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Breach remediation plans are essential these days

The constant stream of securities breaches recently has underscored the fact that no company is safe.

Symantec sting operation fails

There’s long been a lot of fear and half truths when it comes to hackers trying to extort money from companies.

Hackers target video conference systems

Video conference has made steady in-roads in the corporate world, to the point where it is now an accepted method of conducting meetings, especially in this era of reduced travel budgets.

Symantec code theft may not be big deal

It was huge news when RSA owned up to the stunning cyber attack in March that stole information that could compromise its vaunted SecureIT tokens. That a preeminent security company could be hacked...

Tips for grappling with cloud compliance

Cloud computing remains a hot topic and the object of a lot of investment. Like a lot of trendy technologies, the pace of adoption has run ahead of the pace of related compliance and security

Citigroup breach highlights need for remediation policies

No one should be surprised that the Connecticut Attorney General is taking an interest in the Citigroup breach. Nor should we be surprised that the FDIC is thinking about setting some federal

Security breaches may be underreported

Security breaches at companies have generated lots of headlines over the past few years, as more companies seem to have fallen victim to increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. But despite all of

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

What to make of the Red Flags Rule reprieve

Back on December 18, 2010, President Obama signed the Red Flags Program Clarification Act of 2010 into law. At first glance, the act cleared up some controversy surrounding the definition of

Stay vigilant on employee scams

We've noted before that companies spend a lot of time and money safeguarding their data from external threats, which is smart of course. But we've also noted that companies tend to downplay the risk