Hearing scheduled in Sutter data breach class action

A hearing is scheduled in Sacramento on Sept. 27 in a class action suit against Sutter Health over last year’s theft of a personal computer that held data on 4.24 million patients. Estimates of potential liability, damages, and attorneys' fees range from $943 million to $4.25 billion. Source: Sacramento Business Journal

Most data breaches come from within

While the data breach events that catch headlines are the work of hacking collectives and professional malware writers, it turns out that the vast majority of information compromises come at the hands of a much less nefarious source: the firm’s own unwitting employees. Source: Infosecurity (USA)

Executive order drafted following failed Cybersecurity Act

The Obama administration hopes to issue a cyber security executive order similar to the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, killed by the Senate. Source: SC Magazine

20% of IT staff admit to accessing unauthorised executive data

Survey finds that 39% of IT staff can get unauthorized access to their organization's most sensitive information - including the CEO's private documents - and one in five has already accessed data they shouldn't have. Source: CSO Online

End User Security Awareness Gap Remains Wide, Experts Say

Enterprise-driven security education programs continue to fall short of the mark. Source: Dark Reading

5 Frequently Forgotten Factors In Assessing Risk

The most common mistakes organizations make when going through the risk assessment process. Source: Dark Reading

Cancer Care data breach compromises 55K patients

Personal information from as many as 55,000 cancer patients has been stolen from Indianapolis-based Cancer Care Group following the theft of a laptop. Source: Infosecurity (USA)

DSW Shoe Warehouse awarded $8.6M in cyber-insurance payout

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse has been awarded $6.8 million in insurance coverage, according to a federal appellate court ruling, after a 2005 data breach that exposed transaction information from 1.4 million credit card transactions. Source: Infosecurity (USA)

Cybercrime costs U.S. consumers $20.7 billion

Worldwide losses resulting from cybercrime including malware attacks and phishing hit $110 billion between July 2011 and the end of July 2012, a report by security company Symantec has found. Source: CNET News