Incident Response Handling
You have an incident – may be a breach in progress, may be a breach that happened a while ago but is just noticed – what is your incident response? What do you do? Do you have a plan? Have you tested your plan recently? Is everyone trained in their responder role? (more…)
Incident Response – A Human Endeavor
When an incident occurs, with the amount of technology involved, it’s easy for one to forget the human element. Incident Response is largely a human matter. (more…)
In the event of a breach…
Saw a great WSJ article recently on steps to take if you’ve been breached. Well written! Here’s the Cliff Notes version: (more…)
Consumer Loyalty and Data Breaches
A recent article on darkreading.com showed results of a survey on consumer loyalty and data breaches called SailPoint Market Pulse Survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive. (more…)
Who is safeguarding your customers’ sensitive data?
Who is safeguarding your customers’ sensitive data? I’ve been reading with wonder, as I’m sure many of you have, about the seemingly endless parade of breaches for companies small & large. Increasingly, it isn’t the company reporting the breach that is the cause of the issue; rather it (more…)
Amy Winehouse’s Death Used in Online Attacks
Here we have another good example of why good security awareness training is so important – Amy Winehouse. Cybercriminals are very quick to take advantage of the latest news to increase the chances of success in their phishing attacks. Does your security awareness training adequately cover this? Do your users understand not to click on those links in unsolicited emails, Facebook pages, etc.?
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BET24 warns over data breach – 19 months later
As reported by The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/26/bet24_security_breach/), online gambling site BET24.com notified customers on Monday of data breach that occured in December, 2009. (more…)
You are… The Weakest Link!
I’ve written about this before, but I think it bears repeating now and then. Security awareness of an organization’s employees is as important as ever and is often the weakest link in an organization’s information security posture. (more…)
Summary of Recent Data Breaches
So many recent data breaches – its becoming hard to keep up. Here’s a quick summary of some data breaches. There are many more where this came from, and the full list of known breaches can be found at these sites: (more…)
