05 April 2012

Privacy breach: Is your business ready to manage … 9:39 am - Providence Business News


Economical offering insurance for privacy breaches
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Avecto says that admin privileges would have helped prevent the Global ... - Security Park


Commenting on the aftermath of the data breach at an Atlanta-based card transaction process, Avecto says that the possibility that the breach was caused by a compromised administrative account that was insufficiently protected shows that governance is ...

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Credit card data breach contained, says Global Payments - BBC News


A data breach that may have exposed as many as 1.5 million credit card accounts has been "absolutely contained", according to the firm behind the leak. Global Payments processes payments for firms such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

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Surveillance plans could breach EU laws, expert claims - Telegraph.co.uk


New surveillance plans could breach European data protection laws, experts have warned, in a further blow to the Government's controversial proposals. Government surveillance plans could allow the monitoring of any emails.

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Data breaches of small businesses, including doctor offices, on the rise - American Medical News


Small organizations, including physician practices, represented the largest number of data breaches in 2011, according to Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report. The report examined 855 breaches across the globe that accounted for 174 ...

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Taking on the challenge of e-disclosure - SC Magazine UK


Whether in the wake of IP theft, data breach, litigation or harassment, digital investigations are a fact of life for many organisations. IT departments are increasingly involved in the collection and data management stages of an investigation process ...

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FiTeq -- Finally a Way to Protect Cardholders When There is a Data Breach - MarketWatch (press release)


Security breaches can and will happen -- but there is finally a way to minimize customer cost and inconvenience when they do occur. While many solutions detect fraud after the fact, FiTeq's solution protects payment card data and prevents ...

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Another Massive Data Breach Exposes A Lot Of People's Credit Card Information ... - Above the Law


By Christopher Danzig Last week's massive credit card data breach was a frustrating reminder that despite everything, all the fights over privacy rights and legislative shouting, if somebody wants to steal an extraordinarily large number of personal ...

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Data breach put 1.5M numbers at risk - San Francisco Chronicle


(04-02) 12:50 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month. The CEO of the company, Global Payments Inc., said the matter ...

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House Rules: Data Security - Above the Law


I will take some liberties with the factual scenario of the Baylor data release in order to make the issue more relevant to those of us in-house. Let's assume that instead of an employee of Baylor's admissions office allegedly being responsible for the ...

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Arizona lawmakers weigh 'anti-trolling' law - V3.co.uk


by Shaun Nichols The state of Arizona has triggered a debate over free speech and civil rights by proposing a bill which would allow the prosecution of annoying or disruptive behaviour online. Dubbed HB 2549, the legislation would seek to place ...

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Five helping in investigations - AsiaOne


"Sharing crime prevention tips online is strongly encouraged," she said. But circulating unsubstantiated information is irresponsible and generates unnecessary public alarm, causing fear and panic in the community, said Director Ng. At present, ...

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FAQ: the coalition's email and web surveillance plans explained - Wired.co.uk


If somehow you were suspected of being involved in organised crime, they would also be able to get a warrant to access the content of all of these communications. Under EU data retention regulations, UK ISPs and mobile operators must keep some basic ...

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16 children are safer - thanks to Sarah's Law - Worcester News


Our priority is keeping children safe and we will act on information received in a timely fashion.' Detective Superintendent Martin Lakeman, who is head of the public protection unit, said the results so far had been 'very encouraging' and should ...

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