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Security breaches drive customers away
News Energis also found that in the cutthroat world of British business, rival firms are often citing these security breaches as a reason for changing suppliers. These organisations reported that many of their existing customers had taken their business...
[May 5, 2004, 17:45]
Security Solutions to Minimize Risk of Breaches of Personal Information
White Papers Accordingly, most enterprises operating in states that have breach reporting laws recognize the need to prevent security breaches that necessitate reporting and may potentially damage their reputation.
[January 11, 2007, 0:00]
Security breaches down, says IT security report
News A government-sponsored security survey reports that while the number of security breaches has dropped considerably in the past two years, the drop has come at a price. The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published on Tuesday to...
[April 22, 2008, 17:39]
System design to help gov't curb security breaches
News The government has revealed how it will avoid future security breaches similar to the HM Revenue & Customs loss of 25 million people's details. Collins said security will take this step forward as government departments upgrade their computer...
[December 2, 2008, 8:37]
Counting the costs of email & web security breaches
White Papers Understand the costs of email and web security breaches to your business. MessageLabs brings you this FREE White Paper for business owners and managers of small to medium sized enterprises. Drawing from the experiences of four MessageLabs clients...
[September 5, 2007, 19:26]
Employees blamed for SME security breaches
News IT managers in small and medium-sized businesses blame their fellow workers for online security breaches — despite the fact many SMEs still don't enforce web-usage policies. More than a quarter of European SME IT managers said they believe company...
[August 24, 2007, 8:51]
Half of UK firms lack handle on security breaches
News Just under half of UK companies do not know how many security breaches they have experienced in the past year, according to research by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Last April, a PwC survey found that companies should not blame...
[October 15, 2009, 15:29]
Viruses cause most security breaches
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) report into information security breaches found that approximately half of businesses said their worst security incidents over the past two years has been caused by virus infections, rather than other...
[February 28, 2006, 16:55]
PIN Security and Key Management to Prevent Data Breaches
White Papers This white paper will examine best practices in several areas of ATM processing and computer security that any financial institution or service provider can use as a starting point to secure its processing infrastructure against the latest...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
You Are the Weakest Link - Goodbye
White Papers Human error continues to be the primary cause of Information Technology (IT) security breaches. In fact, the UK Government has faced repeated embarrassments over lost data, with over 270 data breaches being reported over the past year alone.
[February 12, 2009, 23:00]
Event Monitoring and Response on the Microsoft Network
White Papers The cost of security breaches can be high and can include disruption of productivity, loss of intellectual property, and compromise of confidential data, in addition to time and resources dedicated to responding to the breaches.
[November 1, 2006, 0:00]
Security report sponsorship defended
News Although the biennial Information Security Breaches Survey was commissioned by the DTI, the main sponsors of the report are Microsoft, Symantec, Entrust and Clearswift. Over 1,000 companies took part in the 2006 DTI Information Security Breaches...
[April 11, 2006, 13:55]
Storage Security Tips for Financial Institutions
White Papers Over the last few years, hundreds of corporations have been featured in headlines for data security breaches. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the records of over 158 million U.S.residents have been exposed by security breaches since...
[March 14, 2009, 0:18]
Businesses consider 'hacking insurance'
News Security monitoring service Counterpane Internet Security announced Monday that it has teamed up with insurance house Lloyd's of London to offer Counterpane customers insurance against loss of revenue and valuable data due to network security...
[July 10, 2000, 13:02]
Government database security breached
News Computer security breaches at a number of central government departments in the last year have led to confidential database records being compromised. Two of the departments that have been hit by security breaches include the Department for...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Sales staff cause biggest security headache
News Junior sales staff are causing more security breaches than any other type of employee. The statistics were borne out by research from email security vendor MessageLabs, which calculated the number of security breaches caused by each type of...
[March 29, 2007, 17:30]
Watchdog highlights 'horrifying' security lapses
News The Information Commissioner's Office has criticised some of the UK's largest companies for a range of security breaches over the past year, calling the lapses in privacy "unacceptable". Orange, Barclays and NatWest were among those criticised for...
[July 11, 2007, 12:00]
'Information Security Awareness Forum' is launched
News An organisation has been launched to promote security awareness in the wake of the plethora of major security breaches in 2007. The forum was created as a result of various security breaches last year, which ISAF said were the result of a lack of...
[February 12, 2008, 16:40]
Companies told to disclose data breaches
News The European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) wants mandatory reporting on security and data breaches by businesses. Therefore, Enisa calls for the EU to introduce mandatory reporting on security breaches and incidents for business...
[May 28, 2008, 9:02]
