01 March 2012

University released students' personal data online - Public Service


But the university will not face a fine, even though a minority of staff had received data protection training. The data breach occurred after the names, addresses and dates of birth of up to 177 individuals were shown in screenshots that had been used ...

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Verizon claims most data breaches undiscovered for months or years - Techworld.com


By Lucian Constantin | Published: 10:23, 01 March 2012 Over 90 percent of data breaches are the result of external attacks and almost 60 percent of organisations discovered them months or years later, Verizon claimed at the RSA security conference.

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Stolen NASA laptop contained the command codes to CONTROL the International ... - Daily Mail


Another stolen laptop contained classified information on NASA's space exploration Constellation and Orion programs and employees social security details. He said: 'NASA cannot consistently measure the amount of sensitive data exposed when employee ...

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RSA: Back from the breach? - IT PRO


When last year's breach hit, resulting in customers' SecurID data going missing, some gazed into the crystal ball and saw the dawning of a dark age for RSA. There was little doubt the embarrassment and subsequent cost of the compromise was going to ...

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One member of staff sacked and another reprimanded after data breaches at ... - Northampton Chronicle & Echo


The report on data breaches at NGH in 2011, said measures were now in place to guard against information falling into the wrong hands, but warned potential harm could have been caused several times last year. The hospital said on one occasion, ...

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More Than Half of Organizations Take Months or Years to Discover a Breach ... - PCWorld


Preview of Verizon Business' data breach cases shows malware and hacking the ...
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Employees are deliberately disabling security controls - Help Net Security


... advanced malware and data theft threats from malicious or negligent insiders. 59 percent of respondents report that employees circumvent or disengage security features, such as passwords and key locks, on corporate and personal mobile devices.

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