20 April 2012

Toshiba breaches Data Protection Act - Hostway


Toshiba Information Systems (UK) breached the Data Protection Act after an online security flaw led to the personal details of 20 competition entrants being leaked. It was revealed to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that the personal ...

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Insurance Industry Responds to Cyber Attack Increase - Insurance Networking News


Reports show that cyber data breaches increased in 2011, and group of UK cyber insurers are developing a framework of recommended information security practices and policies. Last year was an extremely active year for data breaches, according to a new ...

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Md. becomes first to OK password protection bill - MyrtleBeachOnline.com


The measure, which handily passed the legislature earlier this month, keeps managers from snooping on password-protected content, a practice advocates of the bill say violates privacy and intimidates job seekers and employees. Robert Collins, a former ...

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Heart surgery campaign blow - The Press, York


THE campaign to keep children's heart surgery services in Yorkshire has suffered a blow following a successful appeal against a High Court ruling. Yesterday the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London lost its legal bid to save its ...

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Indian Organizations spend an average of 53.5 million rupees to remediate a ... - InformationWeek India


Symantec recently announced the results of the first annual cost of a data breach study among Indian organizations. The average total cost of a breach to an organization was INR 53.5 million (5.35 crore), with malicious breaches by hackers or criminal ...

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82% of data breaches due to staff errors; 4% of IT trusts users; IT is still ... - ITworld.com


Seventy-five percent of the companies responding to PwC's survey allow employees to connect personal devices to the company network; 39 percent encrypt the data on those devices. The "staff mistakes" that make up 82 percent of data breaches, ...

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Worker charged in data breach - Greenville News


Though it's on the rise, security efforts haven't kept pace with the growth in electronic records, data sharing and social media and mobile technology, according to a recent Price Waterhouse Cooper survey. And electronic breaches occur three times as ...

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Former State Workers Indicted on Theft Charges - 13WMAZ


Three ex-Ga employees accused of stealing money
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Workers did not exceed authorization when data stolen, says appeals court - PC Advisor


Noncompete news: Ninth Circuit holds employee data theft is not punishable ...
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Former State Employee Arrested, Thousands of Confidential Medicaid Data Stolen - Patch.com


By Shireese Bell Updated: A former Department of Health and Human Services employee was arrested Thursday for allegedly transferring the personal information of more than 228000 state Medicaid recipients to his personal email, according to the State ...

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Keep kids safe on the field: how athletic mouth guards prevent injury for ... - La Jolla Light


Sports are a great way to get kids outside and emphasize the importance of physical activity for a healthy lifestyle. However, rough games do come with risks: and athletic mouth guards are a safe and simple solution to prevent injuries on the field.

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