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Archived IT - Security Articles
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13 Jun 2013
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Careless Employees Are .Greater Security Risk. Than Cybercriminals [31470]
Enterprise Apps Tech, June 13, 2013
"A report published this week by Check Point has revealed that, for two in three companies, their own employees carry a greater security threat than cybercriminals.
The startling finding, from the latest mobile security report polling nearly 800 IT professionals, comes amidst the continued rise of BYOD, with more and more methods of compromising company networks being found.
Indeed, it's not the devices that are the main asset, but the information stored on them. 63% of survey respondents do not manage corporate information on their personal devices, whilst a whopping 94% admitted that lost or stolen information was a 'grave concern'..."
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12 Jun 2013
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Those Meters That Rate Password Strength Work, Until They Don't [31480]
GCN, June 12, 2013
"We know the limitations of passwords: They are difficult to scale, and managing truly secure passwords is a headache for administrators and end users. We also know that although there are alternate technologies for online authentication, passwords probably are here to stay.
'Passwords are not going to disappear overnight, or in the next 10 years or 20 years,' said Lujo Bauer, assistant research professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Electrical & Computer Engineering Department.
So how to make the best of what we are stuck with? ..."
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10 Jun 2013
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9 Tips, Tricks and Must-Haves for Security Awareness Programs [31469]
CSO Online, June 3, 2013
"What are the essential ingredients for making a security awareness program successful? Check out these 9 tips from CSO contributors on how to make awareness work in your organization..."
- Metrics
- Flexibility
- Some allowance of rule breaking
- A challenging new approach
- C-Level support ?
- Partnering with key departments
- Creativity ?
- An effective time frame
- A multimedia approach
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10 Jun 2013
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Data Breach Cost Declines for 2nd Year [31471]
eSecurity Planet, June 6, 2013
"Americans may be doing something right when it comes to data protection, finds a Ponemon Institute study - or are they just too overwhelmed to care?
While there are still significant challenges to overcome, there is good news in the battle against data breaches.
According to the 2013 Cost of Data Breach Study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute, the cost of a data breach in the United States declined to $188. This is the second year in a row that Ponemon saw a drop. In the 2012 study, it reported the cost of a data breach was $194 per record, which was a decline from the $214 per record reported in 2011..."
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10 Jun 2013
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Data Breach Costs: 10 Ways You're Making It Worse [31472]
CRN, June 7, 2013
"Inadequate response plans and poorly executed procedures caused data breach costs to rise significantly at some businesses, according to the Ponemon Institute. The research firm interviewed more than 1,400 individuals in 277 companies.."
- Poorly Executed Or Nonexistent Incident Response Plan
- Poor Or Nonexistent Security Culture
- Lack Of Strong Leadership
- Poor Control Over Third-Party Responsibilities
- Publicly Announcing A Breach Too Soon
- Lost Or Stolen Smartphones Or Tablets
- We Can Handle It Ourselves
- Lack Of Experience
- All Sensitive Data Was Exposed
- Reputation, Customer Turnover Matter
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10 Jun 2013
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Five Immutable Laws of Security Fragility [31473]
CIO Insight, October 17, 2011
"Organizations must recognize that 'secure' systems will continue to fail in the face of out-of-context attacks, says security chief Hugh Thompson in his keynote at RSA Conference Europe. Here's my analysis of what his five immutable laws of security fragility indicate for CIOs and other IT leaders...
- Organizations must recognize that "secure" systems will continue to fail in the face of out-of-context attacks.
- Organizations need to expect failure. They must create safety nets. They must adapt to the current reality as it unfolds and morphs each hour of each day.
- An organization's employees, contractors, partners, suppliers, and others connected to the company will make mistakes; it is unavoidable. Organizations must plan for these mistakes.
- Organizations must assume that the environment is contested and behave accordingly.
- Organizations must constantly re-evaluate assumptions; pillars of trust can erode quickly, unexpectedly, and repeatedly.
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