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Consensus Controls project aims to set benchmarks for compliance
The Consensus Controls project aims to provide organizations with a peer review system for IT controls. Article | 03 Oct 2008
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Security visualization helps make log files work
Using visualization tools, security pros can build charts and graphs to make sense of complex log files and data and improve their company's security stance. Article | 28 Aug 2008
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Organization develops health care security framework
A new framework aims to help health care organizations deal with multiple requirements and provide specifics lacking in HIPAA. Article | 21 Jul 2008
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Walter Reed admits breach of patient information
An employee could have downloaded peer-to-peer (P2P) network software onto a hospital computer putting the data at risk. Article | 03 Jun 2008
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Companies still monitoring email manually, survey finds
In addition to monitoring email as a result of an investigation, companies are hiring people to audit content in outgoing messages, according to a new survey. Article | 20 May 2008
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Hannaford breach illustrates dangerous compliance mentality
As Executive Editor Dennis Fisher explains, the Hannaford supermarket breach illustrates how too much emphasis on compliance puts critical data at risk. Column | 02 Apr 2008
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HIPAA rules force health insurers to secure sensitive data
Health insurance companies say HIPAA simply reflects rules they've had to live by all along. That doesn't mean every operation is ironclad. Article | 16 Jan 2008
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IBM to boost security spending, push PCI DSS program
IBM plans to invest $1.5 billion on security research in 2008. The company is also using recent acquisitions to introduce a PCI DSS program. Article | 01 Nov 2007
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Industry group uses awareness month to lobby for data breach laws
The Cyber Security Industry Alliance is shifting from educating businesses to targeting members of Congress in its push for tougher data security and data breach notification laws. Article | 08 Oct 2007
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TJX should have had stronger Wi-Fi encryption, say Canadian officials
TJX Cos. should have moved faster to upgrade its Wi-Fi security from WEP encryption to WPA encryption, say Canadian officials. Article | 25 Sep 2007