6 Worst Data Breaches Of 2011

Historically speaking, these 2011 data breaches rate among the biggest or most significant data-loss incidents to date. Source: InformationWeek

Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches

As part of the 2009 stimulus bill, the federal government provides incentive payments to doctors and hospitals to adopt electronic health records. An unintended consequence is that as patient records have been digitized, health data breaches have surged. Source: The New York Times

Five Big Database Breaches Of 2011's Second Half

Healthcare breaches dominate since the summer, with plenty of lessons learned. From: Dark Reading

Risky business: 70% of young employees ignore IT security policies

A disturbing 70% of young employees said they often ignore the company’s IT security policies, according to a survey sponsored by Cisco. From: Infosecurity (USA)

Second Annual Patient Privacy Study Released

Widespread use of mobile devices is putting patient data at risk, according to the latest Ponemon Institute research on healthcare providers' patient privacy practices. From: Ponemon Institute

Data Breach: Alan M. Casson & Associates

Two unencrypted laptops and back up media containing info on 8,000 patients stolen during office burglary. From: DatalossDB

Fragmented encryption deployment increases firms' risks

While more companies are deploying encryption to secure data, this deployment is fragmented, creating greater risk for organizations, according to a survey by Symantec. From: Infosecurity (USA)

Healthcare Data In Critical Condition

New study shows data breaches up and costing healthcare industry billions of dollars a year, with employees, mobile devices the weakest links. From: Dark Reading

Medical data breaches soar, according to study

Data breaches in healthcare organizations are rising more than 30 percent year over year, with most organizations stating they've been breached in the past year. From: CSOonline

Data Breach - College of New Jersey

Vulnerability in Campus Student Employment System may have exposed 12,815 student job applicants' information. From: DataLossDB