Encryption is really not that difficult. Really, it isn’t. Chris Pirillo even recommends programs that turns encryption into an easy process. An organization like CalOptima must have technology people who are familiar with the security benefits of encryption. It begs the question: ‘why isn’t it done?‘:
“… Personally identifiable information on [...]
It is a data breach of significant magnitude - over a half million files were breached. And the breach extended from March 12 to June 8. Hackers had access for almost three months:
“Web services provider Network Solutions disclosed Friday that hackers broke into its servers and stole information on more than 573,000 debit [...]
The laptops are missing - or stolen. And the number of laptops is staggering. Christopher Null is reporting that in American airports, there are over a half million laptops missing each year:
“…1,200 laptops a week go missing at Los Angeles International Airport, and 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen nationally at airports every [...]
The National Archives is privy to a wide range of sensitive information. It is the nation’s official record keeper. Now the National Archives has had a security breach that has far reaching, national implications:
“The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social [...]
The laptop may cost a thousand dollars - perhaps two thousand dollars. The lost data on the laptop could cost the state of Oklahoma millions of dollars. One million people in Oklahoma are at risk of identity theft:
“The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is notifying more than one million state residents that [...]
The New York City police will have a special interest in this data breach. It impacts upon them. Approximately eighty thousand (80,000) former and current members of the police department are at risk of identity theft:
“…According to local media reports, a man has been arrested and charged with illegally entering a [...]
There was a security breach at the University of Florida. Files of over 97,000 people were compromised:
“…The files included the names and Social Security numbers of students, faculty and staff who used the “Grove” computer system between 1996 and 2009.”
link: University of Florida reports computer breach
It is certainly a legitimate question to ask [...]
One would like to think that military secrets about operations in Afghanistan and Iraq would have the strictest security possible. Apparently, this is not the case:
“…Chris Ogle, 29, paid $15 for the player and when he plugged it into his computer he found 60 pages of military data, Television One News said.
The files contained [...]
A security breach of historic magnitude may have exposed your credit card information. Millions and millions of confidential files have been compromised:
“…On Tuesday, with all eyes on the inauguration, Heartland Payment Systems, a company that processes 100 million credit card transactions for 1750,000 merchants every month, announced that its computer system was hacked. Last [...]
This could be historic. The dubious distinction is that this might be the largest security breach ever noted. There may be in excess of 100 million personal files compromised:
“Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) on Tuesday disclosed that intruders hacked into the computers it uses to process 100 million payment card transactions per month for [...]
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