Ask any security officer what keeps him or her up at night, chances are having to deal with the fallout of a data breach will be high on the short list. If you scan headlines over the past year, you can see why—according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, since 2005, more than 165 million records from private companies, government organizations and universities containing sensitive personal information have been involved in security breaches.
- By Patrick J. Conte
- Nov 01, 2007
Microsoft Corp. recently released research showing an acceleration in the number of security attacks designed to steal personal information or trick people into providing it through social engineering.
Prevx recently announced the results from checks for active spyware and malware on nearly 300,000 PCs during the last 30 days. The results show that of 290,647 PCs scanned a staggering 45,251 (15.6 percent) had one or more active spyware or malware infection.
SI International announced recently that it is a member of the KT Consulting team that has been awarded the IT Services, Program Support Services contract with DoD and WHS.
Commtouch recently released its E-mail Threats Trend Report for the third quarter of 2007, based on the automated analysis of billions of e-mail messages weekly.
FaceTime Communications recently announced the results of its annual survey, "Greynets in the Enterprise: 3rd Annual Survey of Trends, Attitudes and Impact."
McAfee Inc. recently presented the inaugural McAfee Cybercrime Fighter Award to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The award, recognizing Abbott for his fight to protect Texas children from online predators, was presented during the McAfee Strategic Executive Security Summit in Dallas.
WhiteHat Security recently announced the availability of the third WhiteHat Web site Security Statistics Report. The report shows nine out of 10 Web sites have serious vulnerabilities that make the sites targets for malicious online attacks
Sophos recently published the results of research into the types of user that businesses fear is most likely to expose networks to IT threats.
Members of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) will be mobilizing in key congressional districts across the country during this week to call for immediate passage of data security and breach notification legislation.
The consensus of speakers at the recently-concluded Real Security Summit is that the future of credit card payments depends on systems that remove useable card data stored anywhere at the merchant level.
The Computer Security Institute (CSI) recently released its 2007 report with news that the average annual loss reported by U.S. companies in the 2007 CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey more than doubled.
The National Cyber Security Alliance and McAfee Inc. recently announced the results of a comprehensive consumer online security research study.
Those in the security industry know that protection doesn't just stop with police officers and first responders.
- By Karina Sanchez
- Oct 02, 2007
The risk of a breach of sensitive personal information held by TJX Companies Inc. was foreseeable, but the company failed to put in place adequate security safeguards, an investigation found.
The severity of information security breaches experienced by organizations has increased markedly over the past year, according to recent research.
WHEN it comes to information security, many organizations rely heavily on a tactical and operational approach. The bulk of budgets and resources are directed toward technical solutions like firewalls and filters to keep the bad guys—hackers, spammers, phishers and thieves—out.
- By David Drab
- Sep 21, 2007
A leading expert on terrorism and financial crime says protecting credit card data is critical to eliminating a major source of funding for terrorist organizations.
Part of what sells attendees at ISC East in New York is the information available to everyone. Some of that information comes from attending Infosecurity NY.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 06, 2007
CACI International Inc. announced recently that it has been awarded an estimated $47.5 million to provide technical support services to the Naval Supply Systems Command.