How to Mitigate the Risk and High Costs of Data Breaches. Part 1

This is the first of a multi-part series on the actual costs of data breaches and possible solutions that can be leveraged to protect your organization's data and bottom line.
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With Great Data Comes Great Responsibility

Corporations that store consumer data are implicitly given trust by consumers. This is a trust they must maintain or risk losing business accordingly. Proactive—not reactive—measures are the hallmarks...
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Mitigating Data Breaches with ALESA

Question: Aside from eliminating sensitive data from your business process, what are two things you can do to eliminate much of the risk of a data breach? Answer: Application-Level Encryption and Stro...
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Lessons For IT Professionals From Prominent Security Breaches

Ask a security professional what the acronym "CIA" in data security expands to. If you get the response "confidentiality, integrity, availability," then you'll get an indicator of why the state of cyb...
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Twitter Hack in Bitcoin Scam Reveals Fundamental Security Flaw

Back in July 2006 when Twitter, then known as Twtrr, was unleashed onto the unsuspecting public, the world was a simpler and gentler place. President Bush rolled out an anticipatory in case Flu Pandem...
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The Striking Parallels of the Firewall and Blockchain

Thirty years ago, as a U.S. Department of Defense experiment called the internet was to be soon commercialized, companies started to focus on how to protect internal systems and applications from atta...
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How to Fight Breach Fatigue

The phenomenon becoming known as "breach fatigue" represents a warning against complacency with regard to the prevalence and success of data breaches.
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Capital One: Chronicle of a Data Breach Foretold

The “data breach of the year” involved more than 100M files containing sensitive information of consumer credit card applications at Capital One. The story hit headlines for months, and with much reas...
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Sharing Isn't Caring

Comfortable Breaches to Fit Any Lifestyle Do you travel? Do you prefer to drive or fly? Do you have a favorite hotel chain? Use the same entertainment methods from day to day? How long have you had th...
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Cloud Vector – Cyber Illness, Infection, and How to Contain Them

Infectious Humour Humans have long had strong emotions about the sick, infirm, and deformed. The word monster derives from the Latin word for omen, originating from a time when sick and deformed child...
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