2014 is The Year of the Data Breach

Without a doubt, 2014 is well on its way to replace 2013 as the highest year on record for exposed records. In the first quarter of 2014 alone a record 43% of American companies reported experiencing hacks according to a study released by the Ponemon Institute. According to the 2014 Identity Theft Resource Center Breach Report, in all the following categories combined (banking/credit/financial, business, educational, government/military and medical/healthcare) as of November 3, 2014 a...

Without a doubt, 2014 is well on its way to replace 2013 as the highest year on record for exposed records. In the first...

Fasoo Shows Robust ECM Security at IBM Insight 2014 >> Read More >> [Product] Fasoo Secure Document (FSD) for IBM ECM >> Read More >> The Cost of an Inside Hacker There are many other known and unknown examples of similar situations where a trusted insider caused major economic damage to a company. What to Do after a Data Breach? Most of the headlines read say very little about what these organizations are doing...

Fasoo Shows Robust ECM Security at IBM Insight 2014 >> Read More >> [Product] Fasoo Secure Document (FSD) for IBM ECM >> Read More...

This is the first year Fasoo participated in the IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas and by the reaction of customers, IBM employees and other vendors, we made a big splash. The event had over 13,000 attendees from all over the world and focused on Big Data, Business Analytics, Information Management and Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Cloud, mobile and security were big topics that transcend all of these categories as business has become mobile,...

This is the first year Fasoo participated in the IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas and by the reaction of customers, IBM employees and...

From the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the FCC all the way up to the White House is pushing for stronger data security measures amongst organizations that deal with sensitive customer information. Just last week, the FCC fined two telecommunication companies $10 million, for neglecting to protect over 300,000 customers’ personally identifiable information (PII). This is the FCC’s first data security case and its largest privacy violation action ever. The telecoms failed...

From the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the FCC all the way up to the White House is pushing for stronger data...

Recent headlines involving unencrypted portable media such as CDs and USBs have hit the news. Most recently in Arizona, two unencrypted computer discs containing names and Social Security numbers were sent to another partner and after a month, the partner still said it had not received the discs. This situation along with many other healthcare industry data breaches proves that in no way is any organization immune to this threat. As stated in this...

Recent headlines involving unencrypted portable media such as CDs and USBs have hit the news. Most recently in Arizona, two unencrypted computer discs containing...

As companies grow and shrink, people naturally move to different jobs. If a company gets hot, there is a natural tendency for it to attract people from numerous backgrounds and professions. Just look at the growth in Silicon Valley in the last 10 years as Apple, Google, Facebook, Salesforce and many others have grown dramatically and become household names. As people advance throughout their careers, they create and have access to sensitive information. In...

As companies grow and shrink, people naturally move to different jobs. If a company gets hot, there is a natural tendency for it to...

In many recent articles regarding data breaches, you will always see that organizations are notifying customers and offering free credit reporting and monitoring, fraud alert services and other services. Most of the headlines read say very little about what these organizations are doing to increase their security and protection of customer personally identifiable information (PII) after they have experienced a data breach. Thus it is not uncommon for the same organizations to experience two,...

In many recent articles regarding data breaches, you will always see that organizations are notifying customers and offering free credit reporting and monitoring, fraud...

We’ve heard of data breaches by insiders but not in the way of printing errors. Although between the two kinds of insider threats, malicious and by accident, this is considered by accident, this can be a big headache for organizations. Whether it is leaving printouts of sensitive data on the printer unattended after printing or printing errors due to human error, this can all lead to data breaches. In a recent article, a health...

We’ve heard of data breaches by insiders but not in the way of printing errors. Although between the two kinds of insider threats, malicious...

While a lot of companies are focusing on outsiders attacking their businesses to steal sensitive information, few of us focus on inside hackers. Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase and Target are fairly recent examples of cybercriminals going after credit cards and other customer information. Companies need to fix easily exploited vulnerabilities to address these problems, but they also need to look inward to current and former employees. An example of this is a case where...

While a lot of companies are focusing on outsiders attacking their businesses to steal sensitive information, few of us focus on inside hackers. Home...

Insider threats. It is not that we have not heard about these two words before, as it has been all over our blog, as well all over the news. However, it seems as though we don’t hear a lot about how organization are responding to prevent data breaches from these insider threats. A recent warning by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to organizations was that there is an increase in insider...

Insider threats. It is not that we have not heard about these two words before, as it has been all over our blog, as...

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