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Data Leak Risks: A Problem Mid-Size Organizations Can't Ignore

2008-02-28 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Code Green) More than 220 million private records have been breached in the last three years. With the average cost of a data-leak incident reaching $6.3 million in 2007, organizations of all sizes must act to protect sensitive data. This whitepaper explores the sources of data leaks, what a data breach could cost your organization, and...
 
Tags: average cost, cost, protect sensitive data, data-leak incident, million, data breach, data leaks, organizations, whitepaper explores
 
 
 
 
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How personal information wound up at the side of the road is a mystery

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2008-07-10 10:50:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 7/10/08 Organization Liberty Furniture a North Carolina based company with Mid-South ties to Cromcraft - a furniture warehouse in Tate County", Mississippi. According to the report, Liberty Furniture may have gone out of business more than 20 years ago Contractor/Consultant/Branch Unknown ...
 
Tags: information, personal information, road, personal, w-2 forms, liberty furniture employees, w-2, eyewitness news, liberty furniture
 
 
 
 
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Maslow's heirarchy of security posture?

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2007-07-08 17:22:32 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
Recently my 3 year old asked me a simple question - "Why do near by objects look big and farther objects look small?" This made me think about blindness that is created by obviousness in our thinking process. "Pride" that we [adults] know more than kids put an end to our constant questioning of our surroundings. "Pride" is one among the 7 deadly...
 
Tags: security posture, basic security posture, security, basic security, security practices, handle security incidents, security exists, security components, security program
 
 
 
 
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Swingtown - This ain't your mother's CBS

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2008-05-10 22:52:08 by HASH0x8b4a544 in StillSecure, After All These Years
I was reading a review in the NY Times today about a new summer time show coming to CBS. It is called Swingtown and I was originally attracted to it because it is a look back at the mid 70's. That was the age of my adolescence, so it naturally attracted me. Well this show is about the mid-70's OK, but the wilder side. It is set in a suburb of...
 
Tags: cbs, trailer, official trailer, harvey wallbangers, hedonistic activity, suburb, swingtown, hbo series, mid
 
 
 
 
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Two stolen Saks Incorporated laptops contained sensitive information

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2008-05-11 21:28:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 4/30/08 Organization Saks Incorporated Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Customers Number Affected Unknown According to the New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification there were 163 persons affected who reside in the state of New Hampshire Types of Data Name, address,...
 
Tags: saks, laptops, information, andor saks, company laptops, personal information, breach description, breach, credit card account
 
 
 
 
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Links List 6.13.08

2008-06-13 13:01:36 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
Nothing to do with monitoring, but completely funny. I have not been following the Broadcom ex-CEO Henry Nicholas exploits , and now I think I should have been. Not only did this bad boy add a fictional $2.2 billion worth of revenue to his companys bottom line, a second indictment also charges him with a slew of stuff including spiking customer...
 
Tags: application performance management, performance management, actionable business intelligence, data, transform huge amounts, companys bottom line, quick overview, vmtn blog, agree
 
 
 
 
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Utah's FrontRunner Commuter Rail Unwired

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2008-06-13 13:34:53 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
The newly launched 40-mile commuter rail line, FrontRunner, goes official with its free Wi-Fi: Nomad Digital, one of the longest-established firms providing connectivity to trains, has unwired the 12 double-decker trains on this new line, which opened for service in late April. About 1,000 passengers ride the route from Ogden to Salt Lake City...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi service requires, rail, rail authority, authority, in-transit wi-fi, free wi-fi, authority offers wi-fi, service
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
Posted by Colin Whittaker, Anti-Phishing Team In addition to targeting malware, we're interested in combating phishing, a social engineering attack where criminals attempt to lure unsuspecting web surfers into logging into a fake website that looks like a real website, such as eBay, E-gold or an online bank. Following a successful attack,...
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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Google Changes Privacy Policy

2007-03-15 08:31:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
I personally love Google and have since the first search I made 7+ years ago. I remember it clearly, I was at my first dot com gig and I made a search for some obscure technical detail. I was shocked that the first result took me to what I was looking for, and it has been my homepage ever since Unfortunately Ive had to turn a blind eye to the...
 
Tags: privacy, google, privacy concerns, policy, google chat, financial data, data, google desktop, users privacy
 
 
 
 
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July 2007 - Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard

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2007-08-16 22:47:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog