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External attacks start with unintentional mistakes, survey finds
More control over user rights and access privileges could help mitigate the risk of employee errors that lead to costly data breaches. Article
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Security technologies fail to address insider threat management
Detecting troubled employees before their activities lead to a data security breach could help mitigate the risk of insider threats. Column
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Security Squad: Examining the Heartland breach
Editors discuss the recent debate over comments made by Heartland CEO Robert Carr blaming the PCI QSA for the breach, the federal cybersecurity coordinator and banning social networks. News
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Hacker charges also an indictment on PCI, expert says
PCI places the burden of security costs onto retailers and card processors instead of on the card payment brands, says security columnist Eric Ogren. Column
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Data breach avoidance begins with security basics, panel says
Investing millions in new security technology will not prevent a data breach if employees aren't educated and security policy goes unchecked, say experts. Article
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Three indicted for Hannaford, Heartland data breaches
A grand jury has charged three men for their role in stealing more than 130 million credit and debit cards from Heartland Payment Systems and several other companies. Article
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Data has become too distributed to secure, Forrester says
A Forrester Security Forum will address ways security pros can relax security policy and focus on mitigating the risks associated with employee use of Web-based tools and services. Article
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Mozilla shuts down online store after third-party security breach
Mozilla took its e-store site, Mozilla Store, offline Tuesday after it learned that the vendor responsible for running it had suffered a security breach. Article
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Network Solutions data security breach exposes a half-million credit card numbers
Company says intruders planted malicious code on Web servers supporting its e-commerce customers. Article
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Researchers predict SSNs, crack algorithm putting identities at risk
The success rate is as high as 90% for individuals born after 1989 in less populous states. Some data was gleaned from social networking sites. Article