Security News

12 reasons why data breaches still happen
2019-07-30 12:48

Half of IT security leaders don't know if their cybersecurity tools are working, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute and AttackIQ.

NY to Require Greater Public Notification of Data Breaches
2019-07-26 15:18

Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security - or SHIELD - Act (S.5575B/A.5635 New York state is strengthening a law requiring companies that handle consumers' personal data to notify them...

ThreatList: Human Error is Behind One Quarter of Data Breaches
2019-07-24 21:00

Meanwhile, remediation times are ballooning to a year or more in the case of malicious attacks, according to Ponemon Institute.

How businesses can reduce the financial impact of data breaches
2019-07-23 12:36

The cost of a data breach has grown 12% over the past 5 years, hitting $3.92 million on average. Organizations can take steps to mitigate the financial damage, according to a new report.

Why 70% of healthcare orgs have suffered data breaches
2019-07-17 13:50

Digital transformation initiatives bring a slew of data privacy concerns to US health organizations, according to a Thales report.

Defending Against Application Breaches
2019-07-11 18:33

The new #1 cyber threat - attacks on the applications that power your business...Applications have become primary targets for two vastly different, but equally dangerous, types of cyberattacks....

UK watchdog fined firms £3m for data breaches last year – before its GDPR balls dropped
2019-07-10 15:09

They'll never be so low again. Ask Marriott and British Airways The Information Commissioner's Office issued £3m worth of fines for data breaches in the year to April 2018 – a mere fraction of its...

Why data breaches keep happening
2019-06-25 18:43

Data breaches remain prevalent in the enterprise. Learn what companies are doing right--and wrong--when it comes to prevention.

Troy Hunt: Why Data Breaches Persist
2019-06-20 12:48

More Data, Use of the Cloud and IoT Presage Even More Big, Bad BreachesBad news for anyone who might have hoped that the data breach problem was getting better. "Anecdotally, it just feels like...

Collections Firm Behind LabCorp, Quest Breaches Files for Bankruptcy
2019-06-20 01:47

A medical billing firm responsible for a recent eight-month data breach that exposed the personal information on nearly 20 million Americans has filed for bankruptcy, citing "enormous expenses"...