Data storage firm apologizes for loss of railroad data tapes
Iron Mountain Inc., a Boston data-storage firm, apologized yesterday for losing personal data, including Social Security numbers, for thousands of Long Island Rail Road employees.
New Study Shows European Businesses Overwhelmed by Security Data
LONDON, UK – A new study finds that European businesses are unable to deal with the vast amount of data generated from security devices such as firewalls and anti-virus software. The study, sponsored by Micromuse -- which was recently acquired by ...
NIST releases standards for security logs
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released technical guidelines on how federal agencies should manage security logs. The guidelines cover log generation, transmission, storage, analysis and disposal.
Vendors look to ease compliance management
Management vendors at Interop (all the headlines from the show) will be looking to help companies address compliance requirements with automated tools. LogLogic plans to announce a version of its compliance suite for data regulated by the Payment Card In...
U.S. state office ships CDs with Social Security numbers
The Social Security numbers of potentially millions of registered voters in Ohio were included on CD-ROMs distributed to some 20 political campaign operations in recent months as campaigns geared up for spring primary election races. The problem was disc...
Pentagon Hacker Compromises Personal Data
WASHINGTON -- An intruder gained access to a Defense Department computer server and compromised confidential health care insurance information for more than 14,000 people, the department said Friday. William Winkenwerder Jr., the assistant defense secreta...
MasterCard, Visa following U.K. breach
MasterCard International said today it is responding to a "potential" security breach at a U.K.-based retailer – but would not confirm whether any of its cardholders were affected. "Because this is an ongoing investigation, we cannot disclose spe...