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2.2 million billing records missing on stolen backup tape

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2008-06-11 12:33:06 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...backup tape may become lost of stolen, which is obviously the case in this breach. Where were preventative controls to account for this unacceptable (in most cases) risk, like encryption The records, described only as backup information tapes, contained Social Security numbers of 1.3 million people treated at the university over the last 16...
 
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A backup tape is stolen from Greensboro Gynecology Associates

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2008-07-16 16:16:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...backup tape of their computer database was stolen Evan] Does "their computer database" include billing information and other confidential information other than personally identifiable information The letter was dated June 16, but some letters weren't postmarked until July 9 The medical practice said a backup tape of patient information was...
 
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J.C. Penney customers affected by lost GE Money backup tape

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2008-01-18 10:24:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...backup storage vendor, Iron Mountain are unable to locate a backup tape. The unencrypted tape contained sensitive personal information belonging to GE Money, J.C. Penney, and up to 100 other retail store customers. The tape was lost in October, 2007 Reference URL Associated Press Story State of New Hampshire Breach notification dated...
 
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European Backup Services Vulnerable to Attack

2008-06-11 11:49:32 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...backup is seen as a good strategy for preventing data loss, in case of a disaster at a local datacenter or on a local machine. But apparently the software used by over 100 services is vulnerable to a man in the middle attack, even though it uses SSL to secure the connection Tests by heise Security show that four of the six services tested...
 
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Making financial sense of disk-to-disk backup solutions

2008-05-08 09:58:46 by Brien Posey in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Due to lower hardware costs, disk-to-disk backup solutions are more practical than ever. Even so, it's still important to occasionally perform a traditional backup (and store that backup offsite) to protect against a catastrophic loss of your datacenter
 
Tags: disk-to-disk backup solutions, lower hardware costs, catastrophic loss, traditional backup, backup offsite, datacenter, practical, due, store
 
 
 
 
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Providing managed backup services

2008-06-03 14:03:06 by Yuval Shavit in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Providing managed backup services has some major advantages over traditional backup, but it also has some disadvantages. Find out how it can help you address your customers' biggest backup pain points, as well as what pain points you're likely to encounter
 
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Efficient Data Protection for Microsoft Applications with Backup Exec 12

2008-06-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...Backup Exe 12 for Windows Servers is the gold standard in Windows data protection, providing cost-effective, high performance, disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery. Continuous data protection for Microsoft applications, include Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, and SharePoint, helps ensure that data is continuously backup up as it changes
 
Tags: data, backup, windows data protection, symantec backup exe, valuable data, symantec, continuous data protection, microsoft applications, continuously backup
 
 
 
 
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Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server

2008-06-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: datadomain) Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. Combining traditional backup with other methods such as clustering, replication and continuous data protection provide for a robust Exchange protection strategy. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for...
 
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Backup target consolidation via virtualization

2008-07-15 13:10:40 by George Crump in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Most data centers are in serious need of backup target consolidation. A new class of devices -- backup virtualization appliances -- addresses this need by taking the heavy lifting away from the backup application
 
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