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You Can Stop Authorized User Data Breaches

You Can Stop Authorized User Data Breaches
  • With news of data breaches every other day, many companies are now turning their attention to where sensitive files reside, who has access to the sensitive information, how this information is being used and securing it. The cyber criminals’ techniques for breaking through perimeter defenses are always getting more sophisticated. Everyone realizes that network security alone is no longer a sufficient solution as the perimeter that once held sensitive information safe has been eroded....
  • With news of data breaches every other day, many companies are now turning their attention to where sensitive files reside, who has access to...
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Data-Centric Security and Pulaski County Special School District Data Breach

Data-Centric Security and Pulaski County Special School District Data Breach
  • This week news broke about a data breach within the Pulaski County Special School District. The breach resulted in more than 3,000 employee’s personal information being compromised. It is reported that a PCSSD employee was responsible for the compromise of thousands of current and former employees’ personal information and she has resigned from her position as of February 2016. Notices to the individuals impacted by this insider data breach were sent out last week....
  • This week news broke about a data breach within the Pulaski County Special School District. The breach resulted in more than 3,000 employee’s personal...
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Keep Employee Information Safe Through Persistent Security

Keep Employee Information Safe Through Persistent Security
  • Hardly a week goes by without a new data breach making the headlines.  Companies in different industries are constantly re-evaluating their security postures to determine how best to deal with the protection of sensitive and confidential data. A lot of effort is focused on financial and customer data, but most companies overlook all of the sensitive employee information they possess and the risks associated with storing and accessing it.  This is a major area...
  • Hardly a week goes by without a new data breach making the headlines.  Companies in different industries are constantly re-evaluating their security postures to...
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Don’t Get Caught With Your Pants Down – Static Application Security Testing Must be part of Security Risk Management

Don’t Get Caught With Your Pants Down – Static Application Security Testing Must be part of Security Risk Management
  • Technology has changed the way we live our lives. Whether we are at work, home or outside, we have become dependent on our computers, mobile phones and the internet. On a daily basis, we all interact with a significant number of applications. Demand for technology has led to an explosion of software we use daily, whether these are applications used in the office or at home. Demand for new or updated functionality has shortened software...
  • Technology has changed the way we live our lives. Whether we are at work, home or outside, we have become dependent on our computers,...
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Fix a Broken Chain of Custody with Confidential Data

Fix a Broken Chain of Custody with Confidential Data
  • Companies share a lot of confidential data with third parties.  Who is responsible for keeping that data secure?  Is it the originating company or the third party?  Or both? This week American Express sent letters to card holders about a possible data breach.  According to reports “an unauthorized person or group accessed the system of a third-party service provider prompting American Express to warn customers that card member information may have been compromised.” The...
  • Companies share a lot of confidential data with third parties.  Who is responsible for keeping that data secure?  Is it the originating company or...
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A Data-Centric Security Framework for a Perimeter-less World

A Data-Centric Security Framework for a Perimeter-less World
  • The internet, its commercialization and all its technological advances have changed the way of the modern world. Unlimited information is available at the touch of a button; tasks that used to take time and effort are now much simpler.  All this technology created the opportunity for companies to find new and creative ways to grow revenues and data collection has become an essential component of many business operations. As data is moving and multiplying...
  • The internet, its commercialization and all its technological advances have changed the way of the modern world. Unlimited information is available at the touch...
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Ofcom: Stopping Another Insider Threat

Ofcom: Stopping Another Insider Threat
  • Reports emerged yesterday that UK media regulator Ofcom suffered a massive data breach when a former employee stole sensitive information on television companies and gave it to a major broadcaster, which incidentally is his or her new employer.  The person who stole the information was not identified in reports.  The former employee downloaded as much as six years worth of data before leaving the company.  The intent of the action was to gain a...
  • Reports emerged yesterday that UK media regulator Ofcom suffered a massive data breach when a former employee stole sensitive information on television companies and...
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Home Depot to Pay Big for Data Breach

Home Depot to Pay Big for Data Breach
  • Data breaches are beginning to cost companies a lot of money.  This isn’t potentially lost revenue or brand damage, which may be hard to measure.  This is cold, hard cash. Home Depot has agreed to pay as much as $19.5 million to compensate consumers for the data breach it suffered in 2014 that affected more than 50 million cardholders.  That figure includes $13 million to reimburse customers for losses and $6.5 million for a...
  • Data breaches are beginning to cost companies a lot of money.  This isn’t potentially lost revenue or brand damage, which may be hard to...
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RSA 2016 Attendees Excited About Fasoo Data Security Framework

RSA 2016 Attendees Excited About Fasoo Data Security Framework
  • This year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco gave security professionals, executives and other attendees a lot to choose from as they tried to help their organizations prevent cyberattacks and mitigate the risk of insider threats.  Apple’s current flap with the FBI on encryption was a big point of discussion throughout the event, including during keynotes.  Amit Yoran, the President of RSA, came out strongly against government backdoors and weakening encryption. Fasoo’s theme this year...
  • This year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco gave security professionals, executives and other attendees a lot to choose from as they tried to help...
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