by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
A string of recent reports spotlight the reputational risks of mishandling confidential or personal information. For example, two MIT graduate students collected 158 hard drives from eBay and other resellers and found that over 30 percent contained sensitive...
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
Data security breaches have the potential to cripple a business. The fallout from the loss of sensitive data for example, could include legal costs, lost revenue from customer deflections and the need to repair a damaged reputation....
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
The thrill of victory – the agony of defeat. That’s the spirit of the Olympics, as demonstrated by last month’s Rio Olympics in Brazil. For the 2010 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, a new competitor could stand on the victory podium: electronic waste, or e-waste. “Japan is...
by Gary Scott | Dec 21, 2016 | News
The latest updates to the federal tally of major health information breaches confirm that the loss and theft of unencrypted devices continue to plague the industry. Eight of the 10 incidents added to the tally in the past month involved lost or stolen unencrypted...
by Gary Scott | Dec 12, 2016 | News
If you want to keep your paper and digital records (computer hard drives) safe, they need to be in a secure area – in a locked room or file cabinet. The same goes for unused computers or hard drives that have been removed. If a computer is no longer in use, someone...
by Gary Scott | Dec 12, 2016 | News
A report released by attorney General Kamala Harris shows that 131 electronic data breaches occurred in the year 2012. Where did the breaches occur? The list of organizations that experienced data breaches in 2012 includes the California Department of Health Care...
