Survey: Corporate Boards Value Info Over Privacy
About 73 percent of corporate board members in a recent survey said that board chairpersons should have the power to use any legal means to identify the source of confidential leaks. Fifty-three percent said they believed it is permissible to follow indi...
AT&T updates privacy procedures after HP inquiry
AT&T Inc. (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which has been questioned by regulators about the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) media leak scandal, said on Friday it updated security requirements for its customer service workers. Th...
Thousands of GE Employees Could be at Risk of ID Theft
There is news that thousands of current and formerаGE employees could be at risk for identity theft. A company employee"s laptop computer was recently stolen from his locked hotel room while he was traveling on business.
Berry taking measures to protect students after consultant misplaces data
Berry College President Dr. Stephen R. Briggs informed the campus community of a potential security breach this morning. College officials were notified late Monday afternoon that student information included on applications for need-based federal aid fi...
KRA computers stolen
Burglars entered the heavily guarded Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) offices at Times Tower and stole computers containing crucial information. The computers were taken from the 14th floor, which houses the income tax section. The intruders also ransacked ...
Computers with patient data stolen from Nagasaki hospital
Six notebook computers with data on about 9,000 patients have been stolen from Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry in Nagasaki, a university official said. The data contained names, gender, dates of birth, and diagnoses of people who v...
New Laws, New Technologies Sell IT On Encryption
Amid seemingly endless reports of lost laptops, some states have written laws that give companies a break if they encrypt data, letting them go without reporting a loss. Yet encryption can be costly and complicated, which has companies exploring not just w...