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Breach of Faith, Loss of Dollars

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A Look at Laptop Theft

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The Growing Trend Toward Convergence

- The survey was conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) for ASIS International, the Information Systems Security Association, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

The Many Faces of Malware

- In the past, cyberthreats fit into discrete categories, such as being virus or phishing. Today, lines are blurred and malware is multifaceted and multiplying, creating a challenge for companies trying to defend against such threats.

Behind the Numbers: A Surge in Phishing Attacks

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Quick Bytes: Cyberwar Risk

- China has established information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, according to a recent Defense Department (DoD) report. Other countries, including the United States, are developing similar capabilities.

Numbers

- 85 The percentage of organizations reporting that they have experienced a data breach event, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute.

Checking IT Backgrounds

- As employee background checks become more prevalent, many experts are urging companies to pay particular attention to their IT staff.

In Privacy We Trust

- A data breach can badly bruise a company’s reputation. But when companies work hard to convince their customers that their private information is protected, it can be a boon to customer loyalty and a firm’s bottom line.

Sizing Up Enterprise Rights Management

- After an incident several years ago in which a manager sold some of the company’s intellectual property to a competitor, the executive search firm Sterling-Hoffman did some brainstorming on ways to fortify its data protection. The company, based in Mountain View, California, decided to go with a software solution that would secure the data no matter the format or storage location.

Waive Goodbye to Liability

- Penetration testing of a computer network requires careful planning and limits on the scope of work.

Tips for Tracking the E-Mail Trail

- Investigating the origin of e-mail to catch criminals requires a special set of detective skills and tools.  

Quick Bytes: ID Theft Rising

- About 15 million Americans fell victim to some form of identity theft in the 12 months ending in mid-2006, an increase of more than 50 percent since 2003. For the rest of the Garner survey, click here.