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Author: Scott D. Rosenberg

The New Ponemon Institute End Point Security Report
Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, Compliance, Database security, Identity management, IT Security, Oracle database, Risk, Security Assessments, Security RiskLeave a Comment on The New Ponemon Institute End Point Security Report

Ponemon Institute has just (Dec 2010) released a new State of Endpoint report (http://www.lumension.com/Media_Files/Documents/Marketing—Sales/Others/Ponemon—State-of-Endpoint-Risk.aspx). The study, sponsored by Lumension, reveals that a full 64 percent of the 570 respondents surveyed report that their networks are less secure than they were a year ago, or they aren’t sure. And 58 percent report that their security costs are increasing, with malware incidents being the main driver of the escalating costs. A very interesting thing to note is the fact that most IT […]

Breach Notification Laws
Scott D. RosenbergHIPAA, IT Security, Security AssessmentsLeave a Comment on Breach Notification Laws

Data breach notification laws require companies to implement formal data breach notification polices that cover the procedures for incident reporting and external breach notification. Except just four states – Alabama, Kentucky, New Mexico and South Dakota, every state in the U.S. has passed a breach notification law in the recent past, following the lead of California’s landmark breach disclosure law in 2003. . Breach notification laws require companies to notify their customers about security breaches that involve personal information. Of […]

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