Most of Your Clients Don't Understand State Data Breach Laws
SC Magazine reports on a survey of 180 small-business owners that were asked about their knowledge of state data breach laws. The results were lukewarm, showing…33 percent were very confident in their...
View ArticleUber's Data Breach & Frivolous Lawsuits against Tech Businesses
Remember Uber's privacy breach? Wait no, not that one. The other one. That's right – the oft-troubled but successful ride-sharing app is having more data security issues.Months after making headlines...
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ZDNet reports that the majority of data breaches involve vulnerabilities that companies should have fixed long ago. Here's a roundup of the exploits we saw in 2014:70 percent of the top exploits had...
View ArticleReport: 70% of Last Year's Data Breaches Should Have Been Prevented
ZDNet reports that the majority of data breaches involve vulnerabilities that companies should have fixed long ago. Here's a roundup of the exploits we saw in 2014:70 percent of the top exploits had...
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Noted researchers Menlo Security released their State of the Web 2015: Vulnerability Report, which details just how common threats are online. When researchers scanned one million of the top sites,...
View Article1/3 of Top Websites Vulnerable to Hacking: What This Could Cost You
Noted researchers Menlo Security released their State of the Web 2015: Vulnerability Report, which details just how common threats are online. When researchers scanned one million of the top sites,...
View ArticleTossed Data Breach Lawsuit Could Be Good News for IT Pros
According to New Jersey Law Journal, a court just threw out a lawsuit against a health insurer that was sued after suffering a data breach that involved more than 800,000 records. Here's what...
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Microsoft has posted its guide to migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012, Azure, or Office 365 as it prepares to end support for the decade-old product later this year. After July...
View ArticleAre You Ready for the End of Support for Windows Server 2003?
Microsoft has posted its guide to migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012, Azure, or Office 365 as it prepares to end support for the decade-old product later this year. After July...
View ArticleMore Proof that People Want to Pay You to Keep their Data Safe
The Wall Street Journal reports that private cyber security companies received a record amount of investments – $1.77 billion – as venture capitalists looked to get a slice this growing sector.Why the...
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The Cheat Sheet reports that data breaches cost $400 billion each year, and while we often read about retail data breaches, attacks on healthcare companies are actually the most costly. In fact, the...
View ArticleHave Healthcare Clients? Time to Beef Up Your Data Security Practices
The Cheat Sheet reports that data breaches cost $400 billion each year, and while we often read about retail data breaches, attacks on healthcare companies are actually the most costly. In fact, the...
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If you ask tech departments around the country, many will admit that even with renewed efforts to secure their organization's technology, they're at risk of data breaches and security incidents.An EiQ...
View ArticleIT Professionals: Even with Great Tech, Companies at Risk
If you ask tech departments around the country, many will admit that even with renewed efforts to secure their organization's technology, they're at risk of data breaches and security incidents.An EiQ...
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Your clients may assume if they have Cyber Liability Insurance (Data Breach Insurance), their insurance company will automatically cover their data breach costs. But that's not the case. As Consumer...
View ArticleWhen it Comes to Liability Coverage for Data Breaches, Security Practices Matter
Your clients may assume if they have Cyber Liability Insurance (Data Breach Insurance), their insurance company will automatically cover their data breach costs. But that's not the case. As Consumer...
View ArticleCyber Villains, Rejoice! Password Storage Service LastPass Has Been Hacked
LastPass, a cloud-based password manager, has been hacked – because of course it has.As The Independent reports, hackers were able to make off with a treasure trove of passwords. Luckily, the data was...
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When a company goes through a public relations disaster like a data breach, it often gets the word "embattled" next to its name in newspaper headlines. Case in point: after its embarrassing breaches,...
View Article5 Strategies to Help Your Clients Avoid "Embattled" Status
When a company goes through a public relations disaster like a data breach, it often gets the word "embattled" next to its name in newspaper headlines. Case in point: after its embarrassing breaches,...
View ArticleWhy Your Clients Need Cyber Liability Insurance (And How to Explain that to...
Entrepreneur Magazine recently offered some answers to small-business owners who had questions about their Cyber Liability Insurance, explaining that, yes, all businesses – even small businesses –...
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