[SecurityRatty] tag: clearinghouse

IT Security Ask the Experts: Top Queries, July 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:50:20 +0000

IT Security's Ask the Experts section is primarily intended as a clearinghouse for technical queries, and we are still fielding quite a few. But we continue to receive a broad variety of fascinati...

Privacy group: Identity-theft monitoring service a waste

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Consumers who sign up for identity-theft monitoring services may be getting a lot less protection against some common types of fraud than they assume they are, according to an online guide released Monday by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC).

Privacy group says identity-theft monitoring services may be a waste of money

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0000

Many identity-theft monitoring services are overpriced and don't provide full protection against financial fraud, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

oCERT: New clearinghouse for open-source vulnerabilities

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:47:57 +0000

Not all open-source distributors are capable (or willing) to build a vulnerability/patch notification system. This was a problem until now. In his article, McAllister provides a link to a new site provided by CERT, oCERT, that provides an open-source vulnerability database. It has promise.

A look at identity-theft protection services

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0000

You can't open a newspaper or a browser without reading about some data spill that has put consumers' personal information at risk. Over the past three years, more than 220 million private records have been lost or stolen, according to the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. In 2007, 8 million to 15 million Americans had their identities stolen. The odds that it will happen to you are about one in five, according to surveys conducted by the Chubb Group.

IT Security Ask the Experts: Top Queries, March 2008

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:03:01 +0000

IT Security's Ask the Experts section is primarily intended as a clearinghouse for technical queries, and we are still fielding quite a few. But we continue to receive a broad variety of fascinati...