Why Your Business Requires Security

The States and Federal Identity Theft and Privacy Protection Laws now require businesses, agencies and organizations of all sizes to protect all personal information they store, and report to all their customers whenever a breach occurs. The financial ramifications after having a data breach can be very substantial to both present and future business. In some many cases a company never does recover from a breach and is forced to close down. Currently, the average cost on a company is $3.7M per incident.

Archive for September, 2010

Sep
09

IT Security Rules Facilitate Data Breaches

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We all have been told by Corporate IT that we must have complex passwords, they must have a minimum of eight characters, don’t use the same password for other sites, and change them every 60- to 90-days. While these may seem like great practices, these rules could facilitate a security breach. Read More→

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Sep
01

Securing Security Challenges

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Have you ever seen those security challenge questions on websites to help authenticate you?
 
• Which bank branch do you live closest too? • What car do you wish you owned?  • What is your favorite food? • Who is your favorite book character? • What is your favorite game or sport? • What is your favorite movie? • What is your favorite pizza topping? • What is your favorite restaurant? • What is your favorite season of the year? • What is your favorite sports team? • In which department did you first work? • What was your first position in the company? • What was your first car? etc. Read More→
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