The latest news on corporate data breach laws and legislation, state disclosure laws including Calif. SB-1386, notification requirements and legal ramifications of data breaches.
Survey: Data breach costs surge ARTICLE - A new study by the Ponemon Institute finds a 31% increase in the costs associated with a data breach.
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Cybersecurity expert sees PCI DSS problems ahead for retailers
SearchSecurity.com | 18 Nov 2008 INTERVIEW - Some systems will have to be replaced over the next several years costing big-box retailers millions of dollars to become compliant with PCI DSS.
PCI is about eliminating data, not securing it, former QSA says
SearchSecurity.com | 15 Sep 2008 ARTICLE - Former QSA turned Forrester analyst John Kindervag calls PCI a "communicable disease." Anything introduced to the network is in PCI scope if credit card systems aren't segmented.
Data breach discovery, disclosure outpaces 2007
SearchSecurity.com | 26 Aug 2008 ARTICLE - More data breaches have been reported so far this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud.
Web 2.0 and e-discovery: Risks and countermeasures
02 Jul 2008 TIP - Employees often love social networking services, but the data employees may provide to those services can put an enterprise at risk, especially when litigation calls for that data.
Elements of a data protection strategy
Prentice Hall PTR | 20 Oct 2005 BOOK EXCERPT - An overview of the importance of securing data for regulatory compliance and the five components of an enterprise data protection strategy.
Information Security Decisions Fall 2005
19 Oct 2005 FEATURED TOPIC - Learn how to develop security metrics, centralize your security practices and more in these presentations from Information Security Decisions Fall 2005.
In this webcast, join Randolph A. Kahn, author of the book "Privacy Nation" for a one-hour discussion on the importance of your company's data integrity and why you should care. Mr. Kahn also discusses how to effectively secure your company's valuable information and appropriately classify your data.
Have you discovered that little guidance exists as to specifically what must be done to solve log management problems? This webcast details a consistent, best practices-based method for quickly implementing a successful and sustainable log management program for compliance requirements.
Attend this webcast to review a comprehensive discussion on meeting your regulatory obligations without sacrificing the overall health of your security posture.
Milestones Published by: Information Security Magazine | 11 Jan 2008 JOURNAL ARTICLE - ChoicePoint put data breaches on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, into corporate boardrooms and the consciousness of Americans.
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