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The Year Of The Mega Data Breach
Posted on November 25th, 2009 No comments…the decrease in data breaches is deceptive. In fact, the number of personal records that were exposed–data like Social Security numbers, medical records and credit card information tied to an individual–that hackers exposed has skyrocketed to 220 million records so far this year, compared with 35 million in 2008
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Identity crisis: The threat of bulk thefts
Posted on November 20th, 2009 No commentsAccording to a recent report on identity theft from the Travelers Companies, identity theft was up 22 percent last year and expected to jump again this year. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has been listening to the steady drumbeat of reports on data breaches in the news
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Redishred Capital Announces Third Quarter Numbers
Posted on November 20th, 2009 No commentsCompany’s sales for the first three quarters of the year grew by 32 percent over the same period last year.
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MRM Wins EPA’s National TV Recycling Challenge
Posted on November 11th, 2009 No commentsElectronics recycler has collected around 3 million pounds of electronics in the first eight months of this year.
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Nationwide data breach hits N.H. physicians
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsThe largest health insurer in the country has begun informing providers in New England and around the country about a potential security breach.
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Senate poised to pass national breach-notification law — or maybe not
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 No commentsAmerica could use a good data protection law, one that would set some standards for protecting sensitive personal information and establish a national requirement for data breach notification. One staffer for the Senate Judiciary committee says this might be the year we get it.
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Businesses aren’t trusted to handle customer data
Posted on October 13th, 2009 No commentsAlmost all employees don’t believe that the companies they work for completely protects the identities of their customers.
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Victims of identity fraud rise by a third, as it becomes a primary concern among consumers
Posted on October 13th, 2009 No commentsThe number of victims of identity fraud has risen by a third so far this year in comparison with this time last year.
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Data Breach Trends: How to Avoid a Hack
Posted on September 29th, 2009 No commentsChris Novak, Verizon Business: Monitoring, Incident Response are KeyHeartland Payment Systems, Radisson Hotels and Network Solutions have made the big headlines so far this year.
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Privacy Professionals Should Leverage Training to Make Their Organizations Breach-Free
Posted on September 16th, 2009 No commentsHundreds of privacy officers, experts, consultants and vendors are headed to Boston this week for the International Association of Privacy Professional’s Privacy Academy 2009.
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