Wednesday, February 27, 2013

New report claims potential cost of a loss of trust is $400 million

The first in a new series of annual reports seeking to quantify the cost of trust – more specifically the loss of trust – suggests that global 2000 companies can expect a breach of trust to cost almost $400 million. Source: Infosecurity Magazine

Investors Value A Company's Cybersecurity Record

New HBGary report says majority of U.S. investors steer clear of investing in companies that have suffered multiple data breaches -- and they worry more about theft of customer data than intellectual property. Source: Dark Reading

Monday, February 18, 2013

IT departments don't trust their own security choices

One out of five enterprise security professionals in the US say they would not entrust their personal data to their own networks. Source: Infosecurity Magazine

Ex-Employees Say It's OK To Take Corporate Data With Them

New Symantec survey finds nearly 70 percent of employees who recently left or were fired from their job say their organizations don't prevent them from using confidential info. Source: Dark Reading

Retail Top Of 2012 Breach Investigations List, Web Threats Intensify

Separate annual threat reports from Trustwave and Websense show some persistent security problems. Source: Dark Reading

Monday, February 4, 2013

PCI e-commerce guidance issued for merchants

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) recently published the “PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) E-Commerce Guidelines Information Supplement,”outlining vulnerabilities in e-commerce environments and offering security best practices. Source: SC Magazine

Malware: The Next Generation

Zero-day and rapidly-morphing malware is proliferating across the Web. Is your enterprise ready to stop it? Source: Dark Reading