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...
Where Data Goes, Security Must Follow
Over the last several years, well-publicized security breaches have been causing enterprises to develop security policies in order to protect their brands from the damaging publicity surrounding such an event. The only feasible approach to securing informa...
29% of departing directors admit stealing data - survey
Almost a third of company directors surveyed have admitted to stealing corporate information, with memory sticks making theft easier than ever. In a survey of 1,385 business people, 29 per cent of company directors admitting to stealing confidential corpo...
Information-sharing an obstacle in cyber war games
The results of an international cyberwar game that involved Australia were released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security"s National Cyber Security Division last week. Dubbed Cyber Storm, the game was conducted in February this year and simulated a...
OMB: Prepare now for data breaches
Each agency should assemble a core management team to plan and oversee the response to any data breach that could result in identity theft, according to a Sept. 20 memo from the Office of Management and Budget. That recommendation is from a recent report ...
Davis seeks standard IT breach notification policy
Federal agencies have been losing laptop computers, including those with personal data, without public notification and sometimes undetected by the government. Agencies are finding out now, and disclosing the information, because House Government Reform ...
Purdue notifies alumni of 2000 computer breach
People who attended Purdue University in 2000 were being notified of a security breach that might have resulted in unauthorized access to identifying information, including Social Security numbers. University officials discovered the incident this month d...