The Age Privacy or data breaches are sometimes caused by hackers, sometimes by poor security and sometimes by plain carelessness. Earlier this year, hackers exposed the personal information of 50,000 users of the ABC Online website. There have been a number … (more)
breach … Business News Americas The highest level of concern was related to data breaches in banks, with 91% of respondents claiming to be very concerned regarding this risk, followed by 86% for healthcare organizations, 85% for government agencies, 80% for telcos and internet … (more)
reputation Infosecurity Magazine For enterprises, the ability to detect data breaches within minutes is critical in preventing data loss, yet only 35% of firms stated they have the ability to do this. The culprit? An ever-escalating array of data sources stemming from virtualization … (more)
When it comes to data breaches, hackers and organized crime garner most of the headlines, but most data breaches are caused by human errors and system … (more)
ITProPortal The key finding is that businesses take an exceptionally long time to detect data breaches, with just over a third managing to do so within minutes, a necessary time frame for data loss prevention. 22 per cent said they need a whole day, while 5 per … (more)
Business Standard According to the report titled ‘Needle in a Datastack’, businesses are vulnerable to security breaches due to their inability to properly analyse or store big data. The ability to detect data breaches within minutes is critical in preventing data loss … (more)
The Australian “However they don’t define ‘serious harm’ and as there are significant fines attached for non-compliance, there is a danger that businesses will err on the side of caution and over-report data breaches.” Ms Sangster has cited a recent speech by Mr … (more)
PC Advisor Third parties have backed them up on this, especially a survey from security vendor Trustwave that found that many data breaches take months to spot, with the average being 210 days; 14 percent take longer than two years. One of the problems is the way … (more)
CMO If passed, it was originally expected to come into legislative effect in March 2014 alongside the Australian Privacy Principles. The bill will require government agencies and private organisations to notify customers of serious data breaches relating … (more)
MSPmentor Small businesses are not prepared for data breaches, however, they consistently store sensitive and valuable data, for instance Social Security numbers, customer email addresses and phone numbers. That’s according to a new study from global identity … (more)