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Managers Admit Theyd Exploit Private Data

2008-06-23 10:21:46 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...cent of marketing managers would disclose customers sexual orientation, 14 per cent their involvement in political activism, and 19 per cent their credit card details Some managers said they would also disclose data about ethnicity and religious beliefs The research found that marketing managers never reported data losses or thefts to...
 
Tags: managers, data security, data security breaches, strongmail systems, cent, e-mail security company, credit card details, folks, privacy watchdog
 
 
 
 
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Making Risk Measures Agree with Accounting 100%

2006-12-26 05:27:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...cent. I guess this is the ideal state that everyone wants to achieve but is this really necessary Though related, I believe that risk measurement and accounting are serving different purposes. Risk measurement need not be exact because of the uncertainty of risk. Because of the future-centric nature of risk measurement, generalizations and...
 
Tags: risk, risk software, software, risk measurement, values, exact market values, exact, exact cent, cent
 
 
 
 
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Missing memory stick turns up five months later

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2008-01-23 16:44:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cent data loss scandals". Neither the owner nor anyone else suspected or noticed it missing Reference URL Manchester Evening News story Report Credit Amanda Crook, Manchester Evening News brought to the attention of The Breach Blog by an informed reader Response From the online source cited above A COMPUTER memory stick holding...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security assessments, memory stick, security, specsaver diabetic patients, patients, computer memory stick, manchester patients
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion

2008-01-16 14:00:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...cent to two cents a share, excluding items, in the first year after the deal closes. That is slated to happen by midyear Shares of Oracle fell in premarket trading to $20.80 after closing Tuesday at $21.31
 
Tags: bea systems, oracle, bea, acquire bea systems, oracle strikes deal, bea chairman, bea share, share, eyed bea
 
 
 
 
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SmartWater Works

2008-01-21 12:17:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cent of the offenders interviewed reported that they would in the future be put off from breaking into a building with a SmartWater poster/sign displayed Overall, the findings indicate that crime reduction strategies using SmartWater products have a strong deterrent effect. In particular, one notable finding of the study was that whilst...
 
Tags: smartwater, smartwater products, deterrent, smartwater postersign, reasonable deterrent, deterrent factor, study, strong, strong deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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If your computer is not secure, Bank may not pay

2008-04-10 16:17:52 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...cent online security guarantee against the fine print that makes it conditional on fulfilling complicated security requirements
 
Tags: secure, canada, canada research chair, paul van oorschot, bank online security, student mohammad mannan, fine print, security requirements, internet security
 
 
 
 
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I want my XP back !

2008-05-09 23:40:07 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...cent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000 operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than Windows XP, said Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools
 
Tags: vista, vista security credentials, windows vista, windows, secure, malware survey, secure version, malware, chief exec
 
 
 
 
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Data Loss Epidemic

2008-05-13 08:30:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...cent, are losing data at least once per month, according to the survey of 250 senior IT staff at businesses larger than 1,000 staff.. Read the rest of the article here . The results of such surveys are great marketing for companies such as CA with their portfolio of threat management tools. I suppose the question is how you define "losing...
 
Tags: data, protect data, solve data security, lost usb stick, threat management tools, businesses larger, businesses, wild statistics, scare stories
 
 
 
 
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A coward exposes personal information on 40% of Chileans

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2008-05-16 13:56:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cent of Chile's population at risk of identity theft Cluley added that all organisations around the world should see this as a wake-up call and ensure that all personal and sensitive information is stored securely Evan] You would think that the 94,000,000 credit card numbers stolen from TJX, or the 26,500,000 Social Security numbers on the...
 
Tags: personal, information, chilean residents, residents, poor data protection, data protection, personal data, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Learning from Ghana

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2008-05-09 10:27:18 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...cent of the eligible population was still "un-banked" or "under-banked" and seemed not to have access to financial services Wonder when we will see US, UK, and other first world banks and brokerages catch up to Ghana and South Africa on these technologies? Is it really a good idea in 2008 to have everyone type their username and password...
 
Tags: system involves, system, financial services industry, services, electronic payment system, ghana, president kufuor, kufuor, universal electronic system