Numerous warnings have gone out to companies in highly regulated industries such as retail, finance and healthcare. Despite the growing threat of potential breaches, a recent study found lapses in data security that could put companies and their customers at risk. A recent Security Info Watch articl...

It may not be easy to go back and closely look at what went wrong following a data breach. No one wants to be the employee that lost a flash drive or failed to meet a compliance requirement. However, acting within an effective information security framework requires organizations to do exactly that ...

Healthcare organizations are frequently victimized by data breaches. Cybercriminals target this sector due to the type of information on record - information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers can be the starting point for a credit card fraud scheme. A recent presentation from consult...

Virtualization is a highly effective method for increasing the efficiency and availability of physical IT infrastructures, and reducing traditionally high fixed infrastructure costs. According to leading research firms, as many as 95% of enterprises are using some form of virtualization. Today, orga...

Alarming Research According to the 2010 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach by Poneman Institute, a Michigan-based research center that studies privacy, data protection and information security policy, security breaches cost $214 per compromised record and average $7.2 million per data breach ...