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Cyber-breach disclosure standards still in flux
Back in October, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic #2, which was all about corporate disclosure obligations regarding cyber-security risks and cyber-incidents.
The new security reality
The Ponemon Institute's most recent study of the costs of data breaches has uncovered something interesting: For the first time in seven years, the organizational costs of data breach and the costs per lost or stolen record have declined.
Time to take a stand on security--again
In the wake of the Zappos.com breach, the New York Times weighed in with an article featuring a woman who had been notified three times this year that she may have been the victim of cybercrimes....
Sony demonstrates need for cyber insurance savvy
We noted recently that the idea of insurance against cyber crimes has taken hold at many companies. Various policies will pay for legal defense costs and settlements as well as the costs of breach
PCI-DSS compliance work continues despite doubts
The funny thing about PCI-DSS is that it generally works, but not everyone believes it. A recent survey from the Ponemon Institute and Imperva--the 2011 PCI-DSS Compliance Trends Study--shows that
Panic after a data breach can boost costs
Data breaches have become too common. In some ways, we've become desensitized to the problem. The fact that the University of Massachusetts Amherst has informed 942 patients that their health
Gartner: Security IT spending holding firm
Research firm Gartner says that enterprises will spend approximately 5 percent of their total information technology budgets on security technology over the next year. That compares with 6 percent
The PCI-DSS 2010 roadmap
You have to hand the PCI Security Standards Council a lot for credit for weathering a severe storm last year, as the fallout from the a number of high-profile data breaches erupted in headlines. Amid
Big moment for end-to-end security?
If there was anything to be gained from the embarrassing data breaches of 2009--often at the hands of master hacker Alberto Gonzalez--it was this: More attention on the movement toward end-to-end
Data breaches to end up in the courts?
Unfortunately, 2009 was a newsy year when it comes to high-profile data breaches. The headlines conjure up some powerful memories: Alberto Gonzalez; Heartland Payments Systems; T.J. Maxx. By
