft in Regulatory Spotlight The growing online menace of identity and data theft has resulted in the introduction of another bill to address the problem. The Identify Theft Protection Act is the 10th identity theft bill put into play this session.  |
InternetNews November 11, 2010 |
Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $6B A Year: Study Ponemon Institute report finds that healthcare organizations suffer an average of 2.4 data breaches a year, costing in excess of $2 million per incident.  |
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.  |
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Tables Data-Breach Law Talk Any hope of a U.S. House data-breach disclosure law this year fizzled away Thursday in the face of opposition from Democrats who contend the legislation lacks enforcement teeth.  |
Bank Technology News February 2007 Andrea Klein |
Losses Rise If Reputation is Compromised The banking industry has begun to recognize the true cost of a tarnished reputation. The next and more challenging step for many is mitigating reputational risk, especially as it relates to online security breaches.  |
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark |
VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.  |
InternetNews July 9, 2010 |
Hackers Raid University of Maine's Servers The social security numbers and other personal data of over 4,500 students were compromised in the attack.  |
CIO January 1, 2003 Alison Bass |
Identity Crisis If identity theft isn't already on your radar screen, this headline will put it there: 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers. To avoid a similar disaster on their turf, CIOs should insist their company's customer data be kept in separate databases protected by a number of different security measures.  |
InternetNews January 14, 2010 |
Hacker Breaches N.Y. Bank Long Island bank notifying 8,000 customers that their accounts have been compromised.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Tim Gray |
Hackers Head to School in Droves Universities appear to be the new favorite target of hackers, as the University of Southern California becomes the latest to get hit.  |
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Cyrus Farivar |
Closing the Loopholes on Data Theft Millions have had personal data, including credit card numbers, stolen this year. Congress is seeking to pass a stricter, nationwide law.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 26, 2007 Melanie Rodier |
Data Security: An Increasingly Daunting Task With breaches on the rise, consumer confidence waining, more data privacy regulations in the pipeline and a focus on outsourcing, financial services institutions must ensure they are protecting customer data -- both internally and externally.  |
Bank Technology News September 2005 |
Giving Enterprise Security a Bigger Spotlight Financial IT Security's mission is to provide insight, analysis and commentary about the security challenges before financial institutions - and the innovative technologies and services designed to thwart security breaches.  |
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit Veterans groups file lawsuit against VA seeking damages for veterans exposed to identity theft.  |
InternetNews August 5, 2010 |
Another Laptop Theft Exposes 21K Patients' Data Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is in the process of notifying more than 21,000 patients that a stolen laptop has exposed some of their most sensitive personal information.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Preps ID Theft Law Republicans and Democrats have reached a compromise on legislation mandating data brokers disclose to consumers certain unencrypted breaches of their personal information.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Beat the E-Thieves Another day, another security breach. Are you prepared? This time, the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles was the victim. Here are the three top tips for preventing identity theft from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.  |
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.  |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Amanda C. Kooser |
Safety First Keep your customer and employee data on lock-down.  |
InternetNews February 12, 2010 |
Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.  |
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Less Data, More Security Will data minimization be the key to enhancing data security? Experts say it's a trend to watch.  |