How Safe Is Your Data? Key Questions for Your Insurance Agent
There’s a good chance your goals for 2013 don’t include a devastating financial blow from a data breach– and we certainly hope such a blow doesn’t hit your business. But we need to warn you: a study...
View ArticleWhat the Pentagon’s New Cyber Security Measures Mean for Your Business
In the next several years, the Pentagon has plans to expand its cyber security forces by a factor of five, a Washington Post article revealed yesterday. Specifically, it plans to add 4,000 individuals...
View ArticleEU Data Breach Law Highlights Growing Cyber Risks
The European Union this week announced a new law that will require companies in transport, health, energy, public administration, and Internet sectors to disclose any data breaches as they...
View ArticleControversial 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...
View Article2013 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...
View ArticleData 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...
View ArticleSurvey: 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...
View ArticleData 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...
View ArticleShould 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...
View ArticleWill 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...
View ArticleData Breach Solutions: What You Can Learn from Adobe's Massive Data Breach
Last week, Adobe revealed it was the victim of one of the largest data breaches in a decade. Cyber criminals stole the software giant's source code for Adobe Reader and the credit card information for...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleData 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...
View ArticleWhat Google and Twitter Can Teach Us about Testing Software for Security
Any software or web app can have security vulnerabilities – just ask Google, which recently announced it had fixed a bug that allowed hackers to steal passwords from Google accounts.The bug was...
View ArticleA New Holiday Tradition: 12 Days of Risk-mas
Everyone knows the holiday song "12 days of Christmas," but reports about the prevalence of data breaches over Christmas inspired us to rewrite the classic carol and give it a contemporary twist. Read...
View ArticleSurvey: 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...
View ArticleData Breach Solutions: What You Can Learn from Adobe's Massive Data Breach
Last week, Adobe revealed it was the victim of one of the largest data breaches in a decade. Cyber criminals stole the software giant's source code for Adobe Reader and the credit card information for...
View ArticleData 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...
View ArticleWhat Google and Twitter Can Teach Us about Testing Software for Security
Any software or web app can have security vulnerabilities – just ask Google, which recently announced it had fixed a bug that allowed hackers to steal passwords from Google accounts.The bug was...
View ArticleA New Holiday Tradition: 12 Days of Risk-mas
Everyone knows the holiday song "12 days of Christmas," but reports about the prevalence of data breaches over Christmas inspired us to rewrite the classic carol and give it a contemporary twist. Read...
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