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5 Ways to Defuse the Data Threat from Departing Employees
When employees leave a company and take sensitive data with them, intentionally or not, the repercussions can be massive. In February of this year, an employee leaving the FDIC exposed…
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52 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Products or Services with Better Data Security
According to the results of a recent survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers, 52 percent of respondents would consider paying more for the same products or services from a provider with…
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32 Percent of Companies Don’t Evaluate Their Third Party Vendors
According to the results of a recent NAVEX Global survey of 321 professionals involved in third-party management, fully 32 percent of respondents don’t evaluate third parties at all before engaging…
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5 Best Practices for Reducing Third-Party Security Risks
With security breaches now a regular fixture in the news, it’s an increasing cause for concern that many — including major breaches at Target and Goodwill — are caused not…
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Missing Hard Drives Expose 950,000 Centene Customers’ PHI
The healthcare provider Centene Corporation recently announced that it’s searching for six unencrypted hard drives that were unaccounted for in an inventory of IT assets. The drives held the names,…
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University of Virginia Breached by Phishing Attack
The University of Virginia (UVA) recently began notifying more than 1,400 of its Academic Division employees that their data was exposed as a result of a successful phishing attack. The…
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Best iPhone Security Apps
While Apple blocks full anti-virus apps from its App Store, counting on its own technology and systems to protect its users (in a whitepaper [PDF], the company states, “Every iOS…
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Breach at Securus Technologies Exposes 70 Million Prison Phone Calls
Reporters at The Intercept recently received a 37 GB cache of records of more than 70 million phone calls apparently stolen from Securus Technologies, which provides phone services for approximately…
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Best Security App for Android
As Android devices continue to surge in popularity, the recently disclosed Stagefright vulnerability, affecting 950 million devices, served as a strong reminder of how crucial it is to keep a…
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Apple Watch Security Risks (and Benefits)
The Apple Watch is arriving in the enterprise in increasing numbers, and it’s here to stay. According to a recent 451 Research survey of Apple Watch owners, 87 percent of…
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