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76% of companies have had a data breach or expect to have a breach

brianfpennington wrote 1 day ago: Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute have released a study that finds that, des … more →

Tags: data breach, encryption, Experian, Experian Data Breach Resolution, Forensics, malware, Ponemon Institute

UK Government's update on its activities to protect children on the Internet

brianfpennington wrote 2 days ago: Earlier this month the UK Government provided an update to their activities around protecting childr … more →

Tags: Child Protection, Claire Perry, Internet Service Provider, Linda Papadopoulos, Parental Control, tanya Byron, UKCCIS

Small firms lose up to £800 million to cyber crime a year1 comment

brianfpennington wrote 3 days ago: New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that cyber crime costs its members … more →

Tags: Computer Crime, Computer Security, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, federation of small businesses, FSB, malware, PCI DSS, trojan, Virus

RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on the changes in Phishing tactics

brianfpennington wrote 1 week ago: Phishing still stands as the top online threat impacting both consumers and the businesses that serv … more →

Tags: Email Spam, Phish, Phishing, RSA, RSA Security, Spearphishing, trojan

RSA’s March Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on Email and Identity takeover

brianfpennington wrote 1 month ago: RSA’s March 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summ … more →

Tags: Internet Fraud, malware, PayPal, Phishing, RSA, RSA Security, Spearphishing, trojan

Receptionist prosecuted for breaching the Data Protection Act1 comment

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: Another nosy parker faces the results of their snooping after she decided to spy on her ex-husband’s … more →

Tags: data protection act 1998, personally identifiable information, ICO, Pii, HIPAA

An update on the progress of the European Data Protection Act

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: At last week’s Information Commissioners Data Protection Officers Conference in Manchester I had the … more →

Tags: Data Protection, data protection act 1998, David Smith, European Commission, european union, Françoise Le Bail, privacy by design, security by design

Lack of guidance on BYOD raises data protection concerns

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a survey into business attitudes tow … more →

Tags: byod, Data Protection Act, ICO, Information Commissioner's Office, password, PCI DSS, personally identifiable information, Pii, YouGov

The growing threat of insider fraud not a top security priority for organizations

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: An Attachmate sponsored Ponemon Survey indicates the growing threat of insider fraud is not a top se … more →

Tags: Attachmate, byod, data security, Enterprise Risk Management, fraud, Larry Ponemon, Ponemon Institute

Survey reveals companies are taking risks whilst outsourcing consumer data

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute survey results identify opportunity for im … more →

Tags: confidentiality, data breach, data security, Experian, Larry Ponemon, Ponemon Institute

What happens after a data breach?1 comment

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: A report by Solera Networks and Ponemon reveals rise in security breaches, with organisations taking … more →

Tags: Computer Security, data breach, data security, DLP, Larry Ponemon, Ponemon Institute, Security Information and Event Management, SIEM, Solera Networks

Big Data Analytics can improve IT Security defences

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: A new study by the Ponemon Institute, Big Data Analytics in Cyber Defense, confirms that Big Data an … more →

Tags: "big data", Computer Crime, Enterprise Risk Management, Ponemon Institute, Teradata

How Employees are Putting Your Intellectual Property at Risk1 comment

brianfpennington wrote 2 months ago: “What’s Yours is Mine: How Employees are Putting Your Intellectual Property at Risk … more →

Tags: Ponemon Institute, Symantec, Data Protection, data loss prevention, Intellectual Property, confidentiality, sensitive data

RSA’s February Online Fraud Report 2013 including an update on Phishing activity2 comments

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: RSA’s February 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a s … more →

Tags: Email Spam, Internet Fraud, Phishing, RSA, RSA Security, Spam, typo squatting, Uniform Resource Locator

More Than 12 Million Identity Fraud Victims in 2012, study finds

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: Javelin Strategy & Research have released their 2013 Identity Fraud Report with some startling r … more →

Tags: fraud, data breach, Identity Theft, Internet Fraud, social security number, identity fraud, Credit History, Javelin Strategy & Research

Mobile phone users are not concerned with security until there is a breach and then they blame their provider

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: Crossbeam Systems have released research into Mobile Phone user’s opinions on security.  The most re … more →

Tags: smartphone, Internet Service Provider, Mobile Network Operator, encryption, crossbeam systems, Passwords

Nursing and Midwifery Council fined for breaching the Data Protection Act

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a £150,000 fine to the Nursing and Midwifery Counci … more →

Tags: Information Commissioner's Office, Data Protection Act, data breach, personally identifiable information, ICO, encryption, Nursing and Midwifery Council

Securing Patient data has improved massively but still has work to do1 comment

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: In it’s recent Winter 2013 Newsletter Experian released the details of the fifth annual Healthcare I … more →

Tags: data breach, encryption, Pii, Experian, phi, HIPAA, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, HIMSS

RSA’s January Online Fraud Report 2013 including an excellent summary of Phishing in 20123 comments

brianfpennington wrote 3 months ago: RSA’s January 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a su … more →

Tags: fraud, Internet Fraud, Phishing, Cybercrime, RSA Security, RSA, Online Fraud, SMiShing, Vishing


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