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Data loss doubles in financial services sector

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dissent

So as I was saying, breaches aren’t down in 2010. Almost twice as many financial services companies suffered information theft, loss or attack in the past 12 months than in the previous year, according to a new conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and security company Kroll. The report found that 42% of financial services…

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Why I think Microsoft’s claims that breaches are down are seriously confounded

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Dissent

Ever since yesterday morning when I read that Microsoft reported that breaches involving data loss are down, it’s been a puzzlement because all of the data I’ve seen this year suggest that the number of breach reports are up.  I think I’ve figured out how they came to what I see as an erroneous statement….

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Data breaches plummet: Microsoft

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dissent

Darren Pauli reports: Security breaches resulting in the loss of personal data have almost halved this year compared with 2009 figures, according to Microsoft. While theft, loss of equipment and reckless data disposal still account for the lion’s share of data breaches, total incidents have fallen by some 46 percent in the first half of 2010 compared…

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A third of Spanish hospitals breach the Data Protection Act

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dissent

One in three Spanish hospitals are in breach of the Data Protection behave, disturbing research has revealed. Some 30 per cent of public hospitals have no measures in place to prevent the loss of, or unauthorised access to, patients’ data during transport or whilst filed. A further 40 per cent of state hospitals, and 15…

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Most large companies seeing more hack attacks, survey shows

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dissent

Ellen Messmer reports: Is this year turning out to be even worse for getting hacked than last year? That’s what a survey of 350 IT and network professionals would indicate, with large companies in particular reporting this to be worse than last in terms of suffering at least one network intrusion of their user machines,…

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Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dissent

From the this-does-not-inspire-confidence dept.: Ellen Messmer reports: Database security is rife with pitfalls, according to 430 Oracle database administrators surveyed by the Independent Oracle Users Group. According to the results of the survey released last month, fewer than 30% encrypt personally identifiable information in all their databases, while about 75% acknowledge their organizations do not…

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