7 Steps To Safeguard Your Identity After A Data Breach

The last few months have seen a rash of data breaches at large and small companies. Sony, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Sega are just a few of the ones that made big headlines. These breaches affected millions of people. No matter the company, if you are a customer, the consequences could be devastating. If you are or were a customer of a company that suffers a data breach, your personally identifiable information (PII) may...

The last few months have seen a rash of data breaches at large and small companies. Sony, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Sega are just...

Yesterday the United States celebrated Independence Day, which marks the day that the 13 original colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Many of the complaints were that the colonists were not treated fairly and their rights as English subjects were being undermined. Back in 1776 mass communication was a slow process. News took awhile to get from town to town. Private correspondence took days or weeks to move across a state or country. ...

Yesterday the United States celebrated Independence Day, which marks the day that the 13 original colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Many of...

The impact of cloud computing is a profound change in how we live our lives and conduct business. Whether in an office or on the road, accessing information on demand is no longer a luxury. It’s a necessity. It doesn’t matter if I’m purchasing a book on Amazon or trying to find the latest sales data from my CRM system. If I can’t access information when I want it and in a format I...

The impact of cloud computing is a profound change in how we live our lives and conduct business. Whether in an office or on...

Credit cards and financial data are the currency of the realm today. 50 years ago a measure of wealth was a large roll of cash. Today it’s credit. Most of us use our credit cards for just about everything. I use mine to buy food, gasoline, clothing, prescriptions, movies and everything I buy online. So if someone steals my credit card number, that can put me into a world of hurt. Recently Citigroup suffered...

Credit cards and financial data are the currency of the realm today. 50 years ago a measure of wealth was a large roll of...

This past weekend, the PBS website was hacked and erroneous headlines were posted. The headline everyone has focused on is that rapper Tupac Shakur was alive and living in New Zealand; he died in 1996. A group calling itself LulzSec claimed responsibility and said this was a response to broadcasts of a program on WikiLeaks that it didn’t like. What ever happened to just writing a stern letter to the Times? Regardless of the...

This past weekend, the PBS website was hacked and erroneous headlines were posted. The headline everyone has focused on is that rapper Tupac Shakur...

This past week an incident occurred at HP that was both embarrassing and very costly. Just prior to announcing its quarterly earnings on May 17, 2011, three memos were leaked from CEO Leo Apotheker that painted a very bleak picture for the company. The memos warned of upcoming cost-cutting measures for the company that pointed to a rough few quarters ahead. Apotheker told executives to “watch every penny and minimize all hiring” and said...

This past week an incident occurred at HP that was both embarrassing and very costly. Just prior to announcing its quarterly earnings on May...

Computer viruses, worms, trojans and malware are with us all the time. The vast majority of these come in through email or infected documents. A lot of malware comes in through spam. The spam email has a link to a website that infects your computer. Sometimes it tries to install a payload that wreaks havoc on your system or more commonly it tries to get you to enter a credit card number to steal...

Computer viruses, worms, trojans and malware are with us all the time. The vast majority of these come in through email or infected documents. ...

These last few weeks have been tough on cloud computing. The latest problem was the recent security breach of Sony’s Online Entertainment network. About 25 million user accounts were compromised, including the theft of credit card information. This follows the larger breach of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) in April where 77 million users had information stolen. About the same time as the Sony trouble, Amazon had a few hiccups with its AWS (Amazon Web...

These last few weeks have been tough on cloud computing. The latest problem was the recent security breach of Sony’s Online Entertainment network. About...

Is this even a legitimate question anymore? With all the data breaches happening all over the world, you would think that everyone would encrypt all electronic information and communication by default. Many do, but many don’t. Is it a lack of interest? Not knowing what to do? Not understanding what encryption is? A lot of people talk about encryption, but not many really understand what it does or how to do it. At its...

Is this even a legitimate question anymore? With all the data breaches happening all over the world, you would think that everyone would encrypt...

This is a great video about online and office security. It looks like a public service ad from the 1950s complete with bobby soxers and grainy footage. If you aren’t doing it, heed the list of actions at the end to keep your data safe from hackers and other malicious activity....

This is a great video about online and office security. It looks like a public service ad from the 1950s complete with bobby soxers...

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