After Panama Papers: Firms Should Add Pen Testing to Due Diligence Process
An analysis by Wired shows that the Panama firm Mossack and Fonseca did a poor job managing its public facing systems, all the while promising clients security.
Digital Guardian Adds Functionality to Data Protection Suite
Digital Guardian is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our industry leading data protection platform, adding functionality for both the management console and endpoint agent. This release further enhances Digital Guardian’s ability to protect sensitive data anywhere, anytime as the volume of sensitive data expands and the digital economy's reliance on data grows.
Law Firm Hacks Underscore Third Party Risk
The FBI is investigating attacks on prominent law firms, apparently aimed at stealing sensitive data related to business deals, underscoring the risk of third party data breaches.
Home Depot settles breach suit, will pay $19m
Less than two years after it disclosed a massive breach of its payment system, Home Depot agreed to pay out more than $19 million to settle a class action suit, citing a need to ‘move on.’
FTC Serves Notice to PCI Auditors
A new notice to PCI DSS auditors may be an early sign that the FTC is taking a hard look at the effectiveness of the PCI data security standards and audit process.
The Anatomy of a CISO: A breakdown of today’s top security leaders (Infographic)
What does the typical Fortune 100 CISO look like? We researched the top security leaders at F100 companies to get a better idea – here’s what we found.
The Third Party Data Breach Problem
Data breaches via third parties are a growing problem impacting companies across many industries – and one that can be even more difficult to defend against. How can companies secure their assets against cyber attacks that target suppliers and partners or use information stolen in previous breaches?
Judge in Anthem Case Rules That Breach Harmed Patients
The legal wrangling over whether data breaches cause harm to consumers continued this week, with a District Court ruling in a case involving health insurer Anthem.
The Cost of a Data Breach? $88 Million
There’s a lot of debate about how much data breaches and hacks cost companies – except when there’s not, as with the hack of UK firm TalkTalk, which put the cost at around $88 million.
Red Flag: Pentagon Contractors Get Two Year Extension on Data Protection Rule
In a worrying sign, Department of Defense Contractors requested and won an almost two year extension on new rules that would require them to protect sensitive information stored on their networks.
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